We had an awesome day at Driftland in Lochgelly on Saturday! The spectators were such a good bunch and LOVED their hot chocolate, especially the luxury version topped with "scooshy" cream, fudge pieces and toffee sauce. You all managed to get through 84 pints of milk, 4kg of hot chocolate powder and a whole lot of coffee beans! Apologies to anyone who missed out as we did sell out of some things but we really had no idea how busy it would be. The guys at Driftland and the Scottish Drift Championships put on a great day and the fireworks were outstanding. Big thanks to them for inviting us along and we'll hopefully see you again next year. We'll be back in our favourite spot at Carron Valley the next two weekends so will be great to see some of our regulars again. We're looking into the possibility of an event at the end of the month but will keep you updated should we get any confirmation on this. Come December, we have a couple more events lined up. First up is the Falkland Winter Festival on Saturday 1st December and the following week we'll be back in lovely Glamis for the Glamis Castle Christmas Market which runs from Friday 7th Dec to Sunday 9th December. Fingers crossed it's not quite as cold as last year
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Howdy folks. What a great weekend we had at Carron Valley. The Ride for the Angels event was well attended (despite the relentless rain) and I'm told lots of money was raised for some very worthy charities. Huge well done to everyone who took part and thanks to all of you who made it worth our while to be out on such a horrible day too. Sunday's weather was much more pleasant and again, thank you to everyone who came by and sampled our wares. We won't be at Carron Valley this weekend owing to a couple of great events. On Saturday you'll find the Hutch at Bridge of Allan Parish Church Hall for a fundraising craft fair being held by Equi-Power who are looking to raise money for a new centre in Stirling. If you're not familiar with the work they do, check out their Facebook page. Their will be lots of lovely stalls inside so come along, get a jump on your Christmas shopping and don't forget to stop at the Hutch on the way in for a coffee. Sunday finds us back at Stirling University campus for Stirling Triathlon Club's Aquathlon. Whether you're taking part or just spectating we'll have plenty of hot drinks and small snacks to keep you fuelled up throughout the day.
We're referring to these cakes and bakes as MWG (Made Without Gluten) rather than "Gluten Free" as all our baking is done in one kitchen and although all equipment and surfaces are appropriately cleaned and sanitised in between uses there is always a small possibility of some gluten traces remaining in the work area and we wouldn't like to cause upset or illness to anyone by claiming otherwise. On baking days our MWG items are always prepared first to help further minimise the risk of any cross contamination.
After a beautiful day this Saturday, Sunday was a different matter altogether with strong winds and driving rain for a lot of the day. Not surprisingly there weren't as many of you out and about but those that were kept us going until we decided on an early finish for a change. Next weekend finds us back at Carron Valley where there's a 24hr "Ride for the Angels" charity cycling event which begins at 10am Saturday 13th October. If you'd like to take part and help raise money for some very good causes please check out the event page on Facebook and sign up. Fingers crossed for better weather for them! There's been no slacking off for the Hutch this year. The title refers to the lack of blogging! Disgraceful behaviour on our part but testament to how hard we have been working that we've had no time to sit down and chat!
Anyhoo, a lot has happened in the last year (!) but mainly we've just been concentrating on building the business and bringing you awesome coffee and cake like we always do. You'll still find us at Carron Valley most weekends throughout Autumn, Winter and Spring but we do try to find new and exciting events to go to during the summer months. New events for us this year included the very first Falkirk Ultra race back in January, the Crit on the Campus bike race at Stirling University in April and this year we made our first appearance at the Scottish Performance Car Show in Bo'ness and had a fabulous day serving up lots of lovely coffee to lots of lovely petrol heads. We catered at two events in Duncarron Medieval Village. Their Medieval weekend and the fabulous Pirates event and we've attended various other events throughout the central belt. Our next planned appearance will be at Stirling Triathlon Club's Aquathlon event on Sunday 21st October back at Stirling Uni and we hope to have another couple of events before the end of the year but will keep you posted. For now, it's back to business as usual with normal trading at Carron Valley this coming weekend. We are working on bringing you some low gluten options in our homebaking range and will keep Facebook updated with the progress on this. |
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