Purbeck Art Week

Not knowing what to do on a Saturday afternoon, we decided to go to the Purbeck Art Week display at Rollington Barn. We invited the lovely Lady Vivenne from Hadrians Way, to join us. You know the lady, floral matching outfit, we reported on her in the article about the Pamphill Blue Bells walk, yes the one and the same.

That was the trip were we met up with Anna and her husband, I can not for the life remember what his name was but I can say he was very fond of Hong Kong. He did have some amazing tales to tell and spoke at length on his visit of a few weeks ago.  

Once Lady Vivienne was on board and comfortable, we made our way to Rollington barn, somewhere between Corfe Castle and Studland. 

They have an overview of what is on display at the various venues, saves you the trouble of not bothering to go to those rubbish painters or artists. To tell the truth, it was all about the cake they serve in the make shift tearoom. Susan and Vivienne's eyes lite up when they saw the cakes and they did spend more time deciding which cake to order then actually looking at the art on display. I went for the chocolate and caramel cake and really will not go into what the two girls had, but suffice to say they were in cake heaven while eating it.

It never fails to amaze me, how a group of girls who go to a weight watching club can be so enthralled at a few delicious cakes. I strongly believe it sharpens there minds. I think Weight Watches has an algorithm that watches their weigh in and then they throw out the tempting phrase, 

'You can have the occasional treat but not every day.'

This would be a good marketing tool, if the weight watches loose too much weight then they are, potentially, not going to need weight watches and that source of revenue will stop. A good business model would want to keep existing member, so throwing out that expression would ensure the weight watches loyalty. I also think some people go to weight watches for the companionship. Good business model and well done to who ever dreamed of tapping into the vuninerablities of women of an age, when they feel their youthful looks are fading.

Getting back to the art and how we progressed. I did not see anything I would have bought and from looking at Derek and Vivienne's work, feel slightly cheated at what was on offer, my friends are better. But then they are not on display, the amateurs are, and they are selling art to a gullible public. 

We did see Sue and Ted, breakfast buddies at Sandbanks Cafe, alas, owing to recent changes there, we will be looking else where for our weekly breakfast.