For the last few weeks I have been eagerly anticipating the August bank holiday and not just for that extra day off. This Sunday and Monday just gone food enthusiasts flocked to Claremont Farm near Bebington for the Wirral Food and Drink Festival to celebrate local produce, listen to live music, get expert advice from the North West's best chefs and to try their hand at cooking themselves and I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

On entering the festival I was met with a serious dilemma - what to eat? With over 100 producers and stalls selling delicious treats it was hard to pick just one so I nibbled my way around the field of food. Pumpkin seed bread from the German Bakery, Derimon Smokery's oak-smoked cheese and Greek olives from aptly named Greek Olives to name but a few - washed down with a pint of Brimstage Brewery's Scarecrow Bitter whilst watching Mersey Morris Men dance in the afternoon sun. Perfect.

Moving swiftly on, I caught an educational mini sheep-shearing show, meandered around the Can Cook Domes and finally observed a cookery demonstration from the experts at Malmaison.

With my belly and bags full of food and drink and the festivities coming to a close, it was reluctantly time to leave - after a Cheshire Farm Ice Cream of course, I couldn't leave without having one!

If you managed to miss this food festival, do not fret as there are three spectacular food festivals this September in the North West and Wales - The Welsh Food Festival on September 4 and 5 at Glansevern, The Liverpool Food and Drink Festival running from September 12 to 18 in Sefton Park and finally The Nantwich Food and Drink Festival starts 23 September and finishes 26. Enjoy!