Each year, a nearby village hosts an annual gala which we usually take the children along to for the day. Although we weren’t expecting to be present this year, our plans altered at the last minute thus, we got to go to the Gala after all. We were quite lucky as we had been forecast bad weather for the weekend, but thankfully Saturday stayed pretty dry and fairly warm. The kids ran around for an hour or so, visiting each stall and being sure to empty our pockets in the process, they had such fun though which is exactly what …