Haddington and Peebles agricultural shows

Over the summer we provided demonstrations of dry stone walling at the Haddington and Peebles agricultural shows.

The day of the Haddington show started rainy, so we were glad they had provided us with some 'indoor' space alongside our building site.

The day brightened up, however, and we had a fair amount of interest in our activities.

And by the end of the day we'd managed to build a couple of meters of wall (and sold a few books and generated some interest in our courses).

The Peebles show was on one of the hottest days of one of the hottest summers on record.

The show started quietly, but the numbers built up as the day went on (as did the length of the queues at the ice-cream stalls). We benefitted from an unused gazebo set up next to our site, where people seemed happy to be able to sit in the shade for a bit and watch us work.

We didn't have so many sales at Peebles, but there were still plenty of people interested in learning the craft.