title Fred and the SYWO at the Suffolk Show, Trinity Park, Ipswich - 30th May 2024 intro Fred's playing with the Suffolk Youth Wind Orchestra at the Suffolk Show again. This year, he's too old for us to get a free adult ticket, so Isobel gives it a miss, and Nosher has the job of dropping off at stupid o'clock in the morning. In between the two sets that the SYWO plays, there's some time to have a look around at some of the showring stuff, including an epic farrier competition which seems to involve making horseshoes and fitting them under some sort of time limit. imgp2544 A thoroughbred trots around imgp2547 A horse gets a nuzzle in imgp2550 Pimm's has an amusing teapot sales outlet imgp2551 There's a heavy horse in the ring imgp2558 A line of heavy horses are judged imgp2572 A winning sheep imgp2585 There's a sheep with very pointy ears imgp2595 More sheep are judged imgp2598 Sheep people mingle outside the show ring imgp2606 Some very shaggy sheep imgp2614 A farrier shoes a horse imgp2617 Competitive horseshoe making imgp2621 It's hot in the shed, with twelve furnaces imgp2631 Hammering holes into a horseshoe imgp2636 It's all action in the farrier competition imgp2644 The heavy horses get a wash down imgp2651 More hot metal in the farrier shed imgp2680 A pair of "man mountains" make horseshoes imgp2703 A horse gets its hoof filed imgp2708 Smoke from a hoof as a hot horseshoe is applied imgp2719 There's more sheep judging going on outside imgp2721 Some dude is interviewed imgp2731 More comedy shaggy sheep imgp2739 A heavy horse and its foal imgp2745 Inside the cow shed imgp2752 The SYWO starts its first set imgp2755 Fred in the flute section imgp2790 A view from behind the timpani imgp2792 Fred's furious fluting imgp2794 The SYWO in a field imgp2798 A baby gets a go of a rabbit imgp2801 More rabbit interactions imgp2810 Another horse and rider imgp2821 There's a presentation in the Collins ring imgp2822 A Morris group has finished its set imgp2825 Colourful flowers in the garden marquee imgp2832 The SYWO starts its second set imgp2843 Fred hauls off a bass drum imgp2845 The Royal British Legion is on the march imgp2847 At the head of the march imgp2848 The Stowmarket Boys Brigade Band in action imgp2853 A pair of St. John Ambulance riders follow along imgp2857 Fred's hauling a timpano around imgp2859 The Waveney Concert Band and RBL band in action imgp2860 We visit the food tent for a bit imgp2861 Cheese! imgp2869 A couple of actual Bobbies on the beat imgp2870 Another view of the Suffolk Show imgp2875 A climbing-up-a-log contest ensues imgp2895 More climbers wait their turn imgp2898 A TR7 gets a polish imgp2900 There's a tractor demonstration on the way out