THE second day of Westmorland County Show saw farmers from across the country gather to have their animals judged.
This year's show marks 225 years since it began in 1799. Thursday (August 12), saw heifers, shire horses and goats in the showground.
Martin Stanley came up from Cheshire. His shire horse Daresbrook Sensation came second in class. He said: "It's a well-known show and the steward invited me to come and show our horse."
He said the show is known in the north-west and his father had been there before. "I thought I'd give it a crack," he said.
Sandra Nicholl is a teacher from nearby Kirkbie Kendal school who teaches land-based studies to Year 10 and 11 and had taken her students on a trip to the show.
"We work on farms and work in forestry so we come here to look around all the animals, look at the farming," she said. She added that the younger generation takes an interest because a lot of them come from farming families.
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Derek Wilson, Heather Berg and Josh Marshall came from Crosthwaite. Derek and Heather had always wanted to visit the show, but they were busy with work. They brought along their grandson Josh.
"It's a local show, I'm local to this area I've lived in the Lyth Valley all of my life and farming has been part of my life - it isn't at the moment but I still enjoy coming here," he said.
Heather said: "I haven't been for years and it's still good."
"It's great, it's nice to see all the stalls, all the animals, local people as well," Josh added.
Greg McDougall and Will Alexander are from the Bentham Auction Mart, which have had a stall at the show for many years. The mart is on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales and Lancashire, and is less than ten miles away from the Cumbrian border.
"We see a lot of our customers here, old and new," Will said. "It's a good networking event, it's good to be seen and get out into the community."
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