Autumn Walk to The Big Textile Show: October 29 2022

_{Ramsgate, from the top of Madeira Walk, looking towards Pegwell Bay.}

It was a lovely, mild autumn day yesterday, wonderfully sunny. The Big Textile Show was taking place at the Race-course, the first time since the pandemic.

I hadn't planned to go, I have already planned other purchases and there weren't any vendors I especially wanted to see. The exhibitions are always beautiful and fun to catch up with people, but I thought £15 entry fee was a little steep.

I noticed Stashbusters listed: you can donate unwanted craft items and they do something with them for charity. What a great idea: we've all got things lurking in boxes under the bed or at the back of cupboards that we are never going to finish or use.

I'd already filled a small suitcase of dress fabrics I wanted to give away. I was thinking they could go to a local textile group, but this was a better idea - they were inviting donations. Wonderful.

I set off about 3pm, trundling my case behind me. It was glorious to be out and I was trying to calculate how much Vitamin D I was processing and how long I needed to be outside to get an adequate dose (about 45 minutes I reckoned).

I passed some friends on the way, they'd been there since the morning and were making their way home after a busy day. Also several runners - I wondered if there was a footpath nearby that created a circular route.

Well, consternation at the reception. They wanted to charge me £15 with only an hour to go! Not that I was going in anyway. Putting my indignant self to one side, I said:

I had an email.

It said I could leave a donation at reception.

From Tony.

Well, dear reader, they fell at the final blow, for it was Tony telling me I must pay £15!

All resistance beaten, I unpacked the contents of my case into a sturdy black bag and handed it over. Job done, no money spent and steps into the bargain.

It was a lot easier trundling home with an empty case.
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