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Reader event: A day at Daylesford HQ in pictures

Enjoy England Daylesford: Tractor at Daylesford
All aboard the tractor… the winners are given a tour around Daylesford by farm manager Richard Smith to see livestock such as the legbar hens, a rare Gloucestershire breed. The lifestyle certainly agrees with them as the farm workers collect around 8,000 eggs a week from the organic free-range chickens
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: A sheep dog in action
Sidney the sheepdog shows off his herding prowess as part of a demonstration. Daylesford keeps four different breeds of sheep, including Cotswold sheep which were introduced to England by the Romans and helped the region prosper with the wool trade. They're now classified as a rare breed
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: Cookery school
Daylesford cookery school's head tutor Vladimir Niza shows our winners how to master the perfect pancake. He should know, he used to work at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, run by king of classic cooking Raymond Blanc
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: A woman attempts to flip a pancake at the cookery school
Oh flip! Jackie Mulryne, watched by her somewhat unimpressed friend Nicola Lando, attempts to flip a pancake. You're next, Nicola …
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: Winners de-stalk blueberries
Jenny Davis, Steve Granshaw, Richard Strachan and Pasquale Bradascio (left to right) de-stalk blueberries, which were freshly plucked from the market garden. We bet they couldn't resist tasting a few along the way
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: A summer pudding
Andrea Ferrari proudly displays his summer pudding, which particularly impressed the meticulous eye of head tutor Vladimir Niza, before turning it out of the mould
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: Summer puddings
What a lineup! A bevy of the most summery of English puds, the berry-licious summer pudding, receives a finishing flourish before being served and devoured by our readers
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: Winners sit out on the farm
The sun put his hat on (hip, hip, hip hooray) for our reader event on Daylesford farm this summer, so lunch was served alfresco. Delicious food, wine and views of the Cotswold countryside were enjoyed by all. Bliss!
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: Winners chat over some lunch
Wilma Kirsten (seated, centre) enjoys chatting with her fellow winners over a relaxed lunch in the gardens of Daylesford farm
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England Daylesford: A winner eating lunch
Salad days. The winners help themselves to bowls of juicy cherry tomatoes and a crunchy salad of courgette ribbons, all grown in the farm's market garden, just the ticket for a hot summer's day
Photograph: Greg Funnell
Enjoy England: The winning group of Guardian readers at Daylesford organic farm
In between cooking, eating and learning the ropes on the farm, our winners gather for a group shot in Daylesford’s market garden Photograph: Greg Funnell/Guardian
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