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p>Surrounded by the majestic Witteberg mountain range, and lying just below
Lesotho, in the Southern Drakensberg, the Eastern Cape town of Lady Grey hosts
an annual agricultural show during the month of July. The annual showcase which
is staged at the more than a century-old Victorian-style Mountain View Inn
Country, has become a much anticipated highlight on Lady Grey's events calendar,
and the enthusiastic show committee regularly surprise show goers with a special
and different show each year.
The popular events usually kick off with livestock judging, where visitors will
witness proud farmers entering their finest beasts into an extremely competitive
field. The event houses a variety of activities and attractions for the entire
family, which include various tempting food and crafts stalls, displays of
farming implements, equipment and vehicles, paintball, clay pigeon shooting,
puppet shows for the children, a programme of women's activities , bicycle
races, extreme bike and quad off road fun rallies, horse riding or jumping,
Gyrocopter rides, Microlites and live music.
Visitors to the Lady Grey Agricultural Show can also expect to see numerous
interesting and informative demonstrations, which in recent years have included
police dog displays and shows, vehicle and machinery demonstrations and various
instructional demonstrations. The show always ends with the show dance. For more
information regarding the Lady Grey Agricultural Show, contact the Mountain View
Country Inn at (051)603-0421 or Fax: 051-603-0114, or Email: mountainview@ladygrey.co.za.
Nearby Towns:Lady Grey, Barkly East, Aliwal North, Rouxville, Rhodes, Dordrecht, Smithfield, Burgersdorp, Ugie, Molteno, Sterkstroom, Bethulie, Queenstown, Venterstad, Steynsburg |
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