Bead and gone...

Well, that's my visit to a bead fair over for another year!  It's the second year I've been to the Gem n Bead show at Farnham in Surrey - it's a lovely venue, and it's packed with gorgeous beads and gemstones (you'd never guess from the name, would you?).  I ditched hubby this year (much to his relief - he spent the last one looking like a very uncomfortable spare part - when he wasn't skulking outside in the rain...) and spent a fraction of what I could easily have spent (had I won that elusive Lottery jackpot) on some shiny delights.

The area around Farnham is a beautiful part of the world - it seems quite bizarre to me that Frensham Common should be sandy when it's nowhere near the sea, but it really is - you should see my newly sanded and grubby sandals!  We then stayed in Farnborough, where our room was air-conditioned - oh, the decadence! - and woke up to unforecast rain this morning.  Pity it seemed to have missed our home though...