Chic Living Show

Just a quick post to say that Dr Bean's Bags will be attending the Chic Living Show, at New Barn Farm, Calbourne on the Isle of Wight, taking place on 26, 27 and 28 of September.
It's a beautiful venue, with lots of great Island businesses taking part. 
Come and say hello - especially on the Friday preview evening, when Wildwood Pizza will be there to serve their delicious wood-fired pizzas.

IOW Chilli Fiesta

Dr Bean's spent the weekend at the IOW Chilli Fiesta, held at Smallbrook Stadium. The predicted rain didn't really arrive and both days were hot and sunny as well as being hot from chilli tasting. We sold a lot of water alongside our rather nice iced coffees.

It's great to see new events starting up and there are already plans for it to take place again next year.

Clear Blue Sky

Sometimes, there is an advantage to be had in not having any exciting trips to go on.

Clear blue sky = lovely sunny, warm day here on the Island.

= Not being stranded in an international airport either trying to leave the UK, or trying to get back to the UK, because of a very influential icelandic volcano.

And just look at the sky - with no clouds. . . and no aeroplane trails. And lots of birdsong.

Mudfest at Bestival

The 2008 Bestival was rather different from our previous experience. We tried to ignore the weather forecast, thinking that there must be a mistake - the Isle of Wight Bestival is always bathed in the glory of an indian summer. This year, however, the site (and everyone in it) was bathed in glorious mud. And there was an awful lot of it.

It's amazing what people put up with in the pursuit of a weekend of fun (we like to think that a cup of Dr Bean's coffee helped them through) and although many left early, there was a certain sense of achievement in remaining until the end. Monday, ironically, was a beautiful day.

We would  like to give a huge thank you to the guys on the tractor who towed us (and most of the other traders) out on Monday evening and to Rob, who rescued our trailer and fridge.

Overall, there wasn't a huge amount of support from the Bestival organisers.

It really feels like Autumn now that the Bestival is over, which is a bit harsh as we never really had a summer. Ho-hum, back to making bags.