'Go Visit Tara In Tenterden!'

I had a lovely morning out to Tenterden today. The drive out there was a real delight as the autumn colours of brown, gold, yellow and green were everywhere! Ironically, I didn't take my camera so was unable to get any film footage (bah!) for possible use with my Christmas video for 'A Winters Tale'. I have already put something together for this years Christmas song but its not as good as some of the stuff I could have got this morning... Oh well, maybe I will take a bus ride out there again next week and do some filming.

Tenterden is a lovely olde worlde country village/small town and as its a commuter area its quite posh. They do have some lovely gift shops though and its a smashing place to visit if you want to be in with a shot of finding something a little bit different.

One of the most eye-catching places I visited there was a tiny shop called 'Rising Star'. They had a working model carousel in the window that was really wonderful and so Christmassy! What also drew me inside the shop was a fun advertising board outside the shop which said 'Men! We do wrap presents for you but no Bah Humbugs please' (or something similar). I thought that was real fun and showed that the owner was a 'Christmas person'. How could I (Father Christmas - but don't tell anyone) not go in and wish the owner a Merry Christmas?

http://www.risingstartenterden.co.uk/

Well, I'm glad I did because the owner just happened to be a lovely lady! I don't know I thought, beautiful lady, Christmas spirit, Christmas music playing, shop like a mini wonderland of festive and beautiful gifts, what more could old Saint Nicholas want?

I'm glad to say that the lady (Tara) turned out to be every bit as nice as she looked and we had a nice little chat for a few minutes. If you are struggling for ideas this Christmas and are desperate to find an unusual gift for your special one why not give 'Rising Star' a visit?  

I have posted a link to the shops website on this blog so why not click and have a look if you can't visit the shop in person? As I have said before here though, you can't beat GOING shopping and I eventually picked up the perfect Christmas gift for my Niece in Tenterden so came home well happy!