I had a great time at the Cape Town Book Fair last weekend and especially enjoyed the wonderful opportunity the Fair afforded me to meet with many readers of my books.

We’re very excited to be taking part in the Cape Town Book Fair being held at the CTICC this weekend – 15-17 June 2012.

I was in a factory shop this week and at the front of the store there were two gentleman standing chatting.  They looked to be holiday-makers and I noticed their wives were having a wonderful time wandering around the ladies section of the shop. They were holding up garments (in the way that women do)

One of my daughters-in-law is expecting a baby in December so what better excuse could we need to go shopping than to buy infant paraphanalia? My other daughter-in-law accompanied us and having two young children of her own she was a mine of useful information as to what was needed. As we were shopping on

Welcome to my first factory shop blog. There will be many more of these appearing over the course of the year as I share some of my factory shop experiences with you. Many thanks to all who, over the past 25 years, have bought copies of The A-Z of Factory Shops in the Western Cape.