07/09/2026
Well… that wasn’t quite the weekend I had planned! 😂 Vicki 🙏
I started it with a blowout on the car and somehow managed to finish it with a blowout on the bowel! 💨🚗➡️🏥
After a no show Saturday to yesterday afternoon I had to make an early exit from the Salt Festival after becoming unwell, and a trip to hospital later revealed I’ve got a volvulus.
Definitely wasn’t on the weekend itinerary! 🤦♂️
I’m so sorry to all the customers who were expecting to see us at the Salt Festival. I know some of you had made plans to come along, and I’m genuinely gutted that I had to leave unexpectedly.
A massive thank you has to go to the security teams at the Salt Festival. They were absolutely brilliant — packing my stall away and loading everything into my car so I could get myself off to hospital. I genuinely couldn’t have asked for better help. Simon, did you proud!
I’ll also be closing the website for ordering until I’m back up on my feet, so please bear with me while I recover. I’ll let you know as soon as orders are open again.
I’m now in hospital, being well looked after and hopefully getting everything back where it’s supposed to bloody well be! 😂
One thing I will take away from this, though, is to listen to your body. I hadn’t experienced stomach cramps like that since I was abused by the Rummy Bears 🪦🔥🌶️
Even the smallest ni**le that doesn’t feel quite right is worth getting checked out. Sometimes there’s absolutely nothing you could have done to prevent something happening — but your body usually has a way of telling you when something isn’t right.
So, from a tyre blowout to a bowel blowout…
I think I’ve completed the full set for one weekend. 🤣
Not quite the Salt Festival weekend I had in mind, but certainly one I won’t forget in a hurry!
🔥 Flavour & Fire — apparently now including internal combustion.