Bank Holiday Monday saw the Doves venture to the Surrey County Show. Held annually at Stoke Park, it attracts around 40,00 visitors and offers 40 acres of shopping and crafts. It’s a fantastic family event and the largest one-day agricultural show in the country.
We’ve been once since we moved to Surrey. It poured with rain but I have fond memories of sampling delicious sausages, delectable cheese and chomping on chips. We’d returned home with a whole host of goodies including the obligatory cake.
There were enormous queues to get in this year but it was a beautifully sunny day. We know to order our 
tickets in advance next time.
Once in we saw the monster trucks including Big Pete, the World’s only real monster truck, and the Grim Reaper which jumps an impressive 15ft in the air. We then explored the shopping malls which comprised of 350 trade stands selling everything from tractors to wellies to garden furniture.
POD got to experience a trampoline for the first time. She’s not quite mastered keeping her feet together when she jumps but she enjoyed bouncing up and down all the same.
On the roundabout her curious face was replaced with smiles of pure joy when the ride started. Much to everyone’s amusement, she shouted “hello” and grinned every time she went round.
The Surrey County Show is infamous for attracting top quality animals from all over the South East. There were cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry on display. Horses are also a big part of the show as is Grand Prix show jumping.
We enjoyed a delicious ice-cream before POD was let loose on the local fire brigade. She enjoyed sitting in the front of a fire engine before raiding all the paperwork in a nearby fire truck.
In the food hall we were tempted by an array of delights including cheese, meat and cakes. Master chefs shared their expertise in the food theatre and a farmer’s market showcased ingredients for home cooking. We *might have* sampled some toffee vodka before we left. Necessary fuel for our walk home I think you’ll agree.
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What a delicious sounding time! Your pictures are always so beautiful…off to find me some strawberries 🙂 x
Thank you, we had a great time. Meant to stay for a couple of hours, ended up being there nearly all day. Those strawberries look way too tempting 🙂
When the page loaded, the first pic I say was the strawberries!! Yum! We really should have gone to this – looks amazing!! Toffee vodka sounds interesting, was it good? xx
The strawberries looked very good it has to be said! Do go next year, it was good fun – stayed for hours! The toffee vodka was definitely a cockle warmer 🙂
I love the country shows, we have the Cornwall Country Show this week, we are going without the children so I am planning to leave Nick admiring tractors and head for the beauty and clothes tents, a real treat for me but not a great example of being the farmers wife! Glad you had a lovely time and that POD enjoyed it too. I am now feeling slightly guilty for not taking our children. Perhaps Nick will take them back on Saturday while I manage changeover.
They’re such good fun. The Cornwall one sounds amazing with it’s beauty tent – we didn’t have one of those. I may suggest it for next year! Don’t feel guilty, you’ll love it 🙂
This looks like a brilliant day out. Both the goats and your little one, are very cute 😀
Thanks Anna – it was a really good day. Made even better but the sun coming out. Makes such a difference 🙂
It sounds like an amazing day out and your photos of the strawberries – yum!!
Thanks lovely – the strawberries looked divine! We should have brought some of those and the toffee vodka home 🙂
I am too transfixed by the straws to comment about anything else. FEED ME!
They look so good don’t they – really wish I’d brought some back with us *kicks self*
Country show are my favourite day out and especially in Surrey, great ice creams too!
It’s a great family day out and yes those ice-creams were delicious 🙂
We got stuck in the traffic for this on the A3 on our way to Butlins. I really must try it out one year, my parents live down that way. Looks like you all had a fab time. Mich x
You so should Mich – it was an excellent day. Having superb weather helps 🙂
That looks like a great day out – love the sound of toffee vodka 🙂 #PoCoLo
It was such good fun Sara – the toffee vodka was delicious 🙂
Those strawberries look so good. Sounds like a good day out #PoCoLo
Such a lovely day out Mary – the strawberries looked divine too 🙂
That sounds like a great day out!!
So lovely Kim – was really sunny too 🙂
Lovely description and photographs – made me want to be there with you.
Found your lovely blog through – #PoCoLO
Thank you – it was a great day out. Really sunny too 🙂
I find it hard to believe that I have lived in Surrey most of my life and never been to the County Show! It seemed to always rain whenever I wanted to go though! It looks like you had a wonderful time. POD is so cute. Thank you so much for linking to PoCoLo xx
It’s great Vicky, we had a really lovely time – the weather helped obviously. Thank you 🙂
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