Nigel and Lucy, by all accounts, had a wonderful time together enjoying the pleasures of the Malvern Flea.
As you know, Nigel very much appreciates a good charity shop mooch and from what he has told me the flea was like a million and one charity shop bric a brac shelves in one, it was just too brilliant.
Although he didn’t actually make any considered purchases himself, it was lovely, he says to see Lucy’s face when she finally found “the ice bucket of her dreams”, something she’s been looking for for ages, the perfect addition to her carefully put together cocktail shelf in her kitchen at home.
It was, he said …….. “….. a little bit emotional to witness”
A couple of things did catch his eye, like this mahooooosive cock that would have undoubtedly looked most splendid gracing the garden of Hugh’s (Darrel’s best friend and mentor of all things what are de rigueur and a la mode) Worcester Bolt Hole.
Nigel says his pictures don’t really do the cocks size justice, but trust him it was mahoooooosive, and while not claiming to be any sort of expert on such things, although he does enjoy the odd Bargain Hunt or two, in his opinion there wasn’t much age to said cock, as he believed this type of garden ornament can be aged during manufacturing to look an awful lot older than it actually was.
There was one moment when Nigel got his wallet out, but Lucy gave him one of her looks and said “If you rock up with “that” in a black bin bag, excited for the big reveal, do you really think Darrell would actually allow you to put “it” on display among all his carefully curated décor?”
The little fella was naturally gutted, but knew exactly what Lu meant, without a doubt Darrell would swoon and possibly collapse at very sight of this homage to c**p. It would have to be forever fondly remembered as “the one that got away”, but at least he had the pictures to show Darrell just to see his reaction! What is he like?
To make up for Nigel’s disappointment Lu said she’d treat him to the pie of his choice and a pint of Vimto when they got back to the Wyche Inn …..
……. while sharing the papers and the fantastic view together on the patio ……..
…….. it had, they both agreed, been a brilliant day!