Notting Hill Carnival

Good day, Crabbie’s crowd. After a splendid few days in Edinburgh, George and I have returned home – just in time for the famous Notting Hill Carnival!  It takes place this Bank Holiday Weekend on Sunday 26^th and Monday 27^th of August.  It’s a cracking way to spend a Bank Holiday; one can enjoy the delights of Caribbean music plus there’s dancing!

The carnival’s street stalls offer a marvellous opportunity to sample some utterly delectable Caribbean food of which George and I discovered the perfect accompaniment: a refreshing Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer.  Jolly good news for us, since you know we adore our Crabbie’s!  Get yourself along to the carnival and be sure to have a Crabbie’s or two. You’ll have a spiffing time!

Warmest,

Camilla

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

I say, Crabbie’s crowd: Camilla and I love  a spot of comedy and theatre so we’ve taken a trip north for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

 

Taking place throughout August, the Fringe is a great way to see some jolly good plays and some spiffing new acts plus oodles of magnificent free shows. We think it’s the cat’s meow!  Of course, the weather might not be as splendid as one would hope but you can’t have everything old chaps!

If this sounds like a spiffing way to spend a few days then why not pop along – we’re sure you’ll have a marvellous time!  The Fringe finishes on the 27^th of August though chaps - so don’t miss out!

Cheerio,

George

P.S. One always enjoys visiting Crabbie’s country. 

Henley Rewind

Today is a mighty fine day and I shall tell you why Crabbie’s Crowd: George and I are heading to the wonderful Henley Rewind Festival to relive our youth! Not only us, but the whole Crabbie’s events team are in tow too. Tickety-Boo I say!

Sadly tickets are sold out otherwise I’d suggest all you fine Ladies and Gents join us for a jolly good show. One lucky fan will indeed be with us on Saturday after winning our super spiffing Henley Rewind Ticket giveaway through the Crabbie’s UK fan page.

Follow us and our shenanigans on Twitter for updates throughout the day!   

#SpiffingGB

I say - what a fantastic couple of weeks we’ve had in terms of our sporting achievements Crabbie’s crowd. George and I took a trip to London for what was dubbed as ‘Super Saturday’. Some of the events that we attended were absolutely breath-taking and the marvellous atmosphere  resonated strongly with us.

London has never been a friendlier place than it felt and, we believe, it should be an annual calendar date regardless of the sporting achievements.

This is why we are pushing a hash-tag to try and keep the spirit of those rather refreshingly friendly moments alive. If you have had that Spiffing feeling over the last couple of weeks, then join in our #SpiffingGB trend to keep it ticking it along!

Warmest,

Camilla

HENLEY REWIND TICKETS

I say, Crabbie’s Crowd - time to get Tweeting.

George and I have found ourselves with a pair of VIP tickets for Henley Rewind  festival on Saturday [18/8/12 ] alas we have a prior engagement and sadly cannot attend. Darn & Drat! 

However, the rest of the Crabbie’s AGB Team will be there throughout the weekend and there’s an impressive line-up with Kool & The Gang, Rick Astley, Soul II Soul and Grandmaster Flash to name a few.

So, ok - now for the good part: To be in with a chance of winning these super spiffing tickets we will be running a competition on Twitter, starting from Monday the 6^thAugust.

The winner will be notified on Friday 10th of August and we will endeavour to mail the tickets out ASAP

So, keep and eye peeled for the instructions on our Twitter Feed.

Good luck, Crabbie’s Crowd!

Warmest,

Camilla 

Cambridge Folk Festival

I say, Cambridge is looking rather refreshing as we set up for day two of the Cambridge Folk Festival. The Crabbie’s Bus arrived on Wednesday and the Crabbie’s bar was assembled and is now in full flow.

Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the longest running Folk Festivals in the world, don’t you know.  Starting in 1964, it was the brainchild of Ken Woolard who had been inspired by a documentary that he had seen called ‘Jazz on a Summers Day’ – that’s quite a fitting description to what he has achieved with this wonderful Festival.

 

The event has come an incredibly long way since its humble beginnings of roughly 1,400 patrons when it first began. Now it has a daily crowd swell of 10,000 with tickets selling out within hours! The festival is now organised by those spiffing chaps and chapettes at Cambridge City Council and over 200 supplementary staff.

The Crabbie’s AGB Team is awfully proud to be a part of such a wonderful event. We hope that we see some of you down there, and if not, maybe scribble it in your diary for next year as this is not an event to be missed.

Warmest,

Camilla

Games Gathering

I say – the weather is abysmal, although I do hear that there will be blue skies come the weekend.

George met with the Spiffing gents from the Crabbie’s team last night following their return from The Scottish Open. To my surprise, you’ll never guess what George has inherited from the group and has since set up in the garden, Crabbie’s fans: The Crabbie’s Long Putt Challenge!

I have to admit I was a little sceptic at first – yet, we’re having much fun now I’ve had some practice.  

This got me thinking about all the old indoor games that we used to play and have had a little rootle through all of our cupboards. Wow, the things that we found: carpet bowls, dominos, pick-up sticks, monopoly and yhatzee - what a score.

Sometimes a good old fashioned game can be a lot more fun then you expect it to be. On the back of this notion, George and I have organised a games weekend with friends, food and Crabbie’s. The Long Putt is set up and all the other games our stacked ready - it is going to be an absolute hoot of a good time.

What game did you once favour that you could happily play again at the weekend?