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This is us calling “Last Orders” at the webshop… last-orders

Technically, its not “us” it’s just a photo we found on the internet that suited our needs… just pointing that out before you all rush down to meet our new member of staff!!
Usually at this time of year we have a spotless workshop, and the stores is swept and tidy. We generally have all the deliveries booked in, we’re watching the clock and shuffling delivery notes and flicking elastic bands at Angus.

Today, we’ve had almost as many orders to process as a busy day at the start of summer. Mike is complaining because he’s had to change the label roll in the UPS printer and we’ve got 2 big deliveries from earlier this week to book in!

We’re not complaining though! We like being busy… but it has to end somewhere.
So, we’re a couple of hours away from our 1pm cut off for orders to leave today.
After that we’ll be playing “catch up” with the deliveries and sorting things for our return in the New Year.

Oh… and just for the ladies…

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Merry Christmas 🙂

 

 BRICKWERKS Christmas Message…


…shorter and probably a bit more interesting than that one the Queen will be doing in a few days time…

Chrimbopressie
Just a quicky regarding Christmas and New Year shenanigans.
We’ll be closed from Midday on Friday the 23rd December, and we will return to work on Tuesday the 3rd January 2017.
All orders placed up until around 1PM on Thursday the 22nd December will be shipped that day, and should be delivered either next day or in the period between Christmas and New Year.
Remember, we don’t make the deliveries and as this time of year is extremely busy for the Post Office and UPS then if anything is urgent, don’t leave it until the last minute!
All the services we offer for shipping are “Next Day” which whilst at this time of year that might not actually mean next day it does mean that it’ll get to you as quickly as is humanly possible.

Any orders placed after the 22nd December will by picked, and packed on Tuesday the 3rd when we return to work.
Similarly, any emails won’t be replied to until we return on the 3rd.

What else… oh yeah, Christmas stuff. We know at this time of year you’re spending your brass on other stuff… and rightly so.
But, as its Christmas, you might like to drop some hints to family or friends about some interesting stuff we’ve added to our range lately…. stuff that you might actually like to receive instead of another bloomin’ Split Screen Camper mug 😀
Read on…

 
Another one for the chilly months… we’ve used these for a while as they’re compact and self contained which is ideal when you’re trying to cram all your stuff in a small campervan. You’ll be surprised how much heat they give off though, and the bonus is you can boil a kettle or even cook a pizza on them if you have a pizza stone. And we find that most campsites that allow off the ground BBQ’s are fine with them even if they don’t allow camp fires. Oh… and you’ll see we have an offer at the moment where you get the stove and the carry bag for the price of the stove alone! And as if that wasn’t enough, free shipping too 🙂  
Atiwe. You’ve heard of Atiwe right? Oh… well… Atiwe make and have made a range of accessories for years. Steering Wheels, Gearknobs, even one of the Factory Option T3 Alloy wheels was supplied by Atiwe. So, when they offered us these, we couldn’t say no! They’re not “cheap”, but they are one of the nicest knobs we’ve ever had the pleasure of handling… fnarr fnarr They’re anodised aluminium and leather and once you’ve touched one that standard plastic one will never satisfy you in the same way…  

 

Lastly… if you have someone in your family who likes colouring in, we were sent these A3 posters by Squidoodle which are great designs and will keep you entertained for hours. Have a look at his other stuff if this is your thing. You can hang em on the wall when theyre done. Again, not something that we’ve been known to sell in the past but if it helps Steve get his stuff out there, we’re happy to keep a few on the shelf.  

In other news…
Webshop update is still ongoing.
A couple of recent changes are to the general tidiness of your Account area. You can check the status of your order here, or track it once its shipped.
You can also access the new returns section here, so when you’ve bought something you don’t need you can get a returns number and that’ll help us refund it quicker when it comes back.

We’ve struggled a bit this year with getting all the new stuff on the webshop. Traditionally this time of year has been our quiet period and thats given us chance to get all the new products we have in the wings lined up and live on the shop… hasn’t happened this year though. We’re working through them slowly as and when we get a few minutes though, so keep checking the new products on the home page for new stuff, and have a look on Facebook or the Blog for the more interesting stuff. Oh, we post stuff on Instagram too from time to time… apparently 😀

Speaking of Facebook, we have a competition running here at the moment for people who have ordered from us in the last 12 months… so if you havn’t seen it you might want to check it out.
If you’ve already ordered you have nothing to lose by getting your name down 🙂 You might win one of the very limited VW Monopoly sets we recently sold out of in one day!

Thats it ’til next time… might be another month, or it might be another 11 years, we’ll see how we go.

Whatever you do over the festive period, have a good one and we’ll see you all again next year.

Simon, Michael, Angus, Mike, Debs, Uncle Pete and Stanley.
(I think thats all of us!)

 

Open Day Promotion Now Live…

As you know… we’re holding an open day here at Brickwerks this coming Sunday.

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As a reward for turning up, drinking our tea and eating our butties (butties are sandwiches in the North, not slang for “friend” or “mate”) we’re offering a 10% discount on all orders placed between now and Sunday for collection on the day.

So, this is how it works.
On the webshop (HERE) you’ll see a random product. A “Brickwerks Big Bag of Nowt”.
**bag not included.

Buy one (they’re free!). Add the rest of the items you want to collect, and select the “Collection in Person” shipping option.
Go through checkout, pay for it. Done.

We’ll do the rest. And there might be some other freebies in there too.

If you dont add the bag, you wont get the discount. If you dont select the “Collection in Person” you wont get the discount.

Barring any cock ups with stock levels everything is in stock if it says it is barring a few drop ship items.
Drop Ship items are included in the discount promotion, so you can order them but you won’t be able to collect on the day for obvious reasons.

I think thats clear?
Yep… clear as mud.

One for the workshop customers

A few weeks ago as we were returning from a wedding and taking the scenic way home we chanced across a new campsite quite local to the workshop.
Now, regular visitors to Brickwerks HQ make use of the campsite a mile or so up the road from the workshop but it seems it’s a little “Marmite”, some love it, some don’t, so we are now in the position where we can recommend a second reasonably local site for those that like things a little wilder!

You know we like to try out the stuff we sell and I suppose this similar!

Whitegate Leisure is a small family run campsite on the moors above Holmfirth and is run by husband and wife team Shaun and Sue who bought the farm a few years ago and are in the process of renovating the farmhouse and out buildings and is located approx 5 miles from our premises.

We would say that this campsite is more suited to the outdoor-sy types as it’s located “in the sticks”. We’ll warn you though, it’s exposed location can give some great views over the valley but I can’t say I’d want to be camping there in a storm!
This campsite would be great for those that like walking, cylcling or ever a spot of green laning as there are plenty of walks, cycle routes and green lanes very close to the site.
Just down the road is Coddy’s Farm which sports a tea room [which does breakfasts] and a farm shop, another 10 minutes walk down the hill takes you to the Holmfirth Vinyard where you can go and sample wine made on the sunny slopes of the Holme Valley.

The only thing missing is a pub but the centre of Holmfirth is only 2 miles away and this then opens up a whole realm of things to go of an evening from eating out to the excellent Picturedrome, voted the NME’s 2nd best small music venue in the UK.

All in all, for us a great little campsite and just up the road for us for those last minute “I want to go camping” moments.
Please note it is seasonal and it shuts over the winter period, but, in fairness the lost village in the woods a mile or so away is called “Hades” … if you’re up there in the winter you’ll find out why! (the neighbouring farm is called Elysium, it must have been named in summer as that means “A place or state of perfect happiness.”)

-Secure site with private access
-Grass covered Hard Standing for caravans & tourers
-Electric Hook Ups
-Hot showers
-Toilet facilities
-Water point
-Outside wash up area
-Blue waste disposal
-Dogs welcome
-Free WIFI

Whitegate Leisure.
White Gate Rd
Holmfirth
HD9 2TH

Farm: 01484 688080
Mob: 07786 707890

Brickwerks and Busfest [Vanfest, whatever it’s called this year]

Big VW

 

It’s that time of year again, Europe’s largest VW van festival.

Brickwerks will be there as usual in the same space [hopefully] so drop past and say hello.

This year, we have decided to do things a little differently and we will NOT be trading, this year we have decided to just display some parts.

If you were hoping to pick up some parts then we appologise, but the amount of effort involved is taking parts is quite large, this year we have decided just to display some parts and more to the point try and enjoy the show a little more. We would also like to have a chance to have a chat with some customers rather than being mobbed!

We have however put a free shipping option on the website so you can pre-order and pay for parts online, but we will take the parts to the show for you to collect from our stall on Saturday or Sunday.

We hope to be able to offer more help and advice a little bit like the “Bus Doctor” slot we do at some events for VW Camper And Commercial magazine, so if you need help then pop past and we’ll see what we can do.

Happy travelling and we’ll see you there.

🙂

Simon.

Trailing arm bush insertion tool.

Upper side


Lower side.

Note that the tool is tapered, and has a location groove to the bottom edge to lock it onto the arm, and the notch for clearance.

Use with a suitable large washer and some M12 threaded bar.