It might not look it - but this empty barn was packed with about 200 people on Friday night. Tables spilled out into the yard at one end, and at the other seven large barbecues were kept busy cooking the meat (no veggie option!). The bar was at the back of the silage pit, and Man and Guitar (plus a lot of electric bits and pieces) where the dry cows are in winter.
Grayrigg Social Committee did a wonderful job. All we had to do was provide the space, and then bit by bit all the pieces of the jigsaw were slotted together. The drink arrived Wednesday night, followed by a chiller van the next day to keep it cool. A cattle wagon arrived full of trestle tables and chairs. By we had finished milking on Friday the tables were set up and a succession of bowls of salad and puddings were making their way to the chiller van. By eight o'clock it was in full swing and everyone had a wonderful time, talking to people they saw last week, or had not seen for 10 years
And then as midnight approached the well oiled machine swung into action again and cleared all the leftovers and rubbish. The drink was packed away, the tables and chairs loaded back into the wagon. The musician disconnected all his gear and by we came into the house at quarter to one, all that was left to show it ever happened were a few black bags of rubbish.
Well done to Grayrigg Show.
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