Friday 16th March 2018 Usually when we visit our main supplier we spend much of the day sat in the office waiting…. waiting for someone to take us round the warehouse… waiting for prices… waiting for lunch even though we were told to come back to office as it was ready… waiting on some information… […]
Thursday 15th March 2018 Bananas and Pancakes… That is how I begin every day in India. It sets me up just nicely for my day ahead! So today we were on the road! We enjoy these days a little more, although harder work. We never know what we will find and are always pleasantly surprised! […]
Wednesday 14th March 2018 So after an eventful start of a mini car accident 😳 we get straight to business! I did say the driver ‘usually’ gets us around in one piece! (First time that’s happened during my India trips so pretty good going….) We begin our day in the showroom and later head across […]
Tuesday 13th March 2018 After a brilliant London to Delhi flight and an unpleasant Delhi to Jodhpur flight we arrive to be greeted by our familiar faced driver! He’s ever so loopy but ‘usually’ manages to get us places in one piece!! When I first step off the plane I am always hit with the […]
Monday 12th March 2018 I’m wondering how many times I’ve been with him now, I may try to check later. Every time he states it’s his last (getting older and finds it tiring) but so far there has always been another. 😊 We haven’t made it far yet, coffee stop at Heathrow before we board […]
What shall we buy? Later this evening we are headed off to sunny India. We’ll be there for the next 10 days in search of unusual and wonderful pieces to bring back with us. Not literally… but they will be shipped back over the coming months and into next year. Please feel free to email […]
An idli is a round savoury cake popular throughout India and neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, and is a traditional breakfast in South India, especially in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Made by steaming fermented lentil and rice batter, these days in metal trays, but in days gone by in a stone tray just like the […]
The summer went so fast, it’s hard to believe it’s already September, but the kids are back at school, and the seasons are definitely changing. Everything seems early this year. The blackberries are almost over, conkers are falling, and my heating is starting to go on at home… We might all be hoping for an […]
At the beginning of the twentieth century it would have been quite normal to see people sharing the road in India’s cities with bicycles, ancient tractors serving as taxis, and goat carts. Goats have been used as harness animals since antiquity. A goat cart was used for pleasure, but more importantly, under the direction of […]
In a traditional Indian home where everyone sits on a stone floor cross-legged, the women of the house rolls out some chapati dough on one of these boards, before cooking the chapatis over the fire. Carved from one piece of wood, they make great cheese boards, as well as interesting decorative items for a table […]