I wish more car boot sales were like Rusper! For a start, no need to get up at the crack of dawn. The boot sale isn’t open to buyers until 11 am (this includes trading…
Lakes Gates, Julian’s Road, Julian’s Bridge… I was confused: where was I? I’d come to Dorset early the previous day (Tuesday) and had a good morning’s trading at the lovely Farmer Palmer’s car boot in…
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.)…
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…
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…
I used to be a regular “booter” (both as seller and buyer) at Apps Court Farm 15-20 years ago, back when that was on my old stomping ground. Yesterday, I was back. We’d been to…
It was, apparently, an unusual day at Pease Pottage. People told us that usually the huge field is full, sometimes going into an overflow field, and that sellers stay around until around 2pm. Today, however,…
It’s a short car boot season at the Roundstone. It started last Sunday (third Sunday in May) and will finish at the end of September. The Roundstone car boot is a favourite with many sellers:…
Wednesday, 5.45 am and I hit the road. It’s not yet busy-busy but far from empty as people start their commute earlier and earlier to avoid the rush hour (or should that be the slow…
