A drop of Ballantynes

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Stayed with a friend next night at Appleby and had a lovely BBQ . Came away from there with lots of grapefruit plums etc to bring home.
Before we left the festival we were given a few interesting facts
There were 612 vans and caravans, 1128 adults, 148 dogs ( little dogs on leads of every shape and colour, not allowed near the entertainment area)
The rugby club made 1300 dollars from people paying two dollars for a shower, the rugby club sold $5000 worth of hot meat sandwiches and hamburgers,  Collection for StJohns who were on site for the four days was$1518-30. The school sold books and ice creams never got those figures but know it would be thousands going on other years
This is a very small community and this is their fundraiser for the year. Takes a huge number of volunteers and they do a mighty job. The rugby club and school also get paid for the use of there grounds and buildings. They said the busnesses of the area go all out to help.At the finish everybody gathered in huge circles and sang Old Lang Syne, it was so joyful and moving