Dorset’s newest country show got off to a fantastic start with twelve thousand people attending the Spring Countryside Show at the Turnpike Showground near Motcombe in April.
Organised by the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show team, this two-day event showcased rural life and crafts as well as live music, steam engines and classic cars.
James Cox, Event Organiser said “We are over the moon with the responses to the Spring Countryside Show. We set out on this venture back in the Autumn and never expected it to gain the momentum it has.
“We were joined by so many craft producers, local traders and skilled rural individuals.”
A major highlight of the show programme was horseback falconry in the Jonathan Marshall Free Spirits Show featuring the black horse, famous in the Lloyds Bank adverts and an incredible stunt of a falcon flying in between the horses’ legs which had the crowd mesmerized.
The Spring Countryside Show opened it’s gates for the first time ever in April with organisers looking to its return bigger and better in April 2023.
Save the date – Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd April.
