A proper old fashioned do was Eydon Fête this year, with a few modern twists. It was lovely weather for the first day of September 2019, and the event was well attended. We made nearly fifty quid in donations and got a couple or three possible new Members to follow-up, so we weren't disappointed, even though we couldn't say our gazebo was "busy". There was a keen if gentle NW'ly breeze to temper the sunshine (and we were in the NW corner of the field) but with our gazebo's windward side and rear rigged, we were cosy!            Below there are a series of images that tell the tale, the first set shows our base of operations for the day...

Our RBL Member John Grindlay declared the Eydon Fête '19 "OPEN" and, as you can see, we and others were also very much open for business by then.

There was a superb lunch for all tastes and The Brackley Brass Band, interspersed with subsequent singers, entertained us with tunes and songs from our times past, and sometimes more modern. The Band and "Maggie May" are pictured...

 Classic cars seems to be a feature of Fêtes these days and Eydon was no exception, that's a 1935 Wolseley Hornet, an Austin 7 and a Morris 8, and a 1950's Riley's cockpit. There were lots more, multiple MGs, Morris Minors and a Ford Corsair like I had way back in the 1960's!

There were good old fashioned games, like nine-pins (skittles) and lots of home made goodies on sale. It was also a dog's day, with a show AND...

A race or three, with a real rabbit skin to chase...