Enter our Golden Treasure Hunt to win a gold bullion sovereign coin worth £250.
Print out the clues and bring it with you, or pick up a clue sheet from the Information tent on The Green.
Look at all the fun things we have going on at Country Thriplow:
Daisy Courtauld limited edition giclée prints
Daffodil Weekend souvenirs will be on sale in the Information Tent on The Green, including these lovely limited edition giclee prints by Daisy Courtauld, £13 unframed.
So please come and say hello and have a look!
Original daffodil paintings to fall in love with
Original Daffodil paintings to fall in love with by Annette Waddy Smith will be on sale on our souvenir stall in the Information Tent on The Green.
Annette is a very talented painter who has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Www.annettewaddy-smith.co.uk
All profits to our charities.
Join the Golden Treasure Hunt
What's on at Daffodil Weekend, 17 & 18 March 2018:
The live music line up for Taste of Thriplow is in:
Saturday 17 March 2018
11:30 - Different Accents
https://www.facebook.com/Differentaccents/
12:30 - Claudette Burch
https://www.facebook.com/ClaudetteBurchSinger/
13:30 - Kingston Blues
https://sites.google.com/site/kingstonbluesjam/home
14:30 - Dodo Bones
www.dodobones.co.uk
www.facebook.com/dodobones
15:30 - The Familiars
https://www.facebook.com/The-Familiars-Cambridge-613389612128059/
http://familiars.uk
Sunday 18 March 2018
11:30 - The Melody Beats
https://www.melodybeats.info
https://www.facebook.com/Melodybeatsmusic/
12:30 - Roger Sea
https://www.facebook.com/roger.crosskill
13:30 - Sophie Winter
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sophiewintermusic/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sophieewinter
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/sophie-winter-3
14:30 - Kelly and Woolley
http://www.kellyandwoolley.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/kellyandwoolley/
15:30 - Special Groove
http://www.specialgroove.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/specialgroove/
Catch yourself some fab live folk music at Daffodil Weekend.
Here's the line up:
SATURDAY 17 MARCH
Music Cafe at Cricket Pitch
including:
12.00 Chris Fox
12.30 Daniel Nestlerode & Paul Ballantyne
13.00 J P Lodge
13.30 Karen Johnson & Tony Clark
14.00 Kaszak & Afifi
14.30 Tony Phillips
15.00 Alchemy
15.30 Boxwood Chessmen
The Green Man Pub
including:
12.00 Kaszak & Afifi
12.30 Alchemy
13.00 Tony Phillips
13.30 Penni McLaren Walker
14.00 Tony Mace
14.30 J P Lodge
15.00 Daniel Nestlerode & Paul Ballantyne
15.30 Karen Johnson & Tony Clark
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SUNDAY 18 MARCH
Music Cafe at the Cricket Pitch
including:
12.00 On The Edge
12.30 The Santillys
13.00 Sheri Kershaw Band
13.30 Ian Pease
14.00 Richard & Joey Twinn
14.30 Guido & Nicole Rincon
15.00 Alice Moralee
15.30 Causton & Walker
Little Rovers are back!
Daffodil Weekend just wasn't quite the same with out Little Rovers last year, so we're delighted they're back again for 2018...
Fancy yourself a bit of a soldier? Rawdon's Regiment are coming to Daffodil Weekend!
It is Spring 1643 and England is divided between followers of King Charles I and the Rebel Parliament. Sir Marmaduke Rawdon’s Regiment of Foote has made a daring raid into Parliament Territory and reached Thriplow, just a stone’s-throw away from the City of Cambridge, constituency of a certain Colonel Cromwell.
The soldiers have set up camp in Thriplow while they prepare for war and train their recruits. Come and visit the soldiers and civilians, try on the armour and have a look at the weapons. Watch the Regiment performing Displays of Drill, Musket Firing, and Pike Fighting as they prepare for war.
New recruits are especially welcome, and younger soldiers will have the opportunity to learn how to be a Pikeman in King Charles’ Army. We look forward to seeing you, whether Royalist or Roundhead!
The Smithy is looking rather sparkly this morning...
Country Thriplow trophies
Would you like to win on of these lovely trophies at Country Thriplow this year?
Straw bale run, Saturday 17 March 2018
Gundog scurry, Sunday 18th of March
Gundog scurry, Sunday 18th of March
Straw bale run, Saturday 17 March 2018
Our nominated charity for 2018
We are delighted to announce our nominated Charity for 2018 is Stars: for young people facing grief.
Everyone will experience bereavement during their life, but for young people, the death of a parent or another important person in their lives can be terrible to deal with.
Young people need time to be listened to and to speak about their fears and hopes for the future, but sometimes that’s difficult when others in the family are coping with their own grief. It can be helpful for young people to have support from someone outside of the family, to enable them to share their thoughts and emotions, which if left unexpressed, can lead to anger, disruptive behaviour and concentration issues at school.
Our counsellors, in Cambridgeshire, can help by listening and encouraging young people to express their painful emotions through creative play and work.
Book your stall now to beat the price rise!
We've held the basic price of a Daffodil Weekend stall pitch at 2017s prices, but only until 31st December.
Read moreHappy charities
Yesterday evening at the Daffodil Weekend open meeting, donations and grants were handed out to our benefiting local charities and community organisations.
EACH Milton, our nominated charity for 2017, received a cheque for £9,400 towards expanding their 'Help at home' volunteering initiative which aims to link a caring individual to a family to provide practical support such as cooking, driving, cleaning and gardening. The type of help needed will vary. For some people it might be maintaining the garden, for others help with a one-off job that would just never get done otherwise. The service is needed because caring for a child with complex care needs or a serious illness can be physically and emotionally draining, taking a huge amount of time – which is more precious than anything to families. www.each.org.uk
Other local charities and community projects to benefit from grants were:
HeART - Heathfield
St George’s Church, Thriplow
Thriplow Cricket Club
Thriplow Society
Ladybird Playgroup
Thriplow Village Hall Management Committee
Fowlmere & Thriplow Gardening Club
Thank you for helping us raise over £43,000 for local charities.
This weekend, we raise a phenomenal £43,000 for our local charities. A huge thank you to everyone who made the weekend so special...
All is quiet again in Thriplow Land..
The visitors have gone home happy, the stallholders have packed up any remaining wares, the volunteers are able to put their feet up with a well-earned cup of tea and our EACH Charity VIPs have their goody bags.
Thank you all for coming to see us!
