{"id":1342,"date":"2013-08-05T19:20:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T18:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2015-01-29T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T23:14:36","slug":"bargain-hunting-lake-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/05\/bargain-hunting-lake-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Bargain hunting in the Lake District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>We have lately enjoyed a little Holiday in The Lake District; myself, my Dearest and the 13 year old took a self catering break at Fallbarrow on the bank of Lake Windermere at Bowness.<br \/>\nAfter the recent heat wave I was trepidatious, the last 4 summers we have holidayed in the Lake District in August and the last 4 summers it has rained\u2026 and rained\u2026 and rained. Naturally I had very low expectations of this Holiday, so when the forecast was for rain, was I surprised? Not at all! Thankfully, it rained mostly through the night, we enjoyed our holiday in sunshine and warmth. Except for Wednesday; that day it rained &#8230; and rained\u2026 We made the mistake of walking into Bowness during a short \u00a0lull in the weather, by the time we returned we were soaked to the undergarments, rain ran through my hair off my head and down my neck, my new showerproof jacket proved showerproof does not cut it. In the Lakes you need serious wet weather gear, even in August.<br \/>\nOne thing I did manage to do was a little retail therapy, you wouldn\u2019t expect bargains in the Lake District, it can be a very expensive tourist trap if you don\u2019t know where to shop, thankfully I do.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wine-glass.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wine-glass.jpg\" alt=\"wine glass\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wine-glass.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wine-glass-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYou do get a better class of Charity shop in the Lakes, clothing is often a good buy, many good labels not seen in your average charity shop, but being rather chubby at the moment, well a lot chubby actually, I\u2019m trying to avoid admitting what size I am by not buying clothes. The new jacket was a \u201cgirl can\u2019t help it \u201c moment. You should see the lining! A watermelon pink jacket with royal blue and watermelon satin lining, I just had to. (and it was in the sale)<br \/>\nSo Thanks to the British Heart Foundation in Bowness I bought two lovely wine glasses, not very old, not crystal but only \u00a32.50 for a pair, bargain. I like to have nice things, but I have a problem with Glassware, My Dearest is the dishwasher in our household, and is pathologically incapable of being careful with glassware, consequently glasses don\u2019t last long in our house. I don\u2019t think I have any without chips in the rims. I could just buy cheap and cheerful and not worry about it, but life\u2019s too short to put up with cheap and ugly when you don\u2019t have to. I\u2019m always on the lookout for nice glasses and don\u2019t mind buying odd ones, after all a set of 6 can very easily become a solitary one with my Beloved at the sink.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1346\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/placemat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/placemat.jpg\" alt=\"fine needlework for pennies\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/placemat.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/placemat-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">fine needlework for pennies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Keswick the following Day Oxfam rendered two unused, hand embroidered pillowcases, with raised Stumpwork, too good to be used for sleeping on; I think I may cut them up to make something else out of, not sure what yet, but they are fine quality cotton, \u00a32 each, you can&#8217;t buy polycotton supermarket basics for that price. I also bought two lovely handkerchiefs, yuk you may be thinking, but these are not for blowing one\u2019s nose on, these are for ladies to delicately dab moist eyes with, one is of fine cotton with hand made Tatting applied to the edge, it is fairly basic tatted lace edging but pretty and cost me a \u00a31. The other is even finer Victorian linen, with Whitework embroidery. It wasn\u2019t priced, I happily paid 49p.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1345\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cotton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cotton.jpg\" alt=\"Simple things please Simple folks\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cotton.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cotton-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simple things please Simple folks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next I bought two fat quarters of blue quilting fabric with snowflakes and sparkly bits for a \u00a31 each, two cotton reels for 50p each and a beautiful Victorian doily with the most exquisite fine crochet lace for \u00a32, It needs starch and a good press but it is really pretty. All were found at a Vintage fair we stumbled upon in Coniston, and then round the corner in the Post Office I found a bag of cotton reels being sold at 40p each; mostly Orange. As we have already established I don\u2019t DO orange I bought the only green, and one orange still in it\u2019s wrapper, and then regretted not buying them all, I\u2019d run out of cash and the ATM was out too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1343\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/plate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1343\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/plate.jpg\" alt=\"Venerable old lady\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/plate.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/plate-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venerable old lady<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And finally from Age UK in Windermere, a plate, I\u2019m not sure what kind of plate it is, probably from a mid Victorian fruit set; it is about 9\u201d wide and hand painted, the little sprigs of flowers are transfer printed, but then hand coloured, the cobalt blue and the gilding is hand painted, there\u2019s no maker\u2019s mark. She\u2019s rather rubbed and past her prime but I think she\u2019s lovely in a faded kind of way and well worth \u00a33 for such a venerable old lady. She will look lovely on the table piled with summer fruits.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She\u2019s rather rubbed and past her prime but I think she\u2019s lovely in a faded kind of way and well worth \u00a33 for such a venerable old lady.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[335,5,447],"tags":[451,450,358,453,461,458,448,454,979,449,455,456,146,457,145,459,452,460],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2288,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/2288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}