Sitting here writing this, as we are just about to have our first cold snap and having scraped the ice off the windscreen in recent days, it seems hard to think back to this show in June when the sky was clear blue and the sun shone down as the thermometer went up. Yes, this has to be the hottest show the Woodlanders did all year.

The Henfield Show, which almost did not happen, was a success for the group. Our pitch on the common covered the space of at least two normal stands and even in the blazing sun Brian worked the pole-lathe and Chris was busy making products. Chris yet again managed to get our and his name into the West Sussex County Times under a review of the show, and the contact did lead to a half-page spread later on in the WSCT about the Woodlanders.

By Malcolm Knight.