LEST WE FORGET...

This Friday marks the most unique remembrance day yet as at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011, the nation will pause.

Here at Dandy's the 'phones will go off, the diggers will stop and we will all fall silent and take two minutes to reflect on the sacrifice of our brave Service men and women from conflicts past and present.

To show our support for the poppy appeal Dandy's will be making a donation from all orders put through checkout on both of our websites; DandysGardenCentre.co.uk and DandysRockSalt.co.uk, using the voucher code 'remember'.

This code tells us that you, as our customer, want to show your support and have us donate 5% of your total spend to the poppy appeal.

We'll total up and be back with an update first thing Monday morning!

LATEST ROCK SALT OFFERS...

There are some fabuloso offers over at the shop le Dandy's Rock Salt...

• Buy any de-icing salt product and get snow shovels for half price; that's less than eight quid a pop!
• If you're quick you can a free ice scraper with any order placed! Don't forget to add it to your cart if you want it otherwise we'll assume you don't like getting free stuff and you won't get one!
• Every shopper gets a forty quid voucher for nakedwines.com (we've sampled the vino ourselves; it's very good).
• If you spend over one hundred pounds you can get your stuff delivered the very next (working) day (providing you order before the cut off - usually 3pm, sometimes earlier - check the website for the latest times or give us a bell on 0845 456 3089).
• Use my secret blog reader voucher BLOG2510 for a lovely 10% discount.
• Check out the combo gritting packs for an all-in-one de-icing solution at discounted prices.

BRITAIN FACES "MINI ICE AGE"...

The Daily Express has reported today that Britain looks set to face a "mini ice age" this winter and perhaps in years to come.

Despite us Brits having an unseasonably warm October, temperatures are set to plummet with freezing temps as low as a shivery minus twenty degrees which will top last years coldest temperatures seen in fifty years.

Local councils have reported that they have more rock salt in stock than previous years but following the shambles of the past two years running despite similar claims, we at Dandy's would urge all savvy shoppers to get ahead of the rest and get salt ordered now.

We had many customers last year who had waited for the snow and ice before ordering their salt; at this point they had already had no choice but to shut their businesses to the public due to the properties being inaccessible for customers and suppliers alike. Similarly there were people who couldn't get the kids to school or themselves to work, not to mention all the folks who were left housebound because they couldn't get their cars off the drive!

We even had a few sore bums at Dandy's after a couple of staff went skidding across the car park before we managed to get the salt down; so despite having a veritable salt mountain on site even we occasionally fell prey to the unprepared-ness so take heed from us and get your order in at www.DandysRockSalt.co.uk now (shhh; use the voucher code BLOG2510 for 10% off!)!