The Royal Norfolk Show is quite simply one of the best agricultural shows in Britain. Visiting it last Thursday, it's easy to see why. The mix of first-class livestock, rural pastimes, hi-tech machinery and special events offers something for everyone.

After welcoming HRH The Duke of York to the Show, I met with a group of Norfolk farmers at the National Farmers Union stand.

Local farmers are worried about the proposed EU sugar beet quota cuts and fear lost jobs and price cuts of up to 50%.

The NFU is taking 200 beet growers to the European Beet Rally in Brussels on 18 July to protest over the EU's reform proposals. Contact the NFU if you want to be involved.

Among many other exhibits I also visited the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association's education marquee and saw the excellent conservation display put together by pupils from Archbishop Sancroft High School in Harleston.

Gliding is a thrilling experience and I would encourage anyone to have a go. I enjoyed my second flight from the club’s headquarters at Tibenham Airfield, under the expert eye of Instructor Tim Davies who is benefiting from the grant with some advanced training.

To find out more about gliding, call Norfolk Gliding Club on 01379 677207 or visit www.ngcglide.co.uk.

The overall winning entry has been printed up and 2,000 visors have been donated to the Pulham St Mary voluntary fundraising support group of CLIC Sargent, the UK's leading children's cancer charity, who will sell them to boost local funds. Mondi Packaging also gave the three winning schools handsome cash prizes.

Overall winner Georgia Elsey of Harleston Primary, whose design features on the visor, and joint runners up, Dereace Guttery of Dickleburgh Primary and Rose Chubbock of Pulham Primary, each received book tokens.

I congratulate Mondi Packaging's Managing Director Melvyn Mabbutt and his staff on such an innovative scheme.

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