We visited the Royal Welsh Show again this year thanks to a couple of free tickets courtesy of our former blacksmith lodger, Alex, who was stewarding the Ornamental Ironwork Show and Blacksmith competitions. We also visited the show in 2023 and 2024.
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| Photo 1: Prize Winning Dahlias, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025) |
Mary usually likes to visit the pigs, sheep and cows but this year decided not to. This gave us a little more time in the flower and horticultural village and watching the displays in the main ring. Altogether, a more relaxed time.
Pitcher plants were popular this year especially for display ...
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| Photo 2: Carnivorous Plant Stall, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025) |
They had Venus Fly Trap plants as well but no sundews otherwise I might have bought a plant. After a brief stop for an intake of calories (cheese and pickle sandwich with homegrown tomatoes), the next stop was the Welsh Sheeptacular (Photo 3). A 10-15 minute show where the stars are 20 different breeds of sheep and a shearing demonstration.
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| Photo 3: Welsh Sheeptacular, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025) |
I found this old YouTube video from the 2014 Royal Welsh Show - not much has changed except the human participants are 10 years older. While rams can live 9-12 years (with 3-4 years as productive sires), I suspect the 2025 cast is very different from that of 2014.
Video 1: Sheeptacular, Royal Welsh Show 2014
On our way to visit Alex at the Blacksmith Demo and Exhibition area, we stopped off at the cattle ring where the FitzHugh Championship was being judged. Individual breed champions (bull) paired with a cow (and in couple of instances with a calf) were being judged. There were 20 or so different breeds, lower than usual due to an outbreak of bluetongue in England.
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| Photo 4: FitzHugh Championship, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025) |
The judge checked over all 20 entries ...
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| Photo 4: Starting Twenty Competitors |
... then selected her 8 best candidates ...
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| Photo 5: Top Eight Competitors |
... before whittling this down to the best four, and then choosing the champion, a British Blue Bull (Photo 6) ...
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| Photo 6: FitzHugh Champion, British Blue Bull, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025) It was but a short walk to the main arena where Bolddog FMX were performing their acrobatics on motorbikes ... |
Video 2: Bolddog FMX, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025)
Video 3: Bolddog FMX, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025)
Video 4: Bolddog FMX, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025)
Video 5: Bolddog FMX, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025)
Video 6: Bolddog FMX, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025)
We had come to the main ring to watch the Ukrainian Cossacks - so much better than those nasty Russian Cossacks! There was a huge amount of sympathy and support for the Ukrainian riders from the, predominantly, Welsh crowd. Here are a few photos and videos of the action.
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| Photo 7: Ukrainian Cossack, Royal Welsh (July 2025) |
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| Photo 8: Ukrainian Cossack, Royal Welsh (July 2025) |
Video 7: Ukrainian Cossack Horseriding Display, Royal Welsh, July 2025
Video 8: Ukrainian Cossack Horseriding Display, Royal Welsh, July 2025
Video 9: Ukrainian Cossack Horseriding Display, Royal Welsh, July 2025
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| Photo 9: Ukrainian Cossack, Royal Welsh (July 2025) |
Another enjoyable day out at the Royal Welsh Show. We bought a birthday present for a friend, a couple of leek & potato pasties (which would have benefited from less potato and more leek) and two cups of tea. A cheap day out when you don't have to buy the £35 pp tickets! As usual the free park & ride system worked efficiently and flawlessly. Will we be there in 2026? Who knows?
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| Photo 10: Gladioli Flowers, Royal Welsh Show (July 2025) |
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