I forgot to tell you about my quick trip to the Netherlands last week. I popped over for a horticultural exhibition in Amsterdam. I took the car over by ferry from Hull because I am trying not to fly at all this year (carbon footprint and all). It is quite a cool overnight crossing. I had a beer in the piano bar and finished the book I was reading on the way out.
The flower industry is as much about fashion as it is about farming so it is important to keep your eyes peeled for new trends. However it is quite ironic to be looking for style tips in Holland; some of the young people there have the naffest dress sense in the world (after Australia of course). RED SHOES, what's that about? And don't get me started about their hairstyles.
Anyway. A short but productive trip; I have got a few ideas for next year. For the farm, at least, if not for my wardrobe.
There was an article in the paper yesterday saying that the latest in Dutch fashions is the Royal Mail jackets (complete with the logos), they like the orange top apparently as it goes with their national colours. What the article told us was that a market trader in Amsterdam is getting a huge supply of these things and flogging to the Cloggys for 15 euros each.. but what it didn't say was where he was getting them from - perhaps the striking posties here are selling them on and telling their bosses they have been burning them at the sorting office gates?
But selling them on for less than a tenner? No wonder the Post Office can't make any money with such a dearth of entrepreneurial spirit. Matty - perhaps you could put out a survey via the blog to see whose postie has 'lost' their jacket..
Forget the spud stats. I want to know what the latest trend in flowers is going to be?