Mossop Leather factory shop is worth the journey to find.

On a whim, I looked up leather suppliers online and found Mossop Leather in Wellington. Having been at school with a relative of the original founding family, I took a chance and made an appointment to visit the factory shop. On a sweltering day I found Roy September in his tiny office filled with hides of varying colours and types. All I wanted was enough to make a steering wheel cover for my new old Jeep. You'd think I was going to buy the shop. Nothing was too much trouble, and after half an hour discovering the history of the business, I walked away with a perfectly cut section of lovely hide. If more businesses took so much trouble over small customers like me, the world would be a better place.