Logging on

THOUSANDS of children are getting a taste of rural life during an annual showcase at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jun 2013, 09:53 BST
Children from Rufforth Primary School watching Charlie Parker and Dolly give a demonstartion of horse logging at the Countryside Days event at the Great Yorkshire Showground for Pruimary school children.Children from Rufforth Primary School watching Charlie Parker and Dolly give a demonstartion of horse logging at the Countryside Days event at the Great Yorkshire Showground for Pruimary school children.
Children from Rufforth Primary School watching Charlie Parker and Dolly give a demonstartion of horse logging at the Countryside Days event at the Great Yorkshire Showground for Pruimary school children.

Yesterday children from Rufforth Primary School saw Charlie Parker and Dolly give a demonstration of horse logging, above.

The Countryside Days event began yesterday and continues today and involves 6,000 schoolchildren from more than 100 schools from across Yorkshire. Activities and workshops this year include paper-making and cricket, as well as old favourites such as fly fishing, willow weaving, bread and butter-making, rag-rugging, dry stone walling and even horse-logging. The event is run by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, formed in 1837. The society also organises the annual Great Yorkshire Show at the 250-acre showground early next month. PICTURE: Gary Longbottom.

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