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Bare Kind Bamboo Socks...on a simple mission:  to save the world's animals, one sock at a time... great gifts for animal lovers!

 

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    Do you enjoy a good read?  Well, there's great news from Hive.co.uk!

    There's two books for £10 from their Penguin Archive Collection!  Its' got 90 classic works of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, hightlighting the range of books Penguin have published since 1935!

    There are books by authors such as James Baldwin, Virginia Woolf, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell, Emily Brontë, Leo Tolstoy, Mary Shelley and H. G. Wells.  

    No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Bronte is just one of the books in the collection
    No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Brontë
    is just one of the books in the collection. 

    Click here to see the others in the Penguin Archive Collection 
    from Hive!  

    By the way, they've got lots of other offers  as well!  
    Perfect for holiday reading or just chilling out at home,
    relaxing with a good book!
    There are offers on Children's Classics, 
    History Books, Exploring the British outdoors, and puzzle books!
    Take a look here.

  2. Into the Blue list a wide range of gift experiences around the country, catering for all sorts of budgets.  And they cover a wide range of gifts and interests, with everything from flight simulators to water sports, days out to afternoon teas, short breaks to animal experiences.  They also have an incredible range of creative and craft gifts and outdoor gifts to choose from too. 

    SPECIAL OFFER!!

    Those lovely people at Into the Blue have a fantastic 18% off at Into the Blue with the code  - it's valid on experiences up to £500.00 until midnight on the 16th August 2026!  Use the code

    ITB18AUG

    There's no minimum spend, although some products are excluded from this offer.  Don't miss out!  Visit Into the Blue here.  

    How about a Donkey Walking Experience and Picnic in Surrey?
    How about a Donkey Walking Experience and Picnic in Surrey?
    Each donkey has their own personality - 
    this two hour group experience is at a farm near Guildford.
    There are lots of other animal experiences to choose from as well! 

    Enjoy garden talks and walks with lunch at the beautiful Swinton Estate in Yorkshire
    Enjoy talks, garden walks & lunch at Swinton Park, Yorkshire with this Swinton Estate Lunch & Garden Tour
    See other Gardening Workshops and Floristry courses here

    There are a number of Rural Craft experiences including this Traditional Basket Weaving Course in Surrey
    There are a number of Rural Craft experiences
    including this Traditional Basket Weaving Course in Surrey

     How about Falconry in Dorchester?
    How about Falconry in Dorchester?

    Fly off to see the Falconry experiences -

    give them the chance to meet, handle and fly a bird of prey!

    There's a Bee Lovers Home Hamper
    There's a Bee Lovers Home Hamper
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    elivered to your door! 
    And there are lots of other At Home Experiences - take a look at them here.

    Fly off to Into the Blue to see their full range of experiences! 
     
    Don't forget, the code ITB18AUG  for 18% off experiences up to £500.00 until midnight on the 16th August. The code is site wide, although some products are excluded from this offer.  

     

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    Emma Bridgewater has a gorgeous new collection, Fruit - and in it, there are lots of goodies in a Blackberry theme!

    Late summer/Autumn (and it's not far off!) is blackberry time - a lovely time to get out there with the kids or without them and get into the world of nature and go blackberry picking.  Come home and have them with ice-cream, yummy, or makeblackberry jam, or have them with natural yoghurt for breakfast - a very healthy way to start the day.

    This is the Blackberry Cereal Bowl
    This is the Blackberry Cereal Bowl for £25.00
    - why not pile it high with blackberries?!

    This lovely Blackberry Foraging Bucket would be great for picking blackberries!
    This lovely Blackberry Foraging Bucket
    would be great for picking blackberries!
    It's £7.00.  

     This delightful Blackberry 1/2 Pint Mug would be great for that morning cup of tea or coffee!
    This delightful Blackberry 1/2 Pint Mug
    would be great for that morning cup of tea or coffee!
    For £26.00

    There are other goodies in the range, too:  different sized plates, a tea-towel, a large dish, a straight jug, a medium shallow tin, lunch napkins, a round tray, biscuit barrel and a set of 3 round cake tins! 

    Head off to the Emma Bridgewater Blackberry Collection here.

  4.  

    Well, if you're looking for something to store things away in, and you love ice cream.... Dunhelm have these great storage baskets. 

     

    There's this fun Giraffe Rattan Storage Basket - it could be great for kids' toys or frankly just to add a bit of fun to your living room.

    This is a Giraffe Rattan Storage Basket
    This is a Giraffe Rattan Storage Basket for £75.00.

    And if you have a dog, don't forget your woof!  Dunhelm also have this rather lovely Bone Shaped Seagrass Storage Basket!  

    This is the Bone Shaped Seagrass Storage Basket from Dunhelm
    This is the Bone Shaped Seagrass Storage Basket from Dunhelm
    for £35.00 for the medium size (L 45cm x W 30cm x D 30cm) - 
    There's an extra large one (L 40cm x W 55cm x D 30cm) for £45.00

    I think this basket is great fun - just perfect for storing a lead, poo bags, dog toys, etc.   It's crafted from 100% seagrass and surely adds a lovely touch to a dog loving home!   Find out more from Dunhelm.  

    This Paw Print Tapered Seagrass Storage Basket is for £16.00
    This Paw Print Tapered Seagrass Storage Basket is for £16.00.
    You could store dog toys and leads and harnesses in it - 
    and give your dog the fun of rummaging through it to 
    find his or her favourite toy.  But will he then put them away?!  
    Dig here for more information.

    Dunhelm have lots of other storage products, of course, but these two particuarly caught my eye as they are so different and such fun!    A lot of them would make great gifts, adding style and practicality to a home.   See their storage range here.

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    Want to give a sock gift that gives and makes a difference?

    Well, take a look at Bare Kind’s Bamboo Socks!   I’ve just bought three and they are SOOOO comfortable!  Really, really soft and they wash well too. 

    Founder  Lucy Jeffrey founded Bare Kind in 2018.  She wanted to create something that would add value to the world and be loved, and as an animal lover, her childhood dream was to be a vet.  A fear of needles meant that dream ended but the amazing Lucy found a new purpose – to create animal saving socks, and save animals one sock and a time! 

    Bare Kind have been saving animals for more than 7 years with their sock profit donation model, and their Impact Report just shows how socks can help make a difference. 

    For every purchase, Bare Kind gives 10% of profits to a charity for the species on the sock.  So every time I put my socks on, I know my purchases have made a difference to the species represented on the sock!   I went for pangolins (the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation), puffins (Scottish Seabird Centre) and koalas (the Australian Wildlife Conservancy).   And yes it was really difficult to choose, so I will have to keep buying so the other animals don’t feel left out!!  You can buy them in bundles and mystery bundles – where you just see what appears! 

    Bare Kind’s vision is “to bring joy to everyday and to empower the restoration of our biodiverse planet” and they are doing it through socks.  I love their puffin socks;  this is how they arrive:

    Waddle off here to see all the bamboo socks from Bare Kind!

    And their Impact Report for 2025 made fascinating reading for me, and it just showed the impact buying their socks can make.  

    There are a lot of charities the donations from Bare Kind have helped in 2025 and they include the Penrith Swift Group – who say that the donation will enable them to install swift nest boxes on a local school to increase swift numbers in the Penrith area.  Doing this will raise awareness of swifts, and inspire the children to care for this species.  

    The donations from Puffin Socks have helped to fund conservation and outreach projects such as SOS Puffin Project – it helps to clear invasive tree mallow which had been impacting puffin colonies on local islands of the Firth of Forth, and allowed the Scottish Seabird Centre to take part in 39 community group beach cleans along the East Lothian coastline.  581 kgs of litter were removed. 

    I adore these koala bamboo socks - so soft and cuddly!

    But those are just two charities.   Donations from Bare Kind helped Hope Pastures (horses, donkeys, ponies) and Woodgreen.  They helped the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, the Seahorse Trust, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Essex Wildlife Trust and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.   They helped Sea Trees to plant over 1,000 mangroves in Kenya, and donations helped the Snow Leopard Trust, Wolves and Humans, Helping Rhinos and  the Orangutan Foundation. 

    So if you want to buy a gift for an animal lover, take a look at Bare Kind.