Angela Cave

Travelling is never time wasted

Dates & places

Summer is with us and kaftans are central stage – really popular as a cool and stylish alternative to tight tees and jeans – just a great all purpose chuck in the suitcase garment!
I am out and about as ever and, going forwardhere are some dates:
I will be at the Cotswold Show this weekend 1/2 July – one of my favourites and I am really looking forward to it.
Saturday 8th July Corn Hall Cirencester
14,21,28 July and 4th August I will be at Marlborough College Summer School
Saturday 29 July I will be at the Warminster Summer Market – another new venue, exciting!
Lots more in August but will post those later when confirmed.
In the meantime, happy summer and happy kaftan and pashmina wearing too!

Off to the land of the Chettinars…..

One of our favourite hidden places, the gracious Visalam hotel hidden amongst the crumbling palaces of the Chettinars. The Chettinars were rich, they built palace after palace from the middle of the 19th century to early 20th – and then they left. Their legacy is the beautiful and melancholy villages with row upon row of architectural gems slowly decaying in the heat of the sun.

Visalam was a private home built for a favourite daughter and is now a small and charming hotel and the perfect base to explore. Take a bicycle or a bullock cart and just wander through the streets – some of the palaces are open with maybe a caretaker to let you in but this is no tourist trap, little known it remains a gem.

It is also the region of the horse temples, out in the countryside, quiet apart from the birdsong and with the astonishing terracotta horses guarding the shrine and offered yearly by villagers. It is also home to my new suppliers of hand loom cotton the Mahalakshmi weavers, so happy to be able to offer this wonderful quality cotton in scarves, shawls and towels.

Images of the Chettinad region

 

July dates and places

Just back from fabulous Croatia and gearing up for some busy weeks.  I will be at the Cotswold Show in Cirencester on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July  and at Barbury International Horse Trials 7th – 10th July.  Friday 15th, 22nd, 29th July and Friday 5th August I will be at Marlborough College for their Summer School – looking forward to it all greatly.

The Parrot Cage in The Shambles in Devizes will be open as follows with my chum Karen at the helm so do say hello to her when I am not there!

  • Wednesday 29th June
  • Thursday 30th June
  • Friday 1st July
  • Saturday 2nd July
  • Sunday 3rd July closed
  • Monday 4th July closed
  • Tuesday 5th July open
  • Wednesday 6th July open
  • Thursday 7th July open
  • Friday 8th July open
  • Saturday 9th July open
  • Sunday 10th July closed
  • Monday 11th July closed
  • Tuesday 12th July open
  • Wednesday 13th July open
  • Thursday 14th July open
  • Friday 15th July open
  • Saturday 16th July open
  • Sunday 17th July closed
  • Monday 18th July closed
  • Tuesday 19th July open
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  • Thursday 21st July open
  • Friday 22nd July open
  • Saturday 23 July open
  • Sunday 24th July closed
  • Monday 25th July closed
  • Tuesday 26th July open
  • Wednesday 27th July open
  • Thursday 28th July open
  • Friday 29th July open
  • Saturday 30th July open
  • Sunday 31 July closed.

Below are just 3 of my new and very lovely floral pashminas – there are so many it was hard to choose but they are the perfect accessory for summer – simply stunning!

Just a little touch of Spring to ward off the cold!

 

Well January is about to wave goodbye and in my garden there are little green shoots shivering their way up.  That means that I am busy planning some cheering and beautiful treats for Valentines, Mothering Sunday and Spring in general.

I still have some wonderful warm winter wools and cashmeres as the cold is still very much with us, and have just had a consignment of truly beautiful scarves and shawls but here is a little taste of spring for you……

The Parrot has landed!

How very exciting- The Parrot Cage has opened in The Shambles, Devizes. Day 2 and just about set up and ready to share my beautiful shawls, scarves and bags from India.  Lots of really stunning designs from traditional pashminas to modern classics – all with the vibrancy and beauty of Indian fabrics.  I will be open Tuesday to Saturday, with the occasional day when I am at a market around Wiltshire so I will post my days weekly so you will know where I am.  This week I am in all week up until Sunday, closed Monday and open all next week – do come and say hello and I am really thrilled to be here and to meet lots of new people.

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