We spent the evening sheltering under the bodgers tarp drinking home brew beer made by Mike Bramley the urban bodger with Clive
Following a bit of a broken nights sleep with bodgery snoring and Mr Pork the Hog Roaster switching on his generator at 4 am! I decided to go for an early morning stroll round Elvaston Castle to see the sights
Beautiful view of a misty church.
A quite magical topiary garden
Steamy bushes!
Baby fir cones
Mist rising on the lake
Water wheel house
View accross the lake to the Castle
After a beany breakfast it was not long before Myself and William skived off to do some essential research! The first stand we found was http://www.clogmaker.co.uk/index.php a wonderful crafts person called Jeremy who makes traditional clogs using a set of stock knives.
Jeremy is shown here assisting a very talented spectator how to use the stock knife.
Close up of the blade
Examples of his clogs
Jeremy explained the difference also between a stock knife used to make clogs and the much smaller peg knife used amazingly to make tent pegs!
We then found a Wheelwright,
A blacksmith
One of the stalls I really loved too was http://ecopodholidays.co.uk who make these lovely things to holiday in and to buy! the Idea is they need no planning permission and they make their own power please put one on my christmas wish list!
I suppose I had better show the bodgers having a bodge too
All in all a wonderful weekend and well done to Derbyshire County Council for a well run and interesting show.
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