THESE pictures show Long Ridings School's Summer Fete 2013 was blessed with better weather than last year, as fun-lovers revelled in the sunshine.
Hundreds of people dragged themselves away from the men's Wimbledon final on their television sets and headed for the Long Ridings Avenue school's playing fields to enjoy the festivities.
The day raised £1,000 more than last year, with £3,700 being raised by the Parents Association to help fund a new outdoor amphitheatre at the school.
A range of activities including a huge inflatable pirate ship, owls from charity Owls R Us, farm yard animals, stalls, a crockery smashing shy, a barbecue and in a nod to the tennis, strawberries and cream.
It was in stark contrast to last year's washout said the chair of the Parents' Association, Hannah Kirby: "We went really overboard this year and it was a lot of fun.
"Last year it poured down so badly that we couldn't get in the field and had to move onto the playground losing some of the stalls as a result."
The school also hopes to complete the building of a new climbing frame and pirate ship on the school playground soon.
