For a change I thought I’d let you see photographs from a dog’s eye view. You will find yourself on a green by the village hall in the little country village of Mamhead just a few miles from my hometown of Dawlish. The occasion? It is a fundraising fete, the proceeds of which will go to the upkeep of Mamhead Church, one of the prettiest churches you could imagine (and it has been the subject of one of my paintings).

There were a few stalls, including my own – I took along some prints and a few originals; also games and tombolas, a hog roast, two llamas (alive and well, not roasted!), live music (the heavy metal band didn’t go down too well with the oldies but the following band got everybody’s feet tapping on the grass); and, perhaps most surprising… a troupe of unusual belly dancers. Sorry, but you will have to wait until my next post for photographs of the incredible belly dancers. For now I’m concentrating on the dogs at the fete…