News from L&F

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
No, not to Christmas – to the inaugural Late Summer Fair, here at L&F HQ.  The excitement is definitely building as we prepare to host 15 stalls of local businesses in a final flurry of buying and selling before we...
KEEP DRY AND CARRY ON!
Well, it has been an epically wet month in Argyll.  We and the land are truly and biblically, spectacularly sodden – from where we are, right on the edge of a sea loch, you see the next belt of rain...
FAIR ENOUGH
And incredibly, it’s that time of year again.  We’re booked in to four HUGE ones this year, and paid up and hugely excited – we’re restocking and planning and all systems are very definitely, officially, ‘Go’.  (As if they weren’t...
DECISIONS TO BE MADE
This year we’re a bit behind ourselves.  We normally spend January restocking, and deciding which fairs to go to in the year ahead.  This year we’ve done our big stock-take, reordered, designed and launched a new product, and started on...
OFF WE GO AGAIN
Well!  What a whirlwind that all was … blink and you missed it, but with a bang and a wallop Christmas and New Year both came and went and now we’re into 2024.  Extraordinary to think that all that frenetic...
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Yesterday was the last of our 2023 Fairs, this time at the magnificently named Grimsthorpe Castle – and it was as jolly cold as it somehow sounds.  From now on it’s all downhill to Christmas, and if the lack of...
MICHAEL BAUBLE...
Another day, another two firsts: we’re at Sandringham Christmas Fair this weekend; and the glorious new baubles, which are going like hot cakes.  Christmas music in the background (thank you Michael), cold enough to feel seasonal, full enough for atmosphere...
… AND WE’RE BACK!
All the right people got married, the weather didn’t beat us and even a last minute disaster with my outfit failed to spoil a truly wonderful weekend.  So now it’s back to matters L&F with a spring in our step,...
DON'T PANIC!
The Rutland Show is tomorrow, and the weather forecast is fine, and we’re packed and ready … what could possiblygo wrong?  Thetford last month involved a midnight trip for one of us to A&E and we’re determined that no such...
A MINI ROAD TRIP
Here we go again: we’re planning our next outing, this time to the Rutland County Fair.  In eight days we’ll be set up and selling in the gorgeous market town of Oakham: come and see us, one and all.   Our...
A WHIRLWIND IN EAST ANGLIA...
Coo!  Well that was over in a flash: time flies when you’re busy and having fun: thank you to all who came to see and support us in lovely Thetford.  What a hoot – it’s so exciting to see for...
HAPPY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
It’s happening!  It’s day one of the East Anglian Game & Country Fair (and Polly and Mr L&F’s 34th  wedding anniversary, by the way).  How better to spend the weekend than here in the sun? After a somewhat stressful week...
FIRST FAIR OF 2023!
Half way through April already, and we’re preparing for the East Anglian Game & Country Fair, now only a week away.  Just off the A11 on the Euston Estate near Thetford, it’s going to be huge – if you haven’t...