As first reported in our sister newspaper the Driffield Post last week, 25,486 visitors descended on the showground for the 133rd annual show last Wednesday.

And many of the traders exhibiting in the rural crafts tent reported brisk business and plenty of interest in their products.

First time exhibitor Rebecca Darbyshire, who runs Bugs and Flowers at Hutton Cranswick, said she had never seen the show as busy. The event was an ideal opportunity to showcase her range of images of flowers, insects and coastal scenes.

Joanne Godfrey, of Janny's Designs from Middleton-on-the-Wolds, also reported a busy day, and Jo Reid of U Name It, based at Sleights, near Whitby, said the show seemed to bucking the current trend of an economic slowdown.

"We've been very, very busy. They're talking about a recession - not today," she said.

John Gledhill of Nafferton, was among the team of local Rotary Club members who were responsible for directing drivers into the car parks at the show site. The Rotarians have offered their services as car park attendants at the showground for several years.

Livestock

The newly appointed Driffield Show livestock secretary described this year's competitions as a huge success, despite blue tongue control restrictions hitting entries.

Livestock secretary Richard Jackson had expected record entries with a new section for British blonde cattle, but the movement restrictions meant livestock entries were down on last year.

Mr Jackson said: "We have to take it on the chin and we weren't the only show to have suffered."

The East Riding was brought inside the blue tongue protection zone imposed by DEFRA last month, along with West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Selby.

Sheep steward Edward Sims, 24, of Driffield had just returned from enjoying success in the sheep shearing competitions at the Great Yorkshire Show, in Harrogate but found himself at Driffield Show without his usual flock of sheep.

Mr Sims said: "This is the first time I have stewarded Driffield Show but the sheep I was meant to be stewarding haven't come down from North Yorkshire because of the blue tongue restrictions."

Driffield Agricultural Society president John Johnston said the numbers of livestock entries were as good as could be expected given the restrictions.

Green theme

The show enhanced its green credentials by persuading more people than ever to travel by bus, cycle or on foot rather than by car.

In 2007, more than 800 people used the free shuttle bus from the town centre to Kelleythorpe. That jumped to around 1,600 this year.

The route was so busy that East Yorkshire Motor Service put on extra service buses to accommodate people travelling to the show, while Northern Rail also saw hundreds of people travelling into town by train this year.

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