Pictastic

I got a new camera for Christmas. It was a present to myself, as Santa apparently didn't get my little note.
The sun finally came back out yesterday, so I took it out for a bit of a flex. Here's one of the results... I'm happy! C

Saturday Night Fever

You will hear many tales of Burlesque dancers and fire juggling in Bude today after the Rock and Roll Circus and Cabaret Show came to town last night... but not from me!

No... I stayed in, acting my age, and watched a movie...

This movie was AMAZING...

You have to watch it!!!!

"The Book of Eli"

Denzel Washington at his finest, in my opinion (but then I don't think he would ever be at his worst in my eyes)

Buy it, Hire it, Sky it... but for Lord's sake Watch it!!!

R x

Miss Emma's Masterpiece

Our Emma is quite right to be proud of this.


She is "officially" head of all things blackboard related....

Cai with his new camera on his holiday

Have fun Cai and get lots of great snaps! x

Phantom rubbish drivers

The weirdest thing happened on our street yesterday.
I'm not that superstitious (as previously mentioned - I've seen ghosts, a UFO and a 'black cat', but I remain sceptical) but there was something, if not supernatural then very eery about the events yesterday.
At lunchtime, a car parked outside the chemists up the hill from our shop decided that it didn't want to be restricted by the nasty handbrake, so rolled itself back down the hill, which is a one way street heading uphill. Narrowly missing other cars and pedestrians, it finally crashed into a wall between two very big glass windows to the front of shops opposite us. The car suffered serious damage, the wall barely a scratch. As is the tenacity of walls.
In itself, eventful, but not too off-the-wall.
However.
A couple of hours later it happened again. From exactly the same spot up the hill, opposite the chemist. This time it was a little more damaging - this one rolled down and hit someone who was driving up the street, seriously damaging both cars.
What are the odds? Tom got very excited and was eager to purchase a lottery card on the way home.
Me? I'm a little miffed that someone up by the chemists thinks it's ok to throw cars at us.
Emma - well, when she hears about this, no doubt it'll be blamed on the same ghost she thinks resides somewhere in this shop.
Rachel will be miffed that both rogue cars were parked on double yellows before they rolled south.

I'm afraid I don't have photos of either incident. Seemed a little inappropriate to start snapping, both times.
All makes for a great story in the pub tonight though.

It's not so far away....

I've noticed a very slight but significant lengthening in the days of late. I tend to get up and walk in the dark, and I'm also always home after dark. But now those inky book ends to my day are showing delicate signs of twilight. It's not much, but enough to remind me we're on our merry way back to Summer. A little pre-emptive possibly, but it's good to get excited about stuff.
Can't wait. C

Done for another year

Our little friend is really sad Xmas is over ..... So are we, boo hoo *sobs unashamedly*

VAT of the land

Yeah. VAT's got us spinning.
The good news is, our 70% SALE hasn't been affected... what was 70% off a few days ago is still 70% off today.
Some deals are just too good to mess with.

Take Notice

A while back, this little ad appeared on our shop notice board. We have no idea who put it there or whether or not Alan has since found a surf buddy. We sure hope he has. We certainly admire his regard to personal safety and his commitment to getting in the water.

Alan, best of luck.