When I first heard of Shoreham Flyover car boot, I had the misconception that it was held under the flyover where you come off the A27 to get onto the A283! Well, it’s not far…
Part Two of my Dorset trip. On the Tuesday morning, I left bright and early … but would I be too early? Farmer Palmer’s Facebook page (which is more useful for booters than the website)…
The first thing you notice when you arrive at the car boot at Beachside Leisure Centre, Bowleaze Cove is the view: This to the right And this to the left: Stunning. (Ignore the cars, obviously.)…
Flicking through some of last year’s photographs, I realised that Lewes Castle and the Barbican House Museum would be a good place to start looking at the history of craft, in particular, that of spinning of…
I have to confess that I have not always been a fan of visiting museums. Looking at static objects was not my idea of fun, and most town/village museums seemed too small with disparate and…
Yesterday Jane hosted a ladies’ luncheon. Bear in mind that this was for 24 of us, most of whom were unknown to each other, and it was the day before Christmas Eve… We each turned…
I’ve taken up knitting again but seemed to hit a mental fog while doing a lacy border on this Sirdar pattern: After much knitting and undoing, I took a step back and reviewed where I…
Bursledon is one of the “three Bs” of car boots spoken about in reverential tones on the south coast car boot circuit. (The other two are Borden and Burpham. Other car boots frequented by the…
One of the delights of doing what I do is meeting the makers of wonderful things. One of these is Tony. Now when someone buys 80 or so Santa faces, I just had to ask…
Today was the last car boot at Poynings for 2015. First and last car boot sales of the season tend to be the best attended so – together with the fact that the A27 was…
