Meet the team at Beautiful Bells
go ham - or go home
Katrina - the CEO of canvas 🙂
Katrina - the CEO of canvas 🙂
I’m Katrina, owner and founder of Beautiful Bells. What started off as buying a new bell tent to camp in inadvertently turned life on its head! … 10 years ago!
Likes: Onions, travelling, roller skating, in-line skating, the skate park, roller discos, lists, twinkly lights, beer, graffiti, animals, crime based books, Dinosaurs, macrame, Star Trek. Making (and drinking) cocktails, the sea, paddle boarding, chess, rain on the roof, thunder storms, train journeys, aeroplanes, dancing when on her own, lights in trees, Christmas decorations, airports, camping.
Dislikes: Peacocks, mushrooms, Donald Trump, animal cruelty, flying, eating meat, horse flies, mosquitos, racism, Brexit, rude drivers.
Steve - site manager
Steve - site manager
Katrina’s other half – they met when he taught her to drive over 20 years ago.
Steve is the troubleshooter on and off site, and when Katrina comes up with a (mad) idea, he’s the one who has to turn it into something workable.(somewhat his own words…)
Likes: Cups of tea, his mums roast dinner, honey, apple crumble, tea, his Lambretta, toast, gardening, bird watching, history, his bees, anything Roman, travelling, sleeping, rain on the roof, cider, chess, crib, museums, fig rolls, music, Popmaster.
Dislikes: Getting up in the morning, earwigs, hummus, chocolate that’s not been kept in the fridge, gin , Christmas decorations.
George - office manager
George - office manager
If you phone the office or send an email, you’ll likely hear from George first. Especially mid season when she is the unsung hero behind the scenes for keeping everything organised.
She joined Team Bells in 2017 to ease some of the admin load and she’s still with us, (in her words)
Likes: Skating, cooking, baking, drawing, and crocheting woolen armour ready for the winter. The rain, thunder storms, cut grass smell, highlighters, matching soft furnishings.
Dislikes: Mushrooms (food of the devils), germs, the song ‘C’mon Eileen, pairing socks, spiders and peeling spuds.
Jon - staff morale officer
Jon - staff morale officer!
Affectionately known as our staff morale officer for his ability to have the entire crew in fits of laughter in no time. Mostly with an array of horrendous stories, most from his years of serving in the Navy!
Jon is George’s other half – and Katrina’s brother in law. We told you we were family team!
(in his own words)
Likes: Walking, nature, bird watching, my dog Nala, my children (sometimes), working outdoors, reading books on nature and natural history, tea drinking, history.
Dislikes: Litter, killing animals for pleasure and calling it ‘sport’, racism, pollution, plastic in the oceans, battery farming, Bradley Walsh.
Kelly - tent crew
Kelly - tent crew
New to the team in 2022, and it already feels like she’s been here FOREVER. It’s already been joked that for years there’s been a seat free in our vans just waiting for her to arrive.
(in her own words)
Likes: Juggling, skating, animals, nature, badminton, gym, storms, vampires, cinema, filmmaking, dress up, charity, love, hugs, the sea, waterfalls, my family and friends, theme parks, travelling, spontaneity, pancakes.
Dislikes: Horror films, Brussel sprouts, cruel people, monotony, queueing, traffic, cancer, depression, wet socks, punch from Punch and Judy & clowns.
Cameron - office angel
Cameron (CJ) - office angel
The office got so busy earlier this year that we recruited CJ from our roller skate family to help out over the summer, whilst Katrina is out on site, and George is buried under a sea of admin!
Cameron deals with damage waiver returns and also invoicing.
(in her own words)
Likes: horror movies, and anything horror related, spiders, skating, gaming, fashion, ice cream cakes (especially George’s) shopping, cats, the rain, thunder storms, fog, my family, my friends, Disney.
Dislikes: Uni work (only kidding), early mornings, hot weather, cleaning, cooking, bad hair days.
Emma - hen camp crew
Emma - hen camp crew
When we first me this one she was dinky – which just shows how long we’ve been doing this! Emma lives at hen camp and this year we’ve recruited her to hen camp crew 🙂
(in her words)
Likes: Animals, horse riding, sleeping, music, fashion, summer, ice cream, shopping, make up, art, plants, food and swimming.
Dislikes: Thunder, spices food, meat, clowns, tea, hot coffee, olives, standing in queues, loud noises, wasps and spiders.
Dan - tent crew
Dan - tent crew
Steve taught Dan to drive many lifetimes ago. He’s now living in Wales and has his own static glamping at home, but also moonlights with us over the summer and is our Wales contingent – when we cross the border, Dan’s coming to site to help out.
(In his words)
Likes: Land rovers, off roading, good music, good company and good food.
Dislikes: The heat, coffee and the fuel prices!
Jamie - tent crew
Jamie - tent crew
Although I’m absolutely sure he won’t appreciate us telling you, but Jamie is known for telling the funniest joke Katrina has ever heard (he was about 7 at the time)…
What do you call a sheep without any legs?
A cloud.
(in his own words)
Likes: Going to the gym, cycling, nature, Friday nights, dogs, chicken and rice.
Dislikes: MacDonalds, rain, carrots and the wind.
Adrian - tent crew
Adrian - tent crew
new to the team is Adrian 🙂
At 6ft 5” he’s towering above all of us. And he’s throwing tents about like he’s done it for years!
(in his words)
Likes: My family, my dog, building things and anything petrol powered (the faster the better!)
Dislikes: Most ball sports!
Amanda - hen camp crew
Amanda - hen camp crew
‘She’s going rogue!’
She’s a force not to be contained – not that we could, even if we tried! But she whirls though any site she helps us in, hen camp, and even covering our bedding, like the Tasmanian devil.
by WillWEB