So… after the 2010 Strawberry Fair was cancelled, the 2011 Strawberry Fair happened and was a fantastic success!

I did not get any photos unfortunately. This is one of the events I don’t tend to photograph because I prefer to relax and enjoy the atmosphere rather than shove a camera into people’s faces throughout the day! Plus, I’m no good at photographing people, so I tend not to bother.

Anyway, this year’s event was surrounded by a fence, but it was still free to get in, of course, once you had walked past the sniffer dogs (at least we did… some of my friends didn’t have that pleasure, so maybe they roamed around for some of the day) and once you were inside it didn’t feel like you were surrounded by a fence at all, which was fantastic.

My favourite music tent, the reggae tent (which was later renamed to some other tent), was missing altogether, but there was still music present on stages. There were fewer music stages & tents though and what music there was seemed to be much quieter than in previous years. I can only imagine this was part of the deal made with the police and local community about being able to put on the event with certain conditions!

Anyway… overall, Strawberry Fair had exactly the same feel and atmosphere it always has, and for all intents and purposes was exactly the same, which is excellent!

So, well done and thank you to all the organisers and helpers that made the event happen once again, and bring on next year’s event!!

Now on to the only other non-steam engine, non-Land Rover and non-motorbike related event I’ve been to so far this year… Somersham Carnival!

Last year, I took my 1966 Matchless G3 motorcycle to the carnival, rode it in the procession around the village and then parked it up as an exhibit in the carnival field. I won “Best Motorcycle”, but was the only motorcycle. The same happened in 2009 too.

This year, there was no motorcycle category and I had broken my finger anyway, so couldn’t get the motorbike gloves on to ride it, so this year we went by car!

Again, however, I did not take any photos. Usually I do, but for some reason this year I did not.

Either way, it was another good day out, made especially good because my aunt, uncle, cousin and her husband and their two children (my first cousins, once removed?) were visiting for the day, by pure coincidence!

For those who may be interested, my aunt (Alison Hobbs) has her own blog here: http://alisonhobbs.blogspot.com/

My uncle (Chris Hobbs) has his own blog here: http://cwlh.wordpress.com/

My cousin (Emma Woolliams) also has her own blog here: http://erwoolliams.wordpress.com/

And my cousin’s husband (Peter Woolliams) has his own blog here: http://gloplastic.wordpress.com/




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