Frome 3 give us the run around

Two endurance athletes who have run at least 10km (six miles) every day for the past year plan to "finish with a flourish" in Bristol on New Year's Eve.

Jim Plunkett-Cole and Neil Taylor will mark the 365th day with a circular 74km (46-mile) run around the city.

The pair, from Frome, Somerset, began the challenge on 1 January, along with eight-year-old dog Alfie.

Throughout the year the trio have run some 2,800 miles, so far raising more than £6,500 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and Positive Action against Cancer charities.

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Don't eat the Cheese

The Frome and District Agricultural Society was founded in 1861 with the aim of staging a "Great Exhibition" of the two local specialities, cheese and butter.

In the autumn of 1861 the first Frome Cheese Show was held on a Wednesday in the Market Yard and cheese was both exhibited and sold. It was reported that Messrs Gayton of Trowbridge bought 28.5 tons of Cheddar cheese.

Mr Carey used his own family history and photographs to record changes in farming practice in parallel with the development of Frome Cheese Show. His talk was illustrated with photographs ranging from early shows on the Market Yard to today's activity at West Woodlands.

In 1919 the show moved to Fromefield and, after gradually acquiring more of the available land, remained there until 1998.

It flourished at Fromefield but by the 1990s it was clear that the show had outgrown its accommodation.

There is now a permanent show ring and a livestock village at The Woodlands which hosts the hundreds of cattle, sheep and goats which compete for class and show honours.

A countryside pursuits area has been created along with a nature reserve. Cheese continues to be at the heart of it and has its own pavilion and the show, as a whole, continues to thrive.


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Little Jack Horner sat in the corner

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