Porthleven Bag blog

My Home - I'd like to show you around

Hi there Blog Watchers, a few weeks have passed since I have done a post so sorry, the reason being that I have been on some travels again, more on this later.

Living in a small Cornish fishing village is a great experience and we have some awesome shop's and business so I decided I would try and visit as many as I could before I went on my travels, here are some pictures of them:

This is Naughty but Ice, one of our Ice Cream & coffee shop, with great views out to sea.

Say hello to our great milliners (that's a hat maker to heathens) who make some great hats in the Salt Cellar Hill craft shop, a must to go and see.

Below we have our great Christian Book Shop called Living Waters, they also have a great coffee shop at the back so you can read and buy - nice ah.

Moving further down the harbour side we now come to the Customs House Gallery, again a great shop with some amazing art & pictures for sale, a must to visit.

We then come to Tombodama a very special jewelry shop that also takes on special bespoke commissions, so if you want that special tiara made this is the place to come.

Next on my trip around the village we come to the Dockside Trading Company which sells great seaside gifts. A must to visit if you are looking for a gift

 

And then we move to one of our great pup's in the village, we have 3, this one is the Harbour Inn, it used to be known as "The Commercial", they do great food and have a nice seating area outside.

That's enough for today, Iam getting tierd and as a bag I have to be on tip-top condition to bring the shopping home, I will try and introduce you to the rest of the village buesiness very soon.

We seek him here, we seek him there

Today is a special day for me, it is Wednesday 17th September and I am visiting another one of these places that are special, I am at the Google Campus in Mountain View California and as you can see had my picture taken with a great sign who, over the period of a few days became a great friend and mad ensure I never got lost on the Google campus, which by the way, is huge.

Throughout the few days I was there I had a look at many bag-stores and storage area's which was very interesting they also showed me how Google searches are done and how I could look for many other bags just like me from all around the world.

That's it for now, see you all soon. - The bag.

Almost time to leave China

Well friends, today (Monday 18th August) is my last day in China and then I make my way to the hold of a 747 for the trip back to the UK from Hong Kong.

My last day took me to the famous Summer Palace which is where the Emperor lived in the summer when it was too hot for him at the Forbidden City.

As you can see this chap was somewhat surprised to see a nice bag from the UK with the Union Jack sat in it, it was a great trip but I will be glad to get back to Porthleven in Cornwall.

I am hoping to go on another trip very soon when I do I will let you know when and where. See you soon, "the bag"

As patriotic as I could be !!!

Today ( Monday 18th August) Again I had to be up very early as, with the complements of some friends at Kodak, I have been given a ticket to the Basketball this morning however, because of security at the venue and the distance from the bag store I am staying in,  it meant I had to be at the stadium for 8 am, ouch.

Unfortunately the GB team where not competing but Australia was, so I decided to bring my Union flag and use it to support our brothers & sisters from Australia.

This picture was taken outside the basketball stadium, although I was looked at rather strangly by a few of the security people there when this picture was taken as bags on their own, in the open, are seen as a security issue here so I nearly cause a major security incident - even the flag did not give it away that I was just a tourist.

I go back in time !!!!

Well today (Sunday 17th August) has been amazing so far and it is still morning, my host picked me up from the hotel bag store very early as we had a 2 hour drive to see the Great Wall of China, well a section of it anyway.

What was amazing was that after a thousand years with millions of people walking on it the wall looks fantastic, where I come from we have a similar wall in our harbour that after a hundred years and only a few people walking near it has fallen down and unlike the Great Wall of China, is an eyesore to the village.

As you can see from the picture it was busy and there where lots of other friends of mine being carried by their owners from all different corners of the world, although, being a Sunday there where lots of locals, there for the fresh air and cool breeze.

Later today we are off to the Olympics again, I will update you again when I get back.

Forbidden or not Forbidden, that is the question !!

I made it, today is Saturday the 16th August and at last I am here in Beijing, last night I went to the athletics in the "Birds Nest" stadium which was awesome, what was amazing was seeing so many of my relatives from different countries being carried around by the athletes with all there accessories in, they must have been so proud to have been there.

Today, as you can see I am visiting the famous Forbidden City which is where the old Emperor of China lived, if you want to see a great view, have a look here. I am not sure who I am meeting or seeing tomorrow but it is very exciting.

See you all very soon.

Where in the World am I and who am I with ?

Well my bag blogger friends, I am still away in the far east en-route to the Beijing Olympics which I can not wait for, however, whilst on my travels I met up with this character

If you have any idea who he is, who made him or his exact location please email the bag blog (bagblog@porthleven.co.uk) site and you might just win a small prize.

Hong Kong is a great place with lots of shops, restaurants and tall buildings but also with some great sites. I went to a great shopping area called Stanley Market which was full of small shops selling all sorts of things including lots of friends of mine from Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuittons and Prada. A must place to visit if you go there.

I hope the next time you see me I will be in Beijing.

I am on the way to the Olympics in Beijing

Today (Wednesday 13th August 2008) I arrived in Hong Kong en-route to the Olympics in Beijing and after a 12 hour flight decided to do some shopping and then..............

I found the shop that I aspire to be from, the Prada shop, just because I am made from eco-friendly material and come from a small, but great village in Cornwall, does not mean I can't have aspirations.

Hopefully, the next time you see me I will be in China, getting closer to the Olympics, ohhhhhh, I can not wait.

See you soon and come back often for my updates.

Best Regards - "The Porthleven Bag"

Lifeboat Day, Porthleven

Uh-oh! Normally more elegantly dressed, but apparently shipwrecked overnight, here be Julia of Tombodama Jewellery Studio selling the Porthleven Bag to raise funds for Lifeboat Day, the most vibrant event in our calendar. The jewellery studio gave first prize of a voucher for £200.00 in the Lifeboat Day raffle which raised loads-of-money. Thousands of people crowded into the village to see the superb Penlee Lifeboat close-up, and watch a thrilling air-sea rescue exercise  together with the Culdrose Helicopter.  There were canoe displays, working boat races (with pirates and water cannon), Line-dancing, Morris Men and of course, the Shipwreck/Castaway Competition for local shopkeeperss, which was taken very seriously by Roland's Happy Plaice (yes, it is a fish and chip shop). Murals round the walls,  life-size palm trees, the remains of a camp fire, half a ton of real sand and fantastic costumes wiped out most of the opposition. - Not sure how long it will take to get rid of the sand, there Roland.- Congratulations of course, to the Lifeboat Day Committee who have worked themselves above and beyond the call of duty for many months, to raise substantial funds for this lifeline and give everyone the most wonderful, exciting day out possible.