Yesterday’s Family Fun Day, as part of the Betfair weekend at Ascot Racecourse was given a boost by the weather.

ascot racecourse

Warm and sunny but with a good breeze to stop everyone from overheating, thousands of  families from all over the country turned up to enjoy a funfair, the chance to meet Peppa Pig and Thomas the Tank Engine, to shake hands with The Simpsons, free face painting and balloon animals, Pet a real racehorse, chat to Ant and Dec, and of course watch some great horse racing.

I got the chance to welcome lots of lovely people to the event , and as you can see from the picture, I got involved with the activities too.

horsing-around

I’m not sure if the photo of me on the horse trainer counts as ‘upholding the respect and dignity of the office of Town Crier’, but it was a lot of fun.

The most novel question of the day came from a little boy who marched up to me, looked up and demanded to know “Why are you so tall? Are you wearing stilts?” – Brilliant!