Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Wednesday 8 February 2017

Cold night but again once the sun was up it warmed up quickly and we enjoyed breakfast al fresco. We needed to stock up on fresh fruit and vegetables as well as meats for meals so dug out the shopping trolley and walked into town.

We were told yesterday that there was a market on although we thought market day was Wednesday, which is why we left our shopping until today. When we arrived, however, we found that a market was underway, as big as although in a different location than previous years, and the town was heaving, never seen it so busy. We had a good walk round first, looking to perhaps buy a new dog lead after accidentally melting the one we had, but not surprisingly, unsuccessfully. Then into the meat market where a whole chicken breast and a big slice of beef straight off the haunch went into the trolley. Rather than go back to the market we elected to use one of the ordinary vegetable stalls for our requirements then a couple of “hubcaps”, our name for the round flat bread, still warm from the oven.

Our shopping finished, we slowly headed back to the van and a boisterous Jamie, who must have thought we weren't coming back with the welcome he gave us! Awning and sunscreen up, a nice cold drink and that's us finished for the day. Once again it got very hot in the sunshine, too much to sit out in it for long although the sunscreen helped.


Late afternoon saw us taking chairs round to the other vans for another impromptu “beer o'clock” which lasted well into the dark and culminated in a bonfire they had been building for a few days. A pleasant end to a lovely day, especially as we're moving on tomorrow.

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