Hello, vanessa here. Sorry for falling so behind on my blogging (Bauk- looks like that second home may come sooner with all the £5 notes I owe you!). Not to make excuses, BUT I have been away on holiday (next blog), and then to Turkey with Sarg and Richard, and then I came back to my long awaited new snazzy computer (thanks guys), that I still cannot figure out!

Anyway, here we are..

Like I said, Sarg (our Senior Garment Tech) and Richard (our Purchasing Manager and former child star) and myself went on a great adventure in Istanbul, visiting our factories, and as a surprise at the end, we even made a stop to see the Sultanahmet Mosque and the ancient underground water cisterns in the old city, which was amazing, it is just a shame we had to catch a plane and couldn't stay longer. Richard, who was feeling a bit under the weather, (to say the least- we will spare you with the details) was such a sport and a very brave boy!!! Well done Archie. What a trooper!. Apologies for all the jokes made at your expense- once you are up to it, we owe you a drink! A few!

This was definitely a trip that will be difficult to forget! It is quite amazing to think how short a trip it actually was with all the drama that happened! We even unknowingly crashed a really good private private party for a film crew and cast of a German film that was to start filming the next day- or you can say, THEY crashed ours. That was fun. The movie, which will wrap up in 5 weeks, was aptly titled (in translation) To Live and Die in Istanbul. Sarg and I kindly offered up our friend to play the lead as he was really feeling the part that night!

At least we have some great stories- it is too bad no one else finds them as hilarious as we do...? I guess you had to be there...

Here is a picture of us from our last day.

Get well soon Richie. xx