We’re back on Sunday!

Hello! We are back on show this Sunday, July 2nd. Please pop in and say hi, we even have a visitors book now, so you can sign in, just for fun!

It’s nice to know where our visitors come from. Should you not have been able to see us last month, here is a snapshot, an aneriod barometer, and as the weather is changing, who knows what it will say on Sunday!

It’s looking like we have a good fair again, so I hope it will be enjoyed by all.

Bye for now.

Regards, Andy.

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Heard this before?

Hello again everyone!

Summer, and what incredible weather!

As it’s summer, and one Swallow doesn’t make a summer, sadly there are fewer of them every year where I live.

Something else which I haven’t heard for a log time is a Corncrake.

Here is a wooden “Corncrake Call”. Most likely Victorian, but may be earlier, could well be made from Birch or Aspen, or similar woods. Measuring around 3 1/2″ long, easily held in a single hand and used. I have had this a few years now and all I have managed to call to are Magpies and Jays!

Do you think I’m right, or is it a Magpie Call? Pinto mentions them in his books, but that still doesn’t help me see a real Corncrake! Maybe this year?

We will be on show at Bibury Antiques Fair on July 2nd. See you there?

Regards, Andy.

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Flaming June!

Aha! When I was a child months used to have slogans or something that described the month, such as “IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE A LAMB”.

Flaming June was hot, so it seems like a long tome ago since I took this photo, last Sunday, but after 2 days of rain, no beekeeping and half a vehicle still loaded here is the view as I left Bibury Sunday evening!

Hope you approve.

Thanks, Andy.

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Return to Sender?

Sunday sees us return to Bibury Village Hall, we will be joined by a new dealer, and I look forward to meeting him and his stock!

Here is a view of a fun letter rack for sale from last month.

We can be found from 10 am to 4pm, and from around noon, there will be tea, coffee and cakes for sale, something to eat and drink whilst deciding on little treat to take home perhaps?

All the best, Andy.

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