On Saturday, July 1 we attended the Biggin Hill Fete up near the church on the High Street. We go to the fete every year; it's not particularly large but we enjoy doing things that are local and supporting the community.
We headed up around 11am. Kelly bought her little parasol because the sun was absolutely brutal and a baseball cap wasn't cute enough. We walked up and stopped in the library first since it's never open during the week when we're in town (it's probably been a good 2 years since we've been in there). Confirmed: neither of us had a valid membership. Kelly saw a book I've been eager to read (Martin Lewis's Money Diet) so we put that on hold and Christian rejoined as a member (Kelly of course had no driver's license with her with which to do so).
We then walked to the fete, which was in full swing even though it didn't technically open for another 45 minutes. We made a "bee" line for the honey producers tent, which is personally Kelly's favo(u)rite part. "Where are the kids!?" she cried, to which the beekeeper opened both sides of the glass enclosed beehive so that we could see all the thousands of bees wandering around in there. It's really amazing. He fed them sugar water through the top since he knows we get a kick out of that. We purchased 2 jars of local honey for Christian, which will hopefully aid with his allergies.
We headed up around 11am. Kelly bought her little parasol because the sun was absolutely brutal and a baseball cap wasn't cute enough. We walked up and stopped in the library first since it's never open during the week when we're in town (it's probably been a good 2 years since we've been in there). Confirmed: neither of us had a valid membership. Kelly saw a book I've been eager to read (Martin Lewis's Money Diet) so we put that on hold and Christian rejoined as a member (Kelly of course had no driver's license with her with which to do so).
We then walked to the fete, which was in full swing even though it didn't technically open for another 45 minutes. We made a "bee" line for the honey producers tent, which is personally Kelly's favo(u)rite part. "Where are the kids!?" she cried, to which the beekeeper opened both sides of the glass enclosed beehive so that we could see all the thousands of bees wandering around in there. It's really amazing. He fed them sugar water through the top since he knows we get a kick out of that. We purchased 2 jars of local honey for Christian, which will hopefully aid with his allergies.
We walked around a bit more, and at one point Kelly was adjusting her parasol and whacked a woman (who was coming up from behind her) in the head. She apologized profusely but she just gave Kelly a bitter look, which made us laugh and she didn't feel so bad anymore. Christian got a cheeseburger, and then we walked over to where the classic cars were on display.
We quickly found Cedric, a friend from church with two antique cars which he always brings to these events. Kelly ran up to him and said "Do you know who owns the 1903 Renault?!" The previous week we were visiting Coolings Nursery when we saw this magnificent vehicle in the parking lot. It was one of the most beautiful vehicles Kelly'd ever seen, and we took a picture of it. We could confidently say THE Renault, and not A Renault, since we know there probably aren't many from 1903 wandering about. He had seen the car before, in Downe, but never met the owner, nor had he ever seen them at an event such as this. We were discussing the history of one of his cars when we heard a very distinctive motor in the distance. We turned around and there was that magnificent red 1903 Renault driving into the lot. We said brief farewell's to Ced and ran over to the car, where Kelly continued to enthuse about it to the owner and his grandsons. He let her have her picture taken in it, and invited us by to see his collection of other classic cars in future. I want that one.
We quickly found Cedric, a friend from church with two antique cars which he always brings to these events. Kelly ran up to him and said "Do you know who owns the 1903 Renault?!" The previous week we were visiting Coolings Nursery when we saw this magnificent vehicle in the parking lot. It was one of the most beautiful vehicles Kelly'd ever seen, and we took a picture of it. We could confidently say THE Renault, and not A Renault, since we know there probably aren't many from 1903 wandering about. He had seen the car before, in Downe, but never met the owner, nor had he ever seen them at an event such as this. We were discussing the history of one of his cars when we heard a very distinctive motor in the distance. We turned around and there was that magnificent red 1903 Renault driving into the lot. We said brief farewell's to Ced and ran over to the car, where Kelly continued to enthuse about it to the owner and his grandsons. He let her have her picture taken in it, and invited us by to see his collection of other classic cars in future. I want that one.
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