August 2021
Here is a round-up of the events from The Swan during August, 2021.
11th Aug: Quiz Night
The winners of this week's quiz was Beyond Our Paygrade. They were a team made up of some of the volunteers who have been running events and working on the renovation of the pub. Well done guys!
![Beyond Our Paygrade](images2/events/2021/202108/20210811-quiz/20210811.jpg)
Micky was the Quiz Master this week and took to it like a duck out of water. Again, The Courtyard proved popular with quizzers due to the temperature and being outside.
![In THe Courtyard](images2/events/2021/202108/20210811-quiz/20210811-01.jpg)
![The winners](images2/events/2021/202108/20210811-quiz/20210811-02.jpg)
![4-play, the runners-up on a tie break](images2/events/2021/202108/20210811-quiz/20210811-03.jpg)
![In the Courtyard](images2/events/2021/202108/20210811-quiz/20210811-06.jpg)
![Busy in The Coach House](images2/events/2021/202108/20210811-quiz/20210811-05.jpg)
12th-15th Aug: SwanFest 2021
Running from Friday 13th until Sunday 15th August, we were open from 10am until 11pm each of the three days of SwanFest. All were welcome and as a bonus, there was no entrance charge. We had an excellent range of activities for all ages including, but not limited to:
- Family fun including face painting, games and crafts.
- A beer festival with a wide range of excellent ales, lagers and ciders.
- Music each evening with different bands each night.
- And our famous BBQ each day.
Please click on the SwanFest 2021 logo to be taken to our dedicated pages for this fantastic event.
25th Aug: Quiz Night
These week's winners are Hettie's Heroes who have won several times before. Sitting out in The Courtyard, it became a little brisk after the sun went down. But that didn't deter them!
![Hettie's Heroes](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825.jpg)
Martin was back to ask the questions to a busy pub. The pub itself, The Coach House, and The Courtyard were all busy with quizzers. The Quiz is back and becoming a real regular again with quizzers. Why not come along yourself? Every second and fourth Wednesday at 7.30pm.
![Martin Payne, our quiz master](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825-01.jpg)
![Inside The Bar](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825-02.jpg)
![Inside The Coach House](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825-03.jpg)
![In The Courtyard](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825-04.jpg)
![Bloke waiting for the rest of his team](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825-05.jpg)
![At the bar](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825-06.jpg)
![The winners - Hetti](images2/events/2021/202108/20210825-quiz/20210825-07.jpg)
29th Aug: Bank Holiday Market
Collecting the Fresh ProducePam and Brendan O'Reilly kindly donated the fresh produce for this month's mini-market in The Courtyard. There was one stipulation: come and dig it up! So the team went early on the Saturday morning and worked down the farm in Horton to collect a wide variety of vegetables and sun flowers.
![Tractor digging up the potatoes](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-01.jpg)
![The Swan team in the field](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-04.jpg)
![Pam pulling up a large root vegetable](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-02.jpg)
![John puttin the produce table together](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-05.jpg)
![Trailer loaded up with produce](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-03.jpg)
![The final produce table](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-06.jpg)
The Stalls
This month we had the return of many of our popular stalls. The CheeseMunger was there. There were stalls for jams, books, crafts and more. A great variety was to be had. Here are the stalls before the market started.
![Book stall](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-07.jpg)
![Jam stall](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-11.jpg)
![Antiques stall](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-08.jpg)
![Vegetable stall](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-12.jpg)
![Ear rings stall](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-09.jpg)
![Cheese stall](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-13.jpg)
![Craft stall](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-10.jpg)
![Young lassie, perhaps 2 or 3, thrwoing a sponge from about two feet away - hit!](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-14.jpg)
The Courtyard
Once the pub and market opened, The Courtyard quickly filled up. People bought from the stalls and stopped off for a little refreshment too. After all, it was a bank holiday and there was probably no work tomorrow. The weather was dry and a reasonable temperature so we were lucky.
![The Courtyard is full](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-15.jpg)
![Lots of people enjoying a Sunday afternoon drink](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-16.jpg)
![Outside tables were full](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-17.jpg)
![The stalls were popular](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-18.jpg)
![Meanwhile the BBQ was in progress](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-19.jpg)
![Rachel taking a BBQ order](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-20.jpg)
![There were a lot of dogs](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-21.jpg)
![Dogs taking a nap](images2/events/2021/202108/20210829-market/20210829-22.jpg)