Harvest Festival..

Salam..

Thank you for dropping by again.. It has been more than a week since my last entry.. Gladly for me, I received some good responses from multiple people.. To cut the long story short, I had a discussion about the specialty while I was working last week, and I mentioned what my views are about the field.. I got the article printed (thanks to Mary McAllister, side A ward clerk) and some nurses read and relayed their views.. I thank the people who responded to me..

"I'm glad the doctors feel the same way.."
"I liked it.. It's so modest yet so true.."
"I think it's very good.. I couldn't explain it better myself.."

Those were some of the replies I received.. It makes me feel good to have some comments (fortunately for me, this time they were good ones..) about my blog.. As for you readers, do not hesitate to drop by and jot a word or two..

Milford Harvest Festival

This is a festival I never actually knew about, not until last Sunday.. I am not sure of how far back this annual festival has taken place.. However, I did find out that this is one of the events held by Milford Care Centre, spearheaded by Milford Hospice Friends Association (MHFA).. This association was founded in 1983.. As for general information, Milford Care Centre is actually a voluntary organisation.. It is run mainly from funding through charity.. This festival is one of the events to raise funds for the hospice.. Also, as far as I was informed, only the doctors are employed by the Health Service Executive (HSE), but all other employees are employed by the hospice itself..

Now, moving on from some background to the event.. This year's event took place on 14th September.. However, this year, the event was not held in the hospice grounds itself as the weather had not been great lately.. It was decided by the organisers that they would take a ground outside the hospice.. The venue was just about 5-minutes drive away, and with full tarmac ground, all the mud and muck were avoided.. I took a small bit of my time over the weekend to see what was it about..

Generally, it is a festival of trade and display.. Locals sell goods including home-made bread, scones and jams, used clothes and home utensils, cutleries, books, home decoratives and toys.. These were segmented in different tents for convenience.. We had a walk around and bought only a spread cloth for serving food.. There were also barbecues, despite the drizzle.. More interestingly, there was a Harley-Davidson motorbike lot and a Goldwing lot, too.. Also a collection of retro cars and old farming machineries.. We got to take some snapshots of the events..

Ina with a Goldwing motorbike..

Three love bugs..

Barbecue in the drizzle..

Ina with an antique retro van..

Retro sports car..

I seriously do not know what this is - possibly a pump of some kind..

A collection of old Irish punts..

Old oil pump - sponsored by Esso!

Unfortunately, we didn't have the leisure of time to stay long at the fest.. On the way home, I had to stop by at the hospice to drop some things for work, mainly because I am away on annual leave this week, hence I don't really plan to be at my workplace, but also I didn't intend to leave the work left for a week..

And, in the rain, Ina got some pictures with a horse..

Well, I think I'll cut this one short.. I know, this entry is probably more pics than discussion, unlike my usual entries.. No matter, I still have few more up my sleeves.. I'll come back later for a slightly heavier entry - the Big Bang Experiment, Trust Me I'm A Doctor, Tidy Town - to (provisionally) name a few..

As for this one, enjoy the pics.. I congratulate Milford Hospice for holding a wonderful event.. I hope this would boost the funding for the running of the hospice..

Till then, see you later..