River Cottage Strawberry Fayre

We tore ourselves away from the folkie on the Sunday to go to the River Cottage Strawberry Fayre. The girls were going to come but being the age they are, they wanted to hang out with their friends. Allie was staying with us and offered to have them for the few hours we were away so we were child-free and off to Devon!

We stopped off at the River Cottage Canteen in Axeminster to pop in a Little Veg Patch in their restaurant garden first. It looks ace. It's one of the little new ones 60cm x 120cm (perfect for balconies) and I think this is the prototype we've given them! eeek!

Anyway that didn't take long setting up. I had to take the million obligatory photo's 'just in case'. RCHQ is only 10 mins from there so we were supping strawberry cocktails before we knew it!

It was a lovely hot sunny day and I wish that Kerys and Amber had come with us. Although they're probably too old... I was watching the little tots dressed as strawberries for the strawberry parade and wished the kids were 4 again! Either that or we had a little tot ourselves. Maybe one day, eh?

It was lovely geting there and having Cat, Pete, Steve and Mark all saying "Hi! How's it going?". G talked to Hugh, too. He was impressed with the Little Veg Patch and G was dead chuffed that he knew all about it.

It was cool seeing River Cottage being filmed too. It'll be on the TV this Wed on Channel 4 at erm.. 8pm I think.

Before long we drove the 1 or so hour back to the folk festival to relieve Allie from her duty looking after the kiddiewinks. Amber had got into a spotof bother having walked home with Amanda's kids who had run across the road or something and been taken to the police station who played football with them and gave them pencil cases!

I can imagine it now:
"Where's your mum?"
"In Devon"
"oh..."

BAD MOTHER!

Even more of a bad mother Monday morning when there was nothing for lunchboxes and had to goto the corner shop for emergency crisps and yoghurt....