Get your creative head on and complete the following sentence in no less than 50 words;

“I wear my wellies…”

and you could win a £100 gift voucher to spend at www.funky-wellington-boots.co.uk

The most creative or funny entry will win and all entries will be posted on this blog.

To enter, click the following link http://www.funky-wellington-boots.co.uk/competition.php

Hello welly fans! Just to let you know, our new range of neoprene lined wellies are all wide fit for ladies and nice and comfortable for men! The circumference around the tops is 44cm with a long side gusset with adjustable strap that provides a bit of extra room (or a bit less!). So good news for ladies with wider calves and feet! These are actually a unisex boot and range from size UK 4 to 13.

Just one thing, they do come up one size too big, so please order the size below your normal shoe size.

Our new range is available in black, green, petrol blue, pink daisy pattern and Cars and Campers design.

At last, our two new children’s wellies are now in stock and ready to buy! We have a pretty pink floral design for the girls, available in sizes UK 3 (tiny, tiny) up to a UK 2. And for the boys, we have brought back the Cars and Buses design in sizes UK 3 to 13. Both wellies cost £8 plus postage and packaging

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We also have adult boots to match the new childrens wellies and if you buy an adult pair, you can get the children’s pair half price! Please see the website for details.

Our handy children’s boot bags are also the right size to house our new wellies. Also, the last few pairs of the old children’s stock are selling out fast at only £5.99 per pair.

Thank God for online shopping! Here’s a story that’s familiar to everyone living on the crowded island of the United Kingdom…

The following is a breakdown of the time wasted in traffic jams and shopping queues and the money I wasted on a doomed shopping trip in my town, keeping in mind, this is the town I live in the centre of…

 I spent one hour an a half in traffic (I couldn’t take my bike because it had been stolen and I was out shopping for a new one). Three quarters of an hour was wasted standing in line and £4.75 was spent on parking.

 All I can say is, hurray for websites. Online shopping is the best because behind the scenes of the professional appearance of a nice, clean website are (usually) a bunch of normal, friendly, hard-working people who will help you find the item you are looking for, won’t try and sell you everything else, take your order over the phone on a sunday evening and your item can be with you the next day. And all of this from the comfort of your own home.

I personally, will never moan about delivery costs on websites (even if it is £6.95 for a toothbrush). Incidentally, I did manage to buy a bike in town, but when I collected it the next day, it wasn’t quite the quality I thought it was. The front tyre was flat, the handle bars were crooked and child’s seat had scratches all over it. When I asked for my money back, I was told I couldn’t have it and could only have a credit note. The manager was really rude and I am left with a credit note for a shop that I would rather stick pins in my eyes than spend my money in ever again! But after investigation, this is all lawful and I would have to take court action to get my money back! Amazing! So, consumers are much better off ordering online because ( like with all distance selling) if you change your mind you can send it back within 7 days and get all of your money back.

The other point is, online companies are much more likely to bend the rules to help you out, rather than just repeating frustrating sentences like “computer says no..” like robots.

By Beth Hale, The Daily Mail
Last updated at 8:31 PM on 10th June 2008
You can’t get much happier than a pig in muck, or so we are told.

But when this little piggy arrived in the farmyard she showed a marked reluctance to get her trotters dirty.

While her six brothers and sisters messed around in the mire, she stayed on the edge shaking. It is thought she might have mysophobia - a fear of dirt.

Owners Debbie and Andrew Keeble were at a loss, until they remembered the four miniature wellies used as pen and pencil holders in their office. They slipped them on the piglet’s feet - and into the mud she happily ploughed.

Now she runs over to Mr Keeble so he can put them on for her in the morning.

The couple, who run the award-winning Debbie and Andrew’s sausage company in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, named the young saddleback Cinders after Cinderella and her magical glass slippers.

They are using her to front a campaign to give a better deal to pig farmers.

Fortunately for five-week-old Cinders, she will not end up in one of their sausages. Although they were pig farmers for 20 years, the Keebles keep them only as pets nowadays.

‘I don’t know what will happen as she gets bigger,’ said Mr Keeble.

‘Hopefully she will grow out of her phobia of mud before she needs a new set of boots.’

If you would like to see the pictures (they are good!) click on the following link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025428/Pig-Boots-The-worlds-porker-afraid-mud.html

Hi folks.  It you were one of the people who left their wellies at the farm last year, you have got plenty of time to buy yourself a pair of Evercreatures ™ wellies for this year.  Five tonnes of wellies were left in the mud last year! FIVE TONNES! Thats about two and half thousand pairs! So, what happened to all of those wellies? Here’s what Michael Eavis and others had to say about it: Abandoned wellies sent to Africa
 
Five tonnes of wellington boots discarded by revellers at Glastonbury Festival over recent years have been sent to Africa for farmworkers to wear.
Festival organiser Michael Eavis said he was delighted the mountain of boots had been found a new lease of life. The shipment left for Senegal on Wednesday after being cleaned of mud. We’ve been keeping tonnes of them rather than put them into landfill and now the Africans are going to wear them, isn’t that great,” said Mr Eavis.

“Every single welly will be worn by an African which is really fantastic,” he added.

This year the festival has the theme ‘love the farm - leave no trace’.

To tie in with this festival goers will be handed 10 biodegradable tent pegs each on arrival.

The pegs, made from potato starch, will disintegrate over four months unlike traditional metal pegs which prove lethal to the cows who live on Worthy Farm the rest of the year.

“We’re giving out a million of these and are asking people not to use metal pegs,” said Michael Eavis.

“The metal ones caused trouble for the cows after being chopped up by the harvester and going into the cows’ feed,” said Mr Eavis.

“They’re so nasty and sharp and they don’t always kill the cow straight away - it can take a year.

“I can’t believe we haven’t thought of this biodegradable tent peg idea before, ” he added.

“All tents will be monitored to ensure these pegs are being used on the farm during the festival.”

Staying on the eco-theme Mr Eavis said he was delighted by the immediate reaction he had had from Thom Yorke of Radiohead after it was reported the band would not be playing this year’s festival because of its huge carbon footprint.

“A third of our people come by public transport - some come by coaches and trains so Thom Yorke has put a great page up today on his site saying Glastonbury has the best transport policy, the greenest, least CO2-polluting policy that there is. So it’s great I can’t believe it,” said Michael Eavis.

“We’re forcing some people now to come on buses; they can’t get a ticket without getting a bus ticket.

“It works because there’s a lot more room for the festival because the farm isn’t filled up with car parks so it’s a brilliant solution,” he added.

Glastonbury Festival takes place over the weekend 27-29 June 2008. Registration for tickets closes at midnight on Friday 14 March and tickets go on sale on Sunday 6 April.
 

I am writing to thank you very much for your kind donation to my fund raising activities.  The Wellies were very popular and went for more than their value.

 Your contribution has helped me take part in a World Girl Guiding experience in Sangam, India. During the trip I will help teach English to Indian children ages 7-14 years, meet fellow Guides from around the world, and experience new cultures and people.

All the donations provided by local businesses were part of an auction evening in my local community. The evening was so successful that I raised more money than expected and as a result I have committed to the following additional local charities:

Ashperton Primary School – Equipment (Toilet, Toilet Tent, Emergency Kit) for school trips

Newent Rotary Club – Cash Donation (Auctioneers chosen charity)

Munsley Parish Church – New Church sign post

Sangam Wish Appeal

The total amount raised on the Auction evening was: £2400.00

I am extremely grateful for your contribution and hope you agree that the funds raised have been put to good use.

Yours Sincerely
NATALIE JOHNSON

Vodka Revolution are giving away (1st prize) two festival tickets of your choice and 10 runner up prizes of festival gear worth £850. The festival gear includes a pair of Evercreatures Pink Polka Dot wellies

For your chance to win these great prizes, go to a Vodka Revolution Bar and pick up a leaflet or go to the revolution bars website to enter.

Hello everybody, we are now offering a free pair of sandals with every welly purchase for the whole of the festival season! Wow! We have five different sandal designs for you that have matching wellies. We have; the Red Poppies in sandals and wellies, Cool Pink, Leopard Print, Nordic Bloom and Sweethearts.

However, the offer applie to all adult wellies, so you can buy a Blue Stripey pair and get a lovely pair of sandals completely free!

This special offer is perfect for you festival goers because the weather could be sunny and amazing or really rainy, or both!

Take advantage of this special offer today www.funky-wellington-boots.co.uk

Looks like we were  a bit spoiled with the weather last week, the British summer we are more familiar with has arrived this week, about 15 degrees, rainy and cloudy.

But hey! The start of the British summer also marks the start of the festival season.

Here is a list of British festivals coming up this summer to wear your wellies to: http://www.funky-wellington-boots.co.uk/wellies-festivals.htm