On With the Show

It's happened at last. Talking about Greece, and it's lovely hot climate, has inspired the British weather to come up the goods, and we have enjoyed some really hot weather this weekend. Hoorah! - even if I (gardening Bear, Tommy) have had to be busy watering the garden tonight.

It was a great week to have our County Show, The Royal Norfolk Show. We're proud to say that our fine county of Norfolk does it show rather well and the Norfolk, is one of the biggest, if not the biggest in the country.

We like to have a Bears Unlimited Company holiday on one of the 2 show days. This year we chose to go on the first day, Wednesday.

It is too big to see everything and we tend to find that we all have our own particular interests. For example, action bear, Chelmer, tends to zoom off to the quad bikes and see the show at high speed, never stopping long enough to take a photo.

Being the Gardening Bear, I like to take things at a more leisurely pace. I simply love the wonderful floral displays and they give me great ideas for the Bear Cave garden.

I'm never too sure about artificial grass though. There's nothing like the real thing, even though it does take quite some time and effort to keep it lush and green.

I did, however, really like this fabulous rhino, cleverly coated with artificial grass. Patch climbed aboard  for my photo and reported that it was quite comfortable, but not as soft as real grass (probably softer than a hairy and wrinkled rhino hide though!)

One thing I completely approve of is the animal displays. They all fascinate me, especially the fine show cattle, but none were as cute as  ...

... this brood of tiny chicks. They were adorable and fitted perfectly into my rather small paw.

If Oakley's roasts weren't so delectable, it was almost enough to make me contemplate going vegetarian - but not for long though!

Lots of love Tommy and all at Bears Unlimited xxx

It's Show Time!

One day last month we diverted all calls to the Suffolk branch and closed the Norfolk branch office so we could have a company outing to the Royal Norfolk show.

This is a simply great day out with loads to see and do and some delicious free samples of food to try in the food hall.


Our first interesting encounter was with one of our wild cousins. Noel was the bravest and got up close to say hello. He didn't get much of a response though and we quickly realised that this bear wasn't alive. His size though did make quite an impression on us and made us feel really small.

We also enjoyed making the acquaintance of one of Randolph's friends. This was a simply gorgeous reindeer with some lovely velvety antlers. We simply couldn't stop stroking them and he agreed to send them to us once they had fallen off. This reindeer is for hire for Christmas events so we think we might just have to find a way to include him in some of this year's Christmas festivities.


At lunchtime we had a special treat. We sampled our favourite brewery's latest offering: Woodforde's Sundew. This was simply delicious and we immediately ordered the biggest barrel they sell for next day delivery to the branch office.


Now, we always make a point of going along to see the Sheep Show. Not surprisingly it is Woolly's favourite part of the show. Although we've heard all the jokes before and know the script off by heart, we simply wouldn't miss it.

This year was rather special though as Woolly was recognised for the fine sheep he is and invited to take part. He couldn't believe his luck as he was invited on stage to meet his heroes.


Woolly reported that Nobby was especially friendly and looked after him well. He was pleased, however, that he wasn't the sheep that got shorn as the summer hasn't been hot enough yet for him to lose his coat.

It was a simply great day out and we have the date for next year in the diary already.

Lots of love from the Norfolk branch xxx