Weather stays kind to successful Plas Newydd summer fete

* People enjoy all the fun of the fete.

Despite a couple of quick downpours around lunchtime and later in the afternoon, the weather generally stayed kind to the Llangollen Summer Fete at Plas Newydd today (Saturday).

Highlights included a full programme of entertainment, including performances from Llangollen Operatic Society, Llangollen Pantomime Group, Karen's dance troupe and Llangollen Silver Band. 

A variety of stalls offered goods ranging from jewellery to handicrafts and from teddy bears to tombola plus demonstrations of willow weaving, card printing and nature crafts. 

Junior members of the fete committee arranged attractions for teenagers including a football stall, nature crafts and kindling making and for the younger children there was a treasure hunt.

Proving popular were the children's rides as well as a circus workshop by Circo Art that people of all ages could join in throughout the afternoon.

This year, for the first time, the fete featured a wellbeing area aiming to provide advice, guidance and services to help people with their  physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Among contributors were Cambrian Hearing, Nature for Health, Llangollen Food Share and a tai chi session led by Mike Gleed.

Local businesses provided a long list of prizes for the raffle. 

All money raised on the day will go to local and community causes as well as the funding of future fetes.

There was also a wider variety of food and drinks, from GeeGee's bar, The Parks Pims Stall and wine from Pip Gayle.

* Llangollen Silver Band play early in the afternoon.

* A wood carving demo.

* Compere Charlie Jones invites the deputy mayor Damon Richards-Gwilliam to open the fete.

* A fine display of soft toys.

* The angling club's hook-a-duck game.

* The volunteer team who helped to ensure things ran smoothly.

* Keeping plates spinning at the circus skills workshop.

* The Ysgol Bryn Collen stall kept busy.

 * The fire engine was a popular attraction.

* Llangollen Operatic gave a musical taste of their forthcoming show, Into the Woods.

* Llangollen Panto Group perform a song from this year's show Beauty and the Beast. 

* North Wales Police had one of their cars on show.

* Karen's dancers go through their paces.

* A classic Standard car is admired outside Plas Newydd.

* A wine tasting session run by Pip Gale.

* Charlie interviews Bronagh of Ysgol Y Gwernant who designed the winning fete flyer.