2022 was a great show season with many events attended and great support from our members. The season ended with the Bentley Wood Fair which ran over 3 days and saw plenty of interest in the SSCG and the crafts associated with it. 2023 already has four shows booked in, SESHA heavy horse show on the 30th April, Edenbridge and Oxted show on the 27th-28th August, Belmont House wood fair [...]
Below is a great message from the West's Wood Fair organisers. We are still planning to go ahead on the 21st – 22nd August and are hoping that this year will be better than ever. We’ve got Adams Axe men entertaining you in the arena, a cant hook and a chainsaw race as we have done before. Plus this year for the first time ever there will be a pole climbing demonstration. Our pub The Woodturners Rest has already been erected where we’re planning to have a pub quiz and there will be live music on all day going on into the [...]
What a wonderful show, a little damp but a great time was had by all the group members who attended. It was a good chance to meet up with people we hadn't seen for a while and the public were very interested in what we were all doing. The show organisers were, as usual, very helpful and accomodating in this relaxed and friendly show. We were situated just behind the main arena and got a good view of all that was happening. People took lots of flyers from the group and everyone sold a few bits and bobs to help [...]
We had the best weather at the Belmont Woodfest, just a little rain on the Saturday which just dampened down the dust. A few members had stands and all did very well at this relaxed and very enjoyable show. The management of the show visited us all and took an interest in what we were doing. People love to chat here, like minded and friendly, we even had a bit of a campfire in the evening where we met new people and old friends. Well worth attending this event and it would be wonderful to see more of the group [...]