Hello there ...
not a great deal to show you today ....
so I thought I would just share my day ... my working day..
There was a lovely sparkling moon shining down on us as we left the house.
We arrived at the Car Boot Sale site ... it was still very dark .. we have to be there early and get in a line of vehicles if we want a place inside the large showground sheds.
Its not unpleasant sat cocooned in the snug darkness of the cab ... I have a blanket around my knees and a hotwater bottle to keep me toasty warm....
and of course my trusty basket of coffee .. hot soup and sandwiches ... for later.
Its fascinating sat watching all the goings on .. even at that early hour ... people are arriving .. greetings can be heard ... deals are being done ... heads in the back of vans ... its all very busy.
As soon as we are in the sheds everyone sets too .. setting up their stall ... the early birds are there hustling for the choice pieces.
Today we had a heap of tweedy coats and hats ... lots of lovely white lacy linen.
The usual vintage scarves ... compacts... jewelry and the like.
A lot of new in Vintage clothing from the 1950/60's ... this sun dress and jacket made a nice splash of colour.
Pretty brooches ...
Beads and bangles ..
This Sunday Car Boot is on all the year round on the Showground at Mona ...
a smaller affair during the winter ... but it grows and grows in the summer .. it can be huge .. lots and lots of stalls .. lots to see and bargains to buy.
It is rather like a market in that it has stalls selling just about everything ... from vintage collectables ... to your everyday groceries.
Today I just grabbed my camera and took a few quick shots early on .. just before it got too busy and crowded with people.
One of the fruit and veg stalls ....
Nice .. fresh as you like veg..
The cheese stall ... some seriously tasty local cheeses here .. a girl could go mad! I limit myself to one a week ... this week I have the Wensleydale with cranberries.
The butcher van .... just the same company that does the local markets .. good value meat .. and often in summer he does BBQ packs and whatnot for the holiday makers ... nothing quite like bangers (sausages) on the beach!
Micheal here sells toilet rolls .. kitchen paper... washing up liquid and the like .. during the week he supplies the B&B's and hotels and whatnot... always a busy man.
We even have a chap who sells fishing gear for the men (and women... of course!) ... not that I know anything about fishing .. but he does a roaring trade during the season ... we have lakes rivers and of course the sea on our doorstep.
He often sits behind his stall tying fly's/flies? ...
There are a number of stalls selling lovely ..interesting vintage and collectable things ..
these are all beautifully restored.
They are all labelled .. good job because some of them are so unusual you couldn't even guess what they were used for ... and yet they would be in regular use at one time.
All that lovely wood ...
and shiny brass ...
its a feast for the eyes ...
Anyway that was my day ...the sun shone .. the people came out... we had a good day ..
the packing up is always the hard bit ...
but now we are sat by a nice fire warming our tootsies.
Hope you enjoyed the trip ... its a funny old job we do .. when I was a girl I wanted an outside job ... but I never envisaged myself doing this ... life is a funny old journey.
And as they say ... it takes all kinds to make a world ..
so what kind are you ?
... what do you do or did do .. I know many of you are retired ...
there are so many jobs .. ways of life/living out there ...
xx bye for now xx
