Thriplow Daffodil Weekend

The husband, myself and P visited Thriplow Daffodil Festival. Over two days, visitors walk the car-free village to look at the daffodil displays, visit the attractions and open gardens, and potter around the stalls.Thriplow is a village about 20 minutes out of Cambridge. Back in 1969 the church roof in Thriplow was in need of repair - hardly a unique state of affairs in an English village. They'd always had a particularly fine display of daffodils in the village so people decided to open their gardens to the public and to serve tea from their own kitchens. The event raised £206, and thus encouraged, they decided to do it again the next year. Over the years it has raised over £400,000 for charities. Almost everyone in the little village does something to help out - manning car parks, printing posters, serving teas and all the many tasks involved in bringing the event to life. We pre-booked tickets which was 10% cheaper than buying them on the day.

  Apart from the daffs there is much to see: horse and cart rides, the local blacksmith's shop, merry-go-rounds, morris dancers, stalls selling all manner of local produce, a punch and judy mn, folk music, rock and jazz, the raptor foundation, vintage cars and tractors,stalls selling local produce......

 We had lunch there - P enjoyed a pancake and some ice-cream!