Wednesday, January 21, 2026

1 million doughnuts

Wednesday morning and the girls hockey team  are out on the beach. There must be thirty of them. They move across the sand at a speed that older locals can only marvel at. The number of returning students is growing by the day.  Finding a 'free' parking spot is now impossible but the pay by the hour spaces are still under utilized. Students tend to avoid them. The mountains of beer cans in the rugby lads front windows continue to grow at a rate that reflects their dedication to pre-semester partying. In the village hall  preparations for Burns Night continue apace. Tartan crepe paper is being stapled to the proscenium arch for a suitably 'Celtic' atmosphere.


The cashmere shop is setting up its new season display. The owner stops to tell us that a surprising number of  visitors like to have matching outfits made. 


The first sermon of the new semester and the chaplain has opted for a Rabbie Burns theme.


Down by the golf course the person(s) who put out the memorial bouquets has been busy.


Yesterday, 'The Font' went to a lecture by a fifth generation member of the family that started the bakery in 1919. Highlights of the talk included the fact that :
  • In 2025 demand for fudge doughnuts passed the 1 million mark for the first time.
  • They have two foreign products - baguettes made with French flour and Coffee Towers. The Coffee Towers are what the French would call Religieuse and were copied by a great aunt who discovered them on a family holiday to France in the 1950's.
  • Until recently they had no need for an HR department. Employment, often for life, was based on a handshake. Health regulations surrounding Covid changed that and everything became more contractual in 2020.
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