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Country Landowners Association Game Fair Saturday 26th July. We visited the Game Fair at Blenheim Palace on the Saturday. Fairly early start and no real problems getting in. Previous day we had heard of people turning around and not making it because of all the traffic.

The day was very hot and sunny, the place was packed with stalls selling various country goods from posh tables, wood stoves, wood central heating, wellies, guns, and the latest 4 x 4. Notable exception was that Landrover did not have a stand.

Took a look at the birds of prey, and watched some flying with Jemima Parry-Jones.

Spent a considerable time down by the river watching the dogs retrieve their dummies. Later met up with Ann and Chris, we were going to see Chris perform with his gun and dog, but alas the stand had finished.

Very pleasant meal (BBQ steak) with Ann and Chris in the camping site attached to the Gane Fair. Left after dark, took a little while to find the car parked on its own in a dark and large field. No queues leaving at 11.00pm

I don’t believe I will be in Edinburgh for a few weeks now, so I took the opportunity to take a few pictures around the tourist sites, and Whistle Binkies the music bar.

http://www.blasdale.com/pictures/2008/Edinburgh/index.html

I have added the pictures we took of Tuscany to my website. Alas have not placed comments on the pictures yet.

http://www.blasdale.com/pictures/2008/Tuscany/index.html

I have also added the pictures of our trip with the Berkshire branch of the Cambridge Society to Dorset. There are some rather nice pictures of the Haynes Motor museum, especially the pictures of the cars in the Red Room.

http://www.blasdale.com/pictures/2008/CambridgeSociety/index.html

A reminder for the old folk, when you look at the small pictures (called thumbnails), and you find one you like, then click on it for a larger version.

Another neat feature, is when looking at the large pictures, click the right hand gold button which says slide. You will now get a slide show, each picture changing to the next after 4 seconds.