The harvests are in. The fields are bare and the ghosts have crept back from whence they came (probably).

The wind has picked up, but that is nothing to stalwart kite flying hobbits!

Come one, come all (and bring your cloak and scarf!) to the annual Kite Flyer's Tea and Pony Race this November 10th at 7:30 pm. Bring your favourite kite and your favourite equine companion to the fields of Elderglen, Shire Homesteads for a bonfire feast and fizzers!

We will gather first at Number 6 Harrow Road and then proceed to the field below to fly our kites and compete for prizes and such coveted titles as:

• Best pony name

• Best short poem/rhyme about a pony as if written by your pony

• Best “scary moment riding a pony” story in ten lines or less

and

• Winner of the Elderglen Pony Race!

Let's see if last year's winners can keep their titles!

Contestants will warm up their ponies in a nice gentle trot round the empty field and then line up, tails to the fence for judging.

Once the judges have made their decisions, those who wish to race will exit the field at the signal at the given gate and follow Harrow Road to the right until it joins Chalk Road. From there down Wending Way, along the creek on the right and back to the Gate at Number 6 Harrow Road as the finish line.

Riders please stick to the roads! We want no hoof prints in anyone's garden or shortcuts across anyone's lawn! Ponies must be of local fare (no war steeds please!) and no feeding any athelas potions to your mounts to make them run faster! We want a nice clean race! Skill against skill alone! After the race we will meet back by the bonfire for prizes and tea! Please feel free to bring fizzers for casual launching after tea.

Kite Tea and Pony Race,

November 10th at 7:30pm ((UK Time))

at Number 6 Harrow Road,

Elderglen, Shire Homesteads