Beautiful Boconnoc
The good weather that we had for the Boconnoc Steam Fair in July is now nothing but a distant memory. Everyone I spoke to said what a great event it was. In previous years, some have said that the atmosphere was a bit "clicky" and that previously the organisers were only interested in the steam engines but this year there was a good overall balance and no complaints about unfriendliness. There was a fine range of exhibits, too, although decent autojumbles seem to be things of the past. Everybody seemed to be there. If you hadn't caught up with old friends for a while, here they were, polishing their cars or riding on their tractors. The surroundings in the great park are magnificent with the big trees and rolling landscape down to the house and the lake. Some of my neighbours from up the line called Boconnoc Bock O'Nock when they moved down here and those of us who should know better have started saying it, too. It should be said like B'con'c with the ...