Frogmore Regatta

Today the Ansells took us to a wee local "regatta", which is pretty much like an NZ AMP show. There was about 500 people there.

Something I have noticed since I have been here is the abundance of dogs. So many bloody dogs everywhere (how many dogs? (Too many))! I am thinking it could be that there is the same dog to person ratio as NZ but there are just way more people here. I don't think Jimmy would be able to walk anywhere as there would be too many dog distractions but I think that could be spun as a good selling point for coming to have a look (I'm throwing you a bone here Becky, no pun intended). Below is a picture of the family dog show, just for you Jimmy.

Me and Hayden were still pretty tired and sore from the beach olympics so we went to get a seat in the front row early to watch the tug of war. We watched the first round and then a dude from one of the teams came over and told us that we had to join his team. He chucked out a couple of girls and replaced them with us. We weren't sure it was a very good idea, but before we knew it we had won one the first pull. The next two didn't go to well though and Gaz reckons he pulled something in his quad so while it was fairly hilarious to be part of, our bodies were pretty pissed off at our ignorance.

It was great that Charlie made an hour and half journey to see us tonight, he has to work tomorrow packing out the Sidmouth folk festival so will drive there tomorrow morning and come back tomorrow night again. We had a choice for dinner tonight: BBQ with friends or fry up at the Ansells. Charlie really didn't sell the BBQ out at all, something to do with them being raving hippies that have fruit tunnels or something so we decided to stay in. We will also be able to watch the olympics closing ceremony.