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    Whoopee!  Those lovely folk at Emma Bridgewater has some great ideas for Christmas, whether you're looking for gifts in the form of mugs, plates, glasses, jugs or something to cheer the kitchen up!

    This could be a great chance to either pick up some Christmas gifts for loved ones or treat yourself to a new mug.   You could use some to decorate the Christmas table or to put on a desk to give it some winter and Christmas cheer!

    Visit Emma Bridgewater here to see her Christmas collections!

    Head to Emma Bridgewater to browse and shop!

     

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    Wow, those folk at Emma Bridgewater just producing some incredible collections!   I was on their website today, having a browse as you do, and came across their new Purple Poppies collection.  It's beautiful and full of colour!

    This is the Purple Poppy 10 1/2 inch plate
    This is the Purple Poppy 10 1/2 inch plate
    for £19.95

    As well as making lovely gifts for people, they would also give lots of colour to a table or the corner of a room, or on a sofa.  

    There's also this very pretty Purple Poppies Cushion
    There's also this very pretty Purple Poppies Cushion
    for £45.00

    There are also mugs in the collection, of course, plus napkins, and different size plates.  They would all make for a lovely colouring on Christmas tables.

    Head off to Emma Bridgewater to browse and shop!

     

  3. Ethical Superstore have a huge range of products online covering eco-friendly gifts, vegan gifts, gifts for foodies, gifts for animal lovers, green gardeners, and people who enjoy beauty products.   

    And they enable you to search for gifts by ethics such as plastic free, palm oil free, fair trade and organic.

    They have everything you need for Christmas as well - Christmas cards, advent calendars, Christmas wrapping paper, calendars and decorations.  

    There's lots to choose from, a lot of it a bit different, such as this The Ultimate Cheese Making Gift. 

     The Ultimate Cheese Making Kit

    The gift enables your loved one to create a generous selection of gorgeous dairy treats.  They include halloumi, mascarpone, goat's cheese, and Greek style cheese.  Wtihin each kit there is a host of delicious ingredients to help you make cheese from a variety of recipes.  You get a guide book to help you through the initial cheese-making process, and you get a selection of moulds to give your cheesy creations to add to your presentation.

    Create your own cheese!

    The kit includes cheese making ingredients, 1x basket mould, 1x butter muslin, 1x conical mould, recipe booklet and thermometer.  And it's all palm oil free.  All for £36.00!

    Head to Ethical Superstore to find out more and to buy this gift. 

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    Here's a poem I've written for the ghostly times of Halloween.  It's about Miss Bun, who is staying at the Castle Mystique.  I hope you enjoy it! 

    A Night at the Castle Mystique

    Miss Bun goes away

    For a couple of days.

    She stays at the Castle Mystique.

    She rests her head

    On a comfortable bed

    And falls into a very deep sleep.

     

    But then in the night,

    Oh she has just a fright,

    As she stays in the Castle Mystique!

    For she wakes with a jump –

    An enormous lump

    Has appeared with a SPRING and a LEAP!

     

    The lump is all white -

    What a terrible sight

    To Miss Bun as she wakes from her sleep.

    She weeps and she shivers

    Her hands are all quiver

    And she goes quite blue in the feet!

     

    The lump looks at her –

    Her white hair all a blur 

    As she wakes from a very deep sleep.

    Then he jumps in fright:

    Her hair’s a TERRIBLE sight!

    So he vanishes with a great LEAP!

     

    Here's another spooky poem of mine about a ghost in a school.   We actually had a ghost in the school I went to - the school could get very creepy after dark and some of the science teachers thought that items had been moved behind them if they were there after everyone else had gone home.  Our ghost was called the Old Grey Lady.  

     

    The Chaotic Ghost


    Our school’s got a ghost!

    We all know he’s there –

    But we’ve never actually seen him

    To give him a GLARE!

     

    He comes into class

    when we’ve all gone home

    And gets down to work

    To make the room just his own.

     

    He turns out the cupboards,

    Puts the maps upside down,

    And puts music on blaring,

    playing creepy sounds.

     

    He throws books on the floor,

    Uplugs Miss Larkins’ pc,

    And takes down all our work

    to cause chaos, you see.

     

    When we come in next day

    There is so much to do –

    Not painting and stories,

    But tidying up!  BOO, HOO, HOO!

     

    Oh, who is this ghost

    Who gives us so much to do?

    You’ve had your fun,

    And we want some too!

     

  5. Virgin Experience Days have a wide range of experiences to choose from - including animal experiences (from big cats to meerkats, birds of prey to horses, and wildlife photography) and garden experiences.  

    There are short breaks, dining out, arts and crafts experiences, driving experiences, lots of online experiences giving you the chance to learn new skills and knowledge, tours, adventures and days out.

    Obviously at the moment, COVID is in all our minds, and Virgin's information about COVID is here.  

     

    Let's go!  Race over to Virgin Experience Days to sniff out a gift experience!

    Let's go!  Race over to Virgin Experience Days to sniff out a gift experience!

    Take a look at the experience where you can Hike with Huskies in Kent