June 25th……Gala day is here at last

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I have a wonderful feeling we’ll win some prizes today…

Well to start with it’s chucking it down… as usual. My castle is made from cardboard and there are 9 children and 10 adults waiting to pile into the float for the gala day. Not a good start. The castle wasn’t even attached to the car (well it was nearly 6 feet tall and wouldn’t go into the garage already attached to the top of the car).

First job of the day was to finish the float. I did the walk around to re-stick everything that had come unstuck due to the damp then got everything out onto the drive. After spending most of the night and the morning praying that it would be dry, the rain finally stopped at 9.30am. The castle was flung on top of the car and the husband left to secure it whilst I (the evil step mother queen to snow white who was Catriona got into character…that is put the fancy dress on).

We drove in convoy to Carnwath receiving many strange looks from motorists on the way. Once there everyone piled into the Castle gardens (the trailer) ready for judging followed by the parade. It was wonderful. First we won best turned out vehicle. This was not as easy this year as there was more competition than usual and the standards were really high this year. The main thing was it stayed dry and the kids had a ball (so did the adults).

After this everyone got out of costume then came back to mine for lunch (aaaahhhh). Everything was flung out of packets. No home baking I’m afraid. No time for that. Everyone seemed to have a good feed though and the kids a good play. After this the castle needed taking apart again. We then went back to Carnwath to join in the afternoon entertainment, back home for a small tea and then back to Carnwath for the evening ceremony of prize giving. This is when we found out we had won the best over all entry for the day. I was really chuffed with this, as was Catriona who hugged the cup for the rest of the evening.

Jogging….well yes….I don’t think I stopped all day so alas it was down to the hall dash….again. I know I dashed up and down the hall many times today but not recorded so I did do another 100 times at tea time just to stay on top of things. Today the 1km  took 7 minutes and 15 seconds. I’m shattered so bed time. Night night.