Daisy Chain Live

[RedWellies]

This is a good idea I think! My local vegan group is having a stall there to promote veganism. Greenpeace will also be represented. Please come if you are near enough!
http://www.daisychainlive.co.uk/

[alisont]

I had wondered about this as im only 45 mins from Malvern on the train................. not sure whats on that weekend yet?

Any idea if theres any vegan friendly catering there or nearby?

Alison

[RedWellies]

Apparently there is going to be a catering van who will do veggie and vegan food...I will check and confirm when I know for sure. Will be nice to see you Alison if you can make it.

[alisont]

I will see what i can do is there a list of exhibitors? be interesting to see who's there! Yes it would be great to say hi

My dad said theres a cafe at the train station he thought was veggie/vegan but he's not been for a couple of years? Lady Foleys tearoom he thinks its called?

Alison

[RedWellies]

I will check it out for you tomorrow.

[veganbikerboy]

I will see what i can do is there a list of exhibitors? be interesting to see who's there! Yes it would be great to say hi

My dad said theres a cafe at the train station he thought was veggie/vegan but he's not been for a couple of years? Lady Foleys tearoom he thinks its called?

Alison

it's listed in my veggie book, i can probably dig out the number if you want

[RedWellies]

Alison, the tearoom appears to still be there, with vegan options.

There will be a veggie catering van and they have been told there will be several vegans at the event so should come up with good food for us!

I haven't checked the Daisy Chain website recently, but I would think a list of exhibitors will be put up there.

If you travel by rail, there is a free bus taking people from Great Malvern station to the show ground. If you show your train ticket at the entrance to the show you will get £1 off your entry fee.

[snaffler]

Good idea but you know I jumped on this thread as I thought it was an ad for DaisyChain Saw Live oh well

[alisont]

Sounds good this I hope to go will see whos free, thanks for the info!

Alison

[veggiesosage]

Good idea but you know I jumped on this thread as I thought it was an ad for DaisyChain Saw Live oh well

I did exactly the same thing!

[RedWellies]

You boys! You should come anyway!

[RedWellies]

Just to let anyone know who was thinking of going to this, I will be there on Sat pm on the Vegan Three Counties stall. Come and say hi...

[Kiran]

I will be there on Sat pm on the Vegan Three Counties stall.

Thanks for warning us.

[RedWellies]

I knew you'd post that. Ha, love the avatar! You could redeem yourself by coming to the event. That would impress me, coming all that way!

[alisont]

I will be going Sat so will head to say hi, 4 of us going me hopes

Alison

[RedWellies]

Just wanted to remind anyone who was thinking of going about this.

[alisont]

Just me going now.............see you there - I will be sure to come and say hello

Alison

[veganbikerboy]

i'm going but probably going to be Sun am, i think.

[alisont]

Am planning on doing a bit of shopping round Malvern too so will be there Sat pm, just hoping I can get a student discount as I do think £8 is a bit steep!

Alison

[veganbikerboy]

Went to this today so i thought i give you all a bit of feed back:-

Firstly, disappointing turn out of people, but then the show was not widely advertised. They expected 3000 visitors apparently it was only in the hundreds.

Probably about 30-40 stalls there with a real mix of stuff
Honda were there with their new hybred car, there were fair trade importers, the local health food shop had a stall, a couple of green investment companies and insurers, the usual suspects - greenpeace, friends of earth etc, our local vegan group had stands.

lots of eco gadgets - the eco kettle, the eco log maker (turns houshold waste into logs for open fires) and many more.

Green buildings (using hay as insulation etc.), solar panel people etc..

The big whinge though is that the host has a contract with a catering firm, so outside caterers aren't allowed stalls so the only food available was a pork cavery - I will be complaining.

All in all learnt alot met some good people, now considering a read bed water purification system for the garden. Feed my veg on my waste any one fancy coming for tea

[alisont]

I went Sat pm, took some finding via a rather round the hills local minibus complete with grumpy driver

A lot less stalls than I had expected and was not impressed with the catering options of a carvery/burger van/ice cream van

Very nice vegan scones on the health store stand.

Great to see Red Wellies and co doing a grand job on the local vegan stall (i thought i did very well not eating all the gummi bears ) sounds like there might be a few veggies turning vegan after a chat

It had not been advertised - the local health shops didnt know about it or the tourist info, also the steep prices to get in would of put a lot of people off.........

I enjoyed going and saying hello to people, this was the first event like this in the area, with more planning the next one could be bigger, the location is good there. I picked up some useful leaflets and info there and have found an organic box delivery scheme we might try.

Gertvegan - hope your trains were not too delayed?

Alison

[RedWellies]

Great to see Red Wellies and co doing a grand job on the local vegan stall. sounds like there might be a few veggies turning vegan after a chat

Yes, it was cool. Some people just needed a bit of support to change, how great is that?!

Nice to see you both, Alison and Gert.

[Stig]

So did I, but it's still cool

[Stig]

Sorry my reply was aimed at jay dogs comment about daisy chainsaw live, but its a good job I did because this sounds good