05/10/2026
What an absolute amazing week we had in both the shop and at Bridgwater fair.
We started last Monday morning with anticipation and dread wondering how we were going to survive the week.
What we did know was that all the team had a part to play.
Monday 10am, Mike and Tara arrived at the shop to unload all the boxes closely followed by Hannah, the three of them constantly emptying boxes and then filling them up again, loading the van, serving customers, constantly apologising because the shop was a mess as we slowly battled our way getting everything ready. Just before 1pm we were finally done, off home we all went to still prep more.
Tuesday morning 9am all 3 vehicles arrived in Bridgwater to get set up for the unknown at the fair.
Mike went in first to get the van in place so he had somewhere to call home for the week, Hannah and Tara went and parked and what followed in the hours afterwards can only be described as gruelling and hilarious work which involved Hannah and Mike twerking on camera (wait till you see the video later in the week) 🤣 and lots of deliberating on how how stall was going to be set up. Just after lunch we soon realised that one of the team (not naming names) had forgotten to pack some essential items and that we would need to head off and pick more bits up. Around 3pm Hannah, Tara and Stormy - who arrived in style in a trolley arrived back to help Mike finish up. At 5pm we decided that what we had produced was going to work. Hannah, Tara walked back to the cars while Mike went and found somewhere for food and then settled in for the evening in the back of the van.
Wednesday was the day nobody expected, Hannah joined Mike, Tara manned the shop, all day sales were ringing through, the fair was far busier than even the most seasoned fair goer had expected, we ended the day exhausted and thinking had we brought enough stock with us.
By the time Hannah had left Mike on Wednesday the decision was made that Tara was going to bring extra stock down Thursday. We talked through what to bring down and we made the right call.
Thursday arrived and Tara had brought down an additional bed as the air mattresses had decided to deflate in the night and the extra stock for our depleted shelves. The fair showed no signs of letting up and the shop just carried on producing decent sales, thankfully we had preemptively arrange the amazing Sally's Bakes to bring us down some gorgeous gluten free goodies and also Kym’s Cakes and Bakes for some beautifully made cakes which kept spirits up and bellies full.
Friday came and it was a switch of teams, Mike went home to grab Athena and head to the shop while Hannah and Tara manned the gazebo, Friday was a slower day than expected but it slowly gathered pace, at 3pm Mike closed up and decided to brave the fair with Athena, the mountains of people parted like the Red Sea as Mike walked through with Athena, one bonus is having a 60KG puppy, as soon as she spotted both ladies there was a spray of excited p*e going everywhere - from Athena not Mike this time.
Everybody at the fair flocked to the stall to tell us how beautiful Athena was and she drew people into us that spent like money was no object. Another tiring day drew to a close and nobody could imagine what Saturday was going to bring us.
4am Mike’s phone rings, it’s Tara. There is a family emergency, our plans need to change. After a discussion with Hannah it’s agreed the shop will close and Hannah and Sean will be down asap to take over and do the final stint and the dreaded packdown. We all keep in contact throughout the day, our taxidermy ducks are flying out, our C*D is the talk of the town and 10pm hits and that’s it, the pack down starts and thankfully it’s a quick one 11.30pm Hannah and Sean arrive home.
We hope you enjoyed our little breakdown of last weeks event.
We would like to welcome all of our new followers and thank every single person who stopped by, had a chat and brought something from us.
The shop as a whole had record sales in terms of figures and actual sales.
Plans are already being made for next year’s event.
