THE show's huge variety of attractions brings in visitors from a wide area.

On top of the main agricultural classes there are miniature horse championships, a parade of military vehicles, show jumping and falconry displays. Vintage tractors and Jez Avery's mountain bike stunt show also kept the visitors amused.

Martin Lasance, an agricultural contractor from Staffordshire visited the show after being recommended by a friend.

He said: "I'd heard it was of the best agricultural shows in the country so I thought I'd pop along. I'm particularly interested in the cattle classes but the whole event has generally been superb. The weather certainly held out too."

Alisdair and Lucy Garbutt travelled to the event from Cheltenham with their two children Archie and Harry. They recently moved to the Cotswolds from Jersey.

Lucy said: "We're avid horse fans and own our own so we're particularly interested in that side of the show. However, I was amazed by the bulls in the cattle class, they were incredible."

One of the main highlights of the day was a last visit from the Australian quad bike stuntman, the Kangaroo Kid. After eight shows the Kid, otherwise known as Matt Coulter is heading stateside, to Las Vegas where he'll continue his extreme stunt show.

After jumping over two military army tanks he left on a high but not before receiving the long service award from the Moreton Show organisers.

He said: "It was a complete surprise, Nikki Eden the attraction chief steward mentioned she had a surprise up her sleeve but I didn't know what it was. I now have six shows left in this country and then I'm off to Las Vegas."

The Homes and Gardens section saw a high standard of entries in floral arrangements, preserves, cakes and vegetables.

Chief steward Sybil Limbrick said: "The children's entries were particularly good this year with entries made out of waste materials and vegetables. I was particularly impressed with the WI section."

YOUNGSTERS who took part in the Strutt & Parker Young Countryside Person of the Year Awards 2005 were congratulated by Robert Lewellyn from the Channel 4 hit show Scrapheap Challenge at Moreton Show.

"I was really impressed with the letters," he said at the presentation ceremony. "It is very uplifting to think there are young people in the countryside who are interested in where they live and take a great interest in what they do."

The senior winner was Abigail Gardner, aged 17, of Aston Road, Chipping Campden, and the junior winner Poppy Godwin, aged 10, of Fosseway Farm Nursery, Moreton.

Runner-up awards went to Ben Stayt, Oliver Godwin, Geiger Parris, Richard Jones and Tom McDonagh.

Jasper Fielding, of Strutt & Parker, said: "These young people aren't stuck in front of the computer or TV. They are living fun, busy and healthy lives, in fact, I wonder how they have time to fit it all in."