HOW I ORGANISED THE GREAT WALTHAM VILLAGE FETE .

By Scamp.

Well, though I say it myself – it was quite impressive wasn’t it? I hope you came and saw what a great day out it was. And wasn’t it a very sensible idea to use the Recreation Ground where there is so much room for everything?

My humans at home with a few others spent some of Friday (on my instructions) putting up marquees for some of the arty-craft things. They got a bit wet and didn’t half grumble because there was quite a thunderstorm. Anyway they got them up and then we went home for fish and chips.

On Saturday morning I was back on duty to see that everything happened as it needed it to There were yet more tents and things to put up; tables and chairs to be put out and so many other bits and pieces. Fortunately it was a lovely hot day, and I met lots of new doggy friends – but sadly I was too busy to play as I had everything to organise. I had a very nice young helper in tow they called her Jazz (which is a very discordant kind of music that my human at home is always playing very loudly when the Head Gardener is out. It gets on my nerves! But this Jazz was lovely and we walked round the recreation ground about 90 times that day, I must say she seemed a bit tired at the end of it. These young people just haven’t got the stamina! Oh except for those wonderful athletes (The Blue Falcons) who were running and jumping over horses and vans and things. They were brilliant!

There were all sorts of things going on all afternoon – there were teas, a beer tent, a barbecue, a very noisy lorry with an organ thing in it playing loud music; there were craft stalls, there was a bric-a-brac stall, book stall, ice creams for sale, strawberries and cream. And did you see those two wonderful old motorbikes. Oh,I would have loved to give them a chase.

And did you see that very clever man making things out of bits of wood? He was brilliant.

I do hope it all made lots of money because it will mostly go to keep the churches in our village in good repair – and do they need it – a huge chuck of stone fell off the church in Great Waltham in July – it is going to cost thousands and thousands of pounds to repair: if bits keep falling off it will become very dangerous and I shan’t be able to walk near it.....so I hope they get it repaired soon.

But do you know – after all my hard work still no one has told me how much I raised – isn’t that a shame because it was the very best fete that I have ever been to?

See you

SCAMP