Oh dear - I was causing gridlock on Fore Street yesterday as the clay delivery was unloaded - just at the very moment we started to unload a coach full of Germans tried to get past and couldn't!  Technically it was them that were blocking the road - not me - so to all of you who were hooting and making rude signs...you were doing it to the wrong person!
Now the clay has arrived there is no further excuse not to get on.

I have had a few days away - to visit father and aunt in Chesterfield...a good trip.
The following weekend I reprised the journey and then turned left at Bristol to go to St David's to see Pippa and Steve and Marion - brilliant to see the work they've done to transform Maen Dewi and the holiday lets are superb! There is a massive menhir in the garden.

We also had the good fortune to have tickets to the film of the David Bowie exhibition at the V and A - a memorable trip into the past...I'd forgotten how amazing some of his songs were and how much we listened to them as teenagers.

It's the busiest summer for about 5 years and it seems non stop in the gallery as well as being busy with commissions and orders for other galleries.  Too busy in the car park to even think about going for a swim down Cove...have to be September for that I think.

Margaret and I went to the Cornwall Design Fair at Trereife and were glad to see the 20% of new exhibitors from beyond Cornwall - so pleased the organisers  are doing this - it's boring to see the same people year after year.  I bought a chicken on wheels by the inimitable Demelza and a fabulous citrine ring by Jennie Gill from Sheffield.  Nice to see so many buyers - and to know so many people at the show and amongst the customers..what a treat!

I'm busy producing our latest product - Cornish Paperweights using old Ordnance Survey maps - these will soon be available in the gallery and on the website at £11.95....see below.  Commissions welcome!

They measure 75 cms in diameter and are made from crystal glass domes.  All areas of the coast and many sacred sites will be featured.

I'm planning to go away deep a couple more times soon - up to the NEC for the Autumn Fair to see what's new and then to Wirksworth Festival to stay with Mo and Peter and renew my relationship with this wonderful Arst Festival ... the second weekend in September.  Mo and I have ancestors who lived in Wirskworth a few streets from each other who must have known each other - which we both find very intriguing.  Might look at some art too?

I have also decided to revisit The White House in Kalami - this time for a relaxing week in October.  Phew - it's been a very busy year....so far!

Kara passed her exams so will be going on to do her A2's and hopefully pull her finger out a bit with next year's revision...hey ho...I can't do it for her....