The Thames Valley group attended the Farnborough Show over the weekend 26/27 Februrary. They were great ambassadors for Loving Hands. Lynda writes "Some photos of the stand at Farnborough, we had a brilliant few days. Spoke to loads of people about Loving Hands so hopefully a few more members. Really enjoyed it this year, but really exhausted now!!"
The Moldovan people are not sitting waiting for handouts, they do not expect any. They are hard working and many survive on what they can grow and raise – for their own use and for sale: pears, apples, grapes, corn, peppers, tomatoes, eggs, chickens, geese, turkeys etc on their back yard land. We shared a meal cooked with vegetables grown in the garden at the home of one of the team’s parents – it was fantastic, stuffed peppers and vine leaves, a slow cooked stew of lamb and potatoes washed down with a cherry drink made from their own cherries. It’s a simpler life than we have, and perhaps the richer for it. Temperatures vary wildly over the year, with up to 40C in the summer and down past -25C in the winter. Village roads are earthen tracks and they become quagmires when it rains.
Read Julia's complete adventure on her blog by copying and pasting this link into your browser -
http://jaydee67.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11
That's a wrap! Thousands of children about to be given the gift of warmth in time for winter -for the keep a child warm campaign
Operation Orphan said "Thanks for all your support and the many contributions from Loving Hands that are inside these boxes! Pass on my thanks when your forum is working again. Cyrilyn"
It was another fantastic weekend at the Yarndale event in Skipton. There was a crowd of Loving Hands members who met up in one of the demo rooms to eat lunch together and chat and discuss purchases or try to decide what they were going to spend in the afternoon!
This show is definitely a regular one to look forward to each year, there really is something for anyone who has a yarny type hobby, knitting, crochet, tapestry, weaving, spinning it really covers it all.
And Skipton itself is well worth a visit, a lovely market town, castle, cafes, shops, and a discount wool shop as well, we were spoilt for choice!
There are a quite a few of us heading up to Yarndale at Skipton on Saturday 26th September, we will be wearing a name badge so if you see any of us come and say hello!
We will be meeting for lunch in the workshop at around 12.30 (go through the main through the Yarndale hub you turn right and it is the workshop area on the right)
Yarndale is a fantastic show and if you have never been before it is well worth a visit! http://yarndale.co.uk/