Market Day today so after Popmaster Ady and I loaded up the car to head down to the village. Ady set off ahead of me as I was still sorting the kids out and faffing with floats and notepads and pens. He met me coming back to help carry some of the large load I had, having started the car and left Bonnie in it. The back door was open but the front doors were locked, Bonnie must have pushed the door lock buttons as she often does. Just as I said ‘the doors are locked’ Ady slammed the back door shut. So we had Bonnie, locked inside the car, with the engine running. Ady was all for forcing down a window but I sent him to fetch the spare set of keys from the static instead, knowing there was every chance the window would get broken or wedged down. Precious minutes but better than hasty action we’d later regret.
We finally arrived and I left Ady sorted out post office stuff and heading to meet the ferry while I set up the table with stuff I’d taken and Fliss had brought round from the Craft Shop. Ady met the ferry and returned – I sent him to collect a few more bits from the Craft Shop including Davies’ postcards that Fliss had not brought round and then he headed off.
I had a really strong start, selling one of my large loaves and various flatbreads and cheese scones along with a couple of Davies’ postcards. I enjoyed chatting to the various tourists that came in and had a long chat with Ali’s Mum who is over visiting too. I didn’t sell masses, I took just under £20 but it was a nice few hours and I like Market Day for the sitting and talking to people and feeling like part of the attractions of Rum. Next week more bread products and a better way of displaying my midge jewelery is in order. Davies and I are ordering him more postcards tomorrow as he is close to sold out and needs to replenish stocks asap. Scarlett also needs to get some more seaglass stuff made too.
Davies and Scarlett came down just as the Zombie Science show was about to start – a spoof lecture about what to do in the event of zombie apolcalypse which is really just a government funded lecture on health and safety in the event of a pandemic outbreak of a virus promoting hygiene and clinical medical trials but was lots of fun and highly enjoyed by the student group who are over and Davies and Scarlett. Claire had done a Zombie themed teashop with dismembered finger toasties and some frozen jelly in rubber gloves on offer which went down well.
Zombie lecture and teashop over I helped Fliss set the Craft Shop back up and then the kids and I walked home. Davies and I fed the animals and watered the polytunnel and then it was time for us all to go back down to the hall for the zombie lecture again. It was a really good one this evening with more islanders out and lots of banter. We stayed later chatting to the guy doing it and then came home for a very late dinner.
Ady and I watched The Apprentice on iplayer and it’s suddenly a very late bedtime indeed.