I went to a rabbit show in Doncaster racecourse to pick up my new rabbit from a breeder and show judge. Since it was my first ever time to go to a rabbit show, I was quite excited. More so cause I was picking up my pet rabbit, been a long time since I last had a rabbit.

The Bradford Premier Small Animal Show is the largest and longest running small animal show in the UK. It has over 2,500 cavies, gerbils, hamsters, mice, rabbits and rats attending the show over two days according to their website.

The rabbits are housed in their cages waiting for judging time. Here we can see Rufus and Tan Belgian Hares.

The show judges were working hard to distinguish each of the same breeds. They do look like clones of each other. The best rabbit usually have the required characteristics. We have Dwarf Netherlands on the table, one of the smaller rabbit breeds.

Here we can see several Polish Albino rabbits on the judging table. They are quite rare as I haven't seen much Polish rabbits for sale.

Here is the competition awards, given to each categories.

Photos of different rabbit breeds at the show, above the Angora Rabbit

Seems to be a Double Mane Lionhead Rabbit

A Himalayan Polish Rabbit

The German/Flemish Giant Rabbit

Blanc De Hotot Rabbit, a rare breed

A Sallander Rabbit, another unusual

A Rabbit Jumping Show is also hosted here, which was a delight to watch.

This rabbit did quite well, clearing all the jumping poles.

This is the rabbit father of the baby rabbit that I brought home.

Bringing my new rabbit home, a Mantle Belgian Hare. On the journey back home.

He seems to be good natured and friendly already, only met a few hours ago.

He arrived home to relax on the sofa before retreating to his rabbit bed.

Video of the Day

Youtube Video Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBcvN1yk1_4

Gisela Lee

I was invited to give an interview about the Chinese Christian community which will become part of the Oriental Museum in Durham University. It is available for viewing now and will be part of the collection.

Was first given a tour of the museum to see their collections so far.

Saw some interesting Oriental tapestry, however I can not read it.

I was amazed at this Oriental astronomical clock, horologium to be precise.

Filming setting is checked over.

Just a few takes to get the filming done.

The star of the show is this book

It is the Tyndale Bible 1526, translated by William Tyndale who died on the stake for this. One of the few first English translations. It is a beautiful facsimile and was published by Hendrickson and a complete copy of it is in British Library.

Exhibition Day, available in QR Code form as well.

Video of it is available here:

https://youtu.be/PnktSNTrrRg

 

 

Gisela Lee