Aston woods continued...

Not so long ago I noticed this sign had appeared in the woods.

Apparently the reason for this is that someone has been coming into the woods with a chainsaw and cutting down trees.  I hope the sign puts whoever is doing this off.

Aston woods are beautiful and I could probably write a whole blog about how they change over the year.  I saw one of these nostalgia posts on facebook about how, in the past, kids used to play in the woods instead of on computer games all the time.  Well in our village kids do have video games but they also do play in the woods.   I've seen dens built in the woods and there's also a bmx track. That gets a lot of use.

Red campion in Aston woods

The bluebells are gone now but they've been replaced by foxgloves and  red campions.  The picture doesn't do the colours justice.  They are much more pink in real life.

Weston school fair

This Saturday we had the Weston school fair.  The Aston school fair was on the same day at roughly the same time.  I went to the Weston one. They both had a fancy dress competition too.  This was the first time Weston had done that at their school fair and quite a few people took part.  They had all the usual stalls, the refreshments, pick a bag, book stall, bric-a-brac, barbecue, hook a duck, panning for gems and splat the rat to name a few.  The turnout wasn't as good as on previous years, although still quite a lot of people came.  This could have been due to the weather, as it was overcast and there was a sudden downpour part way through and several people who were doing the penalty shoot out came in looking rather drenched.  Maybe the lower turnout was due to the Aston school fair being on the same day, but I don't think the Aston and Weston people go to each others school fairs, not many of them do anyway.

Scarecrow trail 2013

This weekend was the 12th annual scarecrow trail in Weston-on-Trent and it was sunshine all the way.  Which was a good thing as scarecrows don't look so good after being rained on and the sunshine brings out the crowds to look around.  Various people make scarecrows to put around the village.

Sometimes they are made by local groups

Sometimes they are made by individuals or families

Sometimes people put them in weird and wonderful places

Everyone who goes around the trail gets to do a quiz and to vote for their favourite scarecrow.  Judging from my conversations with other people who went around the trail this is my prediction for the winner.

If walking around the trail got to be hungry or thirsty work there were drinks and cakes for sale in the village hall.