The pics,

Laden with bags , lovely cat watching from the window and Lizzies barn after i had gone through it .......

Sale at Lizzies

At last I managed to put on a few photos ..... great day . and afterwards we went to Blue Anchor Bay which we love,,,,,

Great day at Lizzies

We went off to day to see liz , and bought a lot of lovely textiles , photos to come . Great day shopping and then onto parts of the country I did not know existed being a Londoner. We went to Blue Anchor Bay and saw the railway and had fish and chips in the Drift wood cafe , superb loved it . took lots of photos which i will blog tomorrow.

Bath Fair 5th september

Only one week and a few days to go to our fair ,,,,,,,,,if you are thinking of booking do it now.,.....2 spaces left ....

car boot goodies

all these goodies are from the car boot , amazing what you can find....

pics

toms fron the car boot a real bargain ....

Its busy at Dena cottage...

Jim has been bottling , jam making , puree making until our cottage looks like a farmers market . hes the one who does all this being pretty useless in this area myself .... lots of puree , great jam from the garden and fields,,,,

gathering fruit

We have fields and old orchards at the back of our garden always full of produce at this time of year so walking the dog always results in plums and other such wonderful goodies ... jam making later and photos to follow......

Cheltenham Car Boot Sale

Just returned from doing the car boot at Cheltenham racecourse . this is always a great place to sell off things that are now gathering dust ... but of course finding new things to buy ....So I bought a lovely Victorian book with a beautiful cover and a great painted picture .... all just adding to the general clutter of out cottage .....

So now just two weeks until the Bath fair ,,,,,so any new stall holders please get in touch if you are thinking about a stand as we have very limited space left.........

spelling mistake

newark was busy not bust ........

new bags and trims

Newark and Lincoln

Just returned from doing both these fairs .... Newark was bust but not packed with buyers and very smelly , the cow sheds were really not pleasant to be in ,, especially with textiles so airing everything out today . lincoln Fair was so well organised ., everything really well done including food at good prices, but they had changed their dates so it was not packed with buyers . an interesting experience, We went on Wednesday our day off to Linclon Cathedral which was wonderful . so back to it all now , The Bath fair is looming , so please any readers if you want a stand do book now. October 2nd sees our second Stroud fair again please book early .
I bought some lovely bags at Newark and have currently put them on e bay .... also topped up on superb French Toile and arts and Crafts linen . Its always fun searching out those super things ......

Getting ready for kempton .,..

Its up at 2 tomorrow ready for Kempton ... lets hope everyone is out there buying . its always busy a great source of superb things ...

Today

I have been to bath today to check on things at the assembly rooms and chat to shop owners who always come to our fair , everyone is really looking forward to september 5th.

bits and pieces

Getting ready

We are off on a working holiday, dog into kennels , and off to Ramsgate to see my parents and have a 90th birthday party ..combined with Lucys 30 th birthday party . After celebrations its off up to Lincoln to do the Fair and then on to Newark ,,,,so sorting out stock for both these fairs and hoping for good weather and crowds ,,,,,,,,


Dont forget Bath is the first fair of the season and ...it should be a good one ,,, lots of goodies ..

Harry Warry

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getting ready for September

It always seems we have ages in august to get ready for the busty autumn season ....... Ashley hall Fairs have three big events in the autumn winter seasons, September 5th sunday at the Assembly rooms Bath , November 21st again in Bath ... Then our Stroud fair in The subscription rooms in Stroud on saturday 2nd October ... all great events but need a lot of organising .. anyone still wanting stands please contact Sallie on the fair website number . just a very few left for september....

Have been busy buying and restoring fabrics for these up coming events , having stalled at the newbury antique Fair yesterday . a fair that has potential but more people needed through the gate ...


spent time with the lovely grandchildren ,, here they are ....