SUNSHINE and an increase in entries made this year's Bicknoller Flower Show as successful as ever.
The judges were impressed by the high standard of exhibits as well as by the number which increased to 677 this year.
Watchet Town Band and the Quantock Hillbillies line dancers added to the happy atmosphere and helped the whole event turn into a village celebration.
King of the vegetable garden was Sid Dunscombe, and among others to go home weighed down with prizes was Maggie Pumphrey who won no fewer than five trophies.
Pictured after the presentation on Saturday are, from the left at the back, Thomas Pumphrey, Shelly Williams, Peter Darke, Rita Seamons, Beatrice Seamons, Sid Dunscombe, David Keys and Stewart Witcher. In front, from the left, are Maggie Pumphrey, Hazel Hartley, Rose Fish, Julia Tremlett and Pam Stephens.
Cup winners
Challenge Cup, Rose Fish. Open Vegetable Cup, Julia Tremlett, Floral Cup, David Keys. Produce Cup, Maggie Pumphrey. Cottagers Cup, Julia Tremlett. Bicknoller Parishioners Cup, Rose Fish. Village Cup, Hazel Hartley. Ladies Cup, Maggie Pumphrey. Flower Arrangement Trophy, Maggie Pumphrey. Thorncombe Cup, Maggie Pumphrey. Capewell Cup, Thomas Pumphrey. Secretary's Cup, Maggie Pumphrey. Novice Cup, David Keys. Children's Trophy, Emily Barrett. Luttrell Cup, Michael Howe. Hill Cup, Stuart Witcher. Claude Fish Trowel, Rita Seamons. Rose Luttrell Cup, Sid Dunscombe. Photographic Cup, Peter Darke. Halliday Award, Pam Stephens. Leggeter Award, Beatrice Stevens. Coleridge Trophy, Sheila Cunningham. Red Ribbon Award, David Keys. WI Challenge Shield, Watchet WI.