Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Visiting rural businesses in rural England

We literally went from one place without phone signal to another. Rural England is very rural... But there are great opportunities for creative businesses and entrepreneurship. We've visited 3 different local businnesses ranging from a shop to a restaurant to a florist, all of which had an emphasis on the local area, locally produced food/flowers. The owners have all developed it from scratch and the enthusiasm, energy, and courage is striking and very admirable.

They've all presented us with some real problems/challenges they have encountered which the participants are going to find solutions for tomorrow. Hopefully they will come up with something good, innovative and creative, and I'm looking forward to seeing the results of that!

Tonight we've had the honor and pleasure of having Herefordshire YFC visiting and playing games with us - a very entertaining night! I'm feeling better today so I might stay up for a pint or two...

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