As the largest agricultural show in the region, the West Mid Show rightly claims a large slice of our newspaper’s attention.

And for those of us armed with a video camera (well, me) it’s a chance to highlight the diversity of county life.

The problem with large shows and events, however, is in getting footage back to our website HQ before attention is lost.

In the past, we have waited until Monday morning to upload video reports, whereas the newspaper has trundled along nicely with full reports in the Saturday edition.

Not any more.

Although I have no intention of taking the shine away from sales of our Saturday edition, there is still space for moving pictures.

So the start of the West Mid Show on Saturday was a bit of a challenge.

My task was to film, edit and upload a video before the usual 4pm deadline (which was actually 3pm) with no tell-tale signs of sloppy filming or hashed-together editing.

Bearing in mind I didn’t arrive until midday, I was up against it from the start.

But the West Mid Show is wonderfully familiar, with most stalls in the same place every year.

So with a plan of my report already in mind, it was a case of scooping up interviews with key figures, filming general views and editing from there.

None of the interviews were pre-planned, of course, and there were one or two bonuses.

The biggest bonus was my chat with the great David Bellamy – a childhood hero of mine, but as ever, not quite the same in the flesh.

The interview only took place after he appeared near the entrance and I managed to scurry across before he disappeared into a tent.

His companion, MP Owen Paterson, could be forgiven for feeling a tad miffed after I ignored him in my quest for the main prize.

Thankfully, he’s an understanding chap and kept a smile firmly glued on as I chatted away to Dr Bellamy.

So with my footage in the bag, it was time for editing.

This isn’t usually a problem, but with no mouse to use and a dodgy touchpad on my macbook, it was touch and go for a while.

Perhaps the biggest problem was recording my voiceover.

Bearing in mind the PA system was blaring out consantly, the only way I could record a decent voiceover was in a crouching position in the disabled toilets.

Not the worst thing I’ve ever done while crouching in a disabled toilet, but that’s a tale for another day…

So, with my package edited together within 45 minutes, I discovered the final sting in the tail.

The wi-fi system provided by the good people at the West Mids Show was nice enough, but not quite as fast as I wanted.

The 3pm deadline was looming fast and I suspect a good friend on the website delayed his home time for a few moments as the uploading process plodded along.

And finally, it was all done – a 2m.30s video recorded, edited and uploaded on to the internet after just a couple of hours.

The rest of the day was mine as I joined my family, plus friends Adie, Gemma and Ellana in the stands to enjoy the entertainment.

My border collie Blue provided the best laugh of the day as he made a hash of the lurcher challenge and ran in the wrong direction.

But that wasn’t before he bolted after the guns of the King’s Troop Artillery scared the living daylights out him.

This was, remember, an agricultural show, so we had little problem in rounding him up.

Thankfully, he went nowhere near the cattle – but then again, that really WOULD have been worth filming.