Paula Hynes: The team goes camping at Tullamore

Tullamore is a show that is going from strength to strength, it was by far the biggest crowd I have ever seen attend the show this year and the organisers deserve huge credit for the effort they put in

Judge Stacey O'Sullivan with Rathard Kasey, overall best Jersey udder at Tullamore show and the 2nd-placed best udder senior cow.

It has been many years since we have been camping but with the tent resurrected from the attic, airbeds and sleeping bags packed along with two days' worth of cattle feed and our show gear, we headed off to Tullamore Show for the FBD National Livestock Show. 

It was our first time taking a milker to the show and it was better to stay on site so we could keep a watchful eye over her through the night along with the four younger heifers we had with us. Becky had the show team clipped, however, she chose to stay at home and keep an eye on the heifers which are close to calving.