Westmorland County Show 2024: thousands of people attend day two

The cattle being paraded for the judges (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

This year's show marks 225 years since it began in 1799. Thursday (August 12), saw heifers, shire horses and goats in the showground. 

The show has been running for hundreds of years (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

Martin Stanley came up from Cheshire. His shire horse Daresbrook Sensation came second in class. He said: "It's a well-known show and the steward invited me to come and show our horse."

A farmer with his Highland heifer which was about to be judged (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

He said the show is known in the north-west and his father had been there before. "I thought I'd give it a crack," he said. 

A horse walks out onto the showground (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

Sandra Nicholl is a teacher from nearby Kirkbie Kendal school who teaches land-based studies to Year 10 and 11 and had taken her students on a trip to the show. 

The heifers on show (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

"We work on farms and work in forestry so we come here to look around all the animals, look at the farming," she said. She added that the younger generation takes an interest because a lot of them come from farming families. 

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Farmers from across the country gathered to show off their livestock (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

Derek Wilson, Heather Berg and Josh Marshall came from Crosthwaite. Derek and Heather had always wanted to visit the show, but they were busy with work. They brought along their grandson Josh. 

One of the goats on display to the public (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

"It's a local show, I'm local to this area I've lived in the Lyth Valley all of my life and farming has been part of my life - it isn't at the moment but I still enjoy coming here," he said. 

Locals Derek Wilson, Heather Berg and Josh Marshall praised the show (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

Heather said: "I haven't been for years and it's still good."

"It's great, it's nice to see all the stalls, all the animals, local people as well," Josh added. 

Kirkbie Kendal teachers with Sandra Nicholl in the centre (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

Greg McDougall and Will Alexander are from the Bentham Auction Mart, which have had a stall at the show for many years. The mart is on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales and Lancashire, and is less than ten miles away from the Cumbrian border.

Will Alexander and Greg McDougall from Bentham Auction Mart said the show was a great opportunity to network (Image: Newsquest, Daniel Pye)

"We see a lot of our customers here, old and new," Will said. "It's a good networking event, it's good to be seen and get out into the community."