Inspired by this years Tour De France, I decided to buy a new bike... (I noticed a few shaking heads and raised eyebrows when I pulled this one out of the car!) Don't worry, its for display purposes only. Okay you need to use a bit of imagination here but picture it with a lick of paint and a basket overspilling with pretty flowers. Should brighten up the side of the shop very nicely.

Spot the flaw !! The lovely Victorian village that I spent hours setting up actually has a snowboarder in the shop window. That's not very authentic! I'm sure they didn't do snowboarding in the 1800's. Still it looks very good this year with a new carousel to accompany the ferris wheel. The children who visit the shop really enjoy the village and so do most of the Dads (Must bring back the model railway days).