An E-Mail for Bris

Bris was very excited today when he got an E-Mail from his friend Moose who visited last weekend on his way to Taiwan and Bris took with him to one of the harvest festivals.

This is Moose's E-Mail

Hi Bris,

It was great to see you last weekend, thanks for taking me around and letting me join in your harvest festival, here is a picture of the two of us and the apples and pears for your archive:


Sorry that the rest of the family couldn’t make it, but I was on my way to far off lands, anyway they [Gromit, Chick, Party Bear and Boulder ] send their greetings, and the latest family portrait:


After I left you I went to the airport (with a minor detour to drop off a VIP), where I left Gromit and the kids to look after Saabrina while I jetted off to on a very posh aeroplane, they were very keen that I buckled up and memorised the safety instructions, but everything was alright.

This time I got to sit upstairs on the aeroplane, I felt like a VIP myself !

It wasn’t long until I had to get straight into working, and going to important meetings, some were less well attended, but we did get plentiful supplies of water and toffees – which doubled as convenient chairs for small moose's.


Keeping in touch with the clan was a bit tricky, but I managed to find a payphone and was glad to hear that all was well back home – although the weather was a bit cooler than what we were having.


You’ll be glad to hear that after all the hard work was over I managed to get out for a drink and to see some of the sights


and even do a bit of demonstrating !


The flight home was over night, I was very tired and was missing the rest of the clan, perhaps I can get tickets for them all next time?


We’re all looking forward to seeing you all at Christmas time, then we’ll have a big family portrait done.

Best wishes

Moose.

Wheat, Wine & Mini Marrows

So far this year I've been to 3 harvest festivals. That's not bad going is it? I've also been to one harvest tea and one harvest supper. The food at the harvest supper was very nice but I didn't linger over it as I was eager to get back home to watch the rugby with the rest of the Bears Unlimited guys (the harvest supper took place on the same night as England's semi-final match against France, which was, after all, essential viewing).

The harvest celebrations have been a bit subdued this year as it's been a tough year for the farmers, what with bird flu, summer flooding, foot & mouth and blue tongue. We're lucky though, and a bad harvest doesn't mean we have to go hungry.


As you can see from the first of today's pictures we managed to accumulate a wonderful selection of harvest produce at one of the churches. I couldn't wait to try the scrumptious looking harvest loaf but was disappointed to learn that harvest loaves don't make good eating as they contain a lot of salt to keep them looking their best. Please note also, that the wine to the left of the picture has is Fair Trade - strangely enough I wasn't allowed that either.


See what I found decorating the top of the font. There were some really cool mini marrows as I called them - they were probably small squashes or gourds to be really precise. Perhaps I look a bit girlie though with those flowers decorating my ears. I reckon that if I'd draped that wonderfully coloured cloth round my shoulders I'd have looked just like Joseph with his coat of many colours.

Lots of love, Bris xxx