The End .

Ta Dah ! That's it for another year. We did our third Grassington on Saturday which surpassed all expectations , which was great. Then yesterday at Samlesbury Hall it was the same . The public were crowding in 15 mins before the fair was due to open . It was packed . We were none stop till about 2-30-pm . I had visits from two Ravellers , Cheekyimp and Padihamknitter , who both went hop with some of my Blue Faced Leicester .This was the Lady Moon at 7-00am yesterday morning . I couldn't see her the other night , when she was her biggest for 15 years , due to the cloud cover.
You meet some , lets say , different people when you do Craft fairs . Henry the eighth paid us a visit at Samlesbury yesterday . It's not a wax work but a real guy. Doesn't he look the part. He works at the Hall and does guided tours and talks .
Well it's the end of the shows for this year ,now I have to catch up on my cleaning up , that has been neglected over the past few days . I've got s busy week of lunches , hairdressers appointments , friends to visit . I'd better get on with it instead of sitting here at the computer.

Grassington Dickensian.

This is a very pictorial Posting because I took loads of photos yesterday and I couldn't decide which to put on , so I put the lot on .

Yesterday was the second Saturday in the Grassington Dickensian Festival .Again we set off early , 6-00am , to give ourselves more time to set up . It was a very uneventful journey , the roads and sky were clear but what a surprise when we got to Grassington . They had, had the predicted heavy snowfall earlier in the week and it was touch and go whether the festival would have to be cancelled . There was a terrific amount of snow still about but apparently lots of local people and all the shopkeepers had worked VERY hard to clear the paths and roads so that the festival could go ahead . It was very important that it should as, like the rest of us this year, Grassington has had a very lean time . The footfall that this event was doubly needed .

The first few pics are of the lovely window displays in the village . The rest are a pictures I took as I wandered through the village after we'd set up ." More Cheese Gromitt "
Christmas goodies
The Art Shop

The Main Street Through Grassington

Snowy Cottage

Village Square

Village Square

Lane off the main street.

Hows that for a pile of snow . Look at the blue sky.

More snow covered houses.

This is Clem , The Boss , who oversees the Craft Fair .

It was a very busy day people wise but we did not start any decent selling till 1-45pm . In the end we didn't do to badly ,though again the sales were way down on last year .

Next Saturday is the last one . If you can I'd recommend you to pay this event a visit . If you're not in a Christmas mood when you get there you sure will be by the time you leave.
We have two more events besides Grassington , Thursday in Blackburn Town Centre , by the Old Town Hall . Sunday at Salmesbury Hall . nr Blackburn.

Hope to see some of you there.