Uckfield Matters Magazine - July 19 #143

There were some beautiful flowers and brightly coloured WI made crafts in the
WI/flower tent, there were lots of categories with some amazing interpretations in
each craft competition, of course I was drawn to the rainbow ones ;)
The Wine Walk was informative and fun, we
really enjoyed learning more about some
of our local vineyards, I never knew there
were so many and we've now been inspired
to plan a tour of some East Sussex vineyards
this summer which will make a great feature
so watch this space come autumn time! Of
course, having a few tasters of the various
offerings was fun too, the English sparkling
wines we have locally are truly wonderful!
There's a lot more going on with lots of
agricultural areas, various farm animal
competitions and displays with sheepshearing
demos and the like. There are lots
of food stands with food to eat as well as
plenty to take home such as local cheeses,
meats, booze and sweet treats. We bought
some Sussex Charmer to take home which
is a mix of mature cheddar and Parmesan so
has a lovely deep, tangy flavour and is almost
gone already.
Despite the rather dingy weather with a
few downpours, we had a brilliant day out!
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