Dorset’s newest country show got off to a fantastic start with twelve thousand people attending the Spring Countryside Show at the Turnpike Showground near Motcombe.
Organised by the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show team, this two-day event showcased rural life and crafts as well as live music, steam engines and classic cars.
James Cox, Event Organiser said: “We are over the moon with the responses to
the Spring Countryside Show.
“We set out on this venture back in the autumn and
never expected it to gain the momentum it has.
“We were joined by so many craft producers, local traders and skilled rural individuals. “The feedback has been incredible.”
A major highlight of the show programme was horseback falconry in the Jonathan Marshall Free Spirits Show.
This featured the black horse, famous in the Lloyds Bank adverts and an incredible stunt of a falcon flying in between the horses’ legs which had the crowd mesmerised.
The Show is due to return in April 2023.