All week the weather forecast was bad for Saturday.

As a precaution we borrowed two small marquees and two gazebos, my theory being, if we prepare for bad weather it won’t happen, and it worked!! Apart from one shower in the morning the day was warm and mainly sunny, even though there were reports of heavy rain in neighbouring villages.

With the help of some very good friends, we decorated the tables and marquees with orange, blue and white ribbons, and balloons, it all looked really lovely. The cakes started arriving; everybody had made such an effort.?

Other stalls were an amazing tombola with over 100 prizes. My daughter-in-law Cathy suggested we had a Pimms tent, obviously the Pimms was free but we charged for the lemonade and??fruit! My daughter Nicola and grand daughter Jessica set up face painting for the children.

Number one daughter, Jane helped with the preparations in the days prior to the event and was a ‘gofer’ on the day, helping wherever it was needed. Other fund raising events were guess the weight of the cake; which was made, once again, by Hayley. ?Guess the name of the cow was the main attraction, dressed in MND colours (made by Nicola).

The prize for naming the cow?was a Kindle. This was donated by the company I have worked for, for over 20 years – Mr Fothergills Seeds Ltd. The winner of the Kindle and the cow, was 7 year old Hendrix Turpin (Pictured left with Jean Taylor), who called her Cery?s.

The day was very successful, we raised over ?1,000, almost ?200 more than we raised last year.

Jean Taylor – Headcorn