This is the wonderful cheese stall at Hay Market. On the other side they have grains and nts and dried fruit and spices. A great stall to shop at.
Yarn and Gonks? or Gnomes, in the Buttermarket.
More lovely loaves, down by the Clock Tower, but at about £5 a loaf, I am glad to make my own.
Tam and I resisted the temptations on the Plant stall.
However, I did buy a lovely studio pottery dish, of the colourway (turquoisy/blue) that I like to have on my stall at Fairs. It attracts people and sells well.
It's hard to imagine that at one time something as shabby as this old display cupboard would never have had a market. How things change. Now it's all about "the look", whatever that is when it's at home!!
Tam and I both loved the painted box at the top. The decoupage box below it has given me an idea, as I recently found some Victorian decoupage pieces when turning out an attic box. I could put them to good use. Just need to see if I have a suitable box (sure I have, as Keith kept such things).
What a lovely doll's house.
Then we needed to exercise Rosie, before she went back in the car. So out of the push chair and time for a hurtle round by Hay Castle, "Chase me mummy" . . .
Today I am off to Aber to help Tam get Rosie's bedroom finished (I hope!) One more wall left to paint and a wobbly wardrobe to fettle.
Yesterday I kept busy and made a big pan of beany mince (you couldn't say it was Chilli, as no chilli powder in it) with grated carrot and some courgette. Filling, with rice and broccoli. Two meals, and 3 in the freezer. I made a Spicy Dorset Apple Cake too. That will go with me today. I also sorted out the missing centre for the quilt I bought, and that is a work in progress. I will need to buy some batting for it now and ask Alex if she will quilt it on her long-arm quilter.
Enjoy your weekend.
You spotted some interesting things in the shops of Hay.
ReplyDeleteWhat I've never understood is how people selling bread, cheese etc on markets don't have to have anything covered or wrapped whereas when we sold at the indoor WI Country Markets everything had to be wrapped or bagged.
WI have strict rules - market traders don't, I guess. The wassups (family name for wasps) take full advantage of the sugary things in the summer months.
DeleteWhat a lovely day. Hay on Wye is definitely on my places to visit wish list, i am a bookaholic. I don't know if I could have resisted the bread, I think I would have to buy just once, for research purposes of course! Have a wonderful day with your girls, best wishes T.
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in Carms, it was our default setting for a day out. I am sure the bread is excellent, but the loaves I make at home are too, and a fraction of the price!
DeleteHay is such a good weekly market..I miss my spot in the Butter Market!
ReplyDeleteI always spent a fair bit of my takings in the market!
It was really worth the 120 mile round trip, financially and socially.
I wonder how many are still there from 2010? It always had a good "toby" who really looked after us stallholders..that makes a huge difference
It is a great market. There used to be someone selling rugs and African baskets in the Buttermarket too (pavement side). I'm sure you knew him by name. If we had had a good day at our wee Flea pitch there, I occasionally treated myself. Great baskets for craft stuff, works in progress etc. Michaela, from the Wee Flea, selling clothes, is still there. Perhaps you remember her from 2010?
DeleteHay-on-Wye comes through with its usual mix of proper market charm and gentle temptation at every turn. The cheese stall, breads, and those little extras like grains and spices give it that old market feel where you can still imagine people coming in with baskets rather than lists on a phone. The pottery dish feels like a sensible purchase too, especially if it already has a track record of drawing attention at fairs. There is a nice balance in the day overall, a bit of browsing, a bit of resisting, a bit of planning for future projects like the quilt and the decoupage ideas from the attic finds. The walk around with Rosie by the castle adds a lively note at the end, a good counterpoint to all the craft, cooking, and making that fills the rest of it.
ReplyDeleteIt was - as always - a nice outing, and temptation is nearly as good as giving in to it at times. The bowl will get admirers I'm sure, before selling. It had the look of the Inger Persson but has felt stuck on the bottom which I need to remove to check . . .
DeleteThe picture of Rosie was a shock! She looks so very grown up! How quickly that happens.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you could create a stuffed cat to look like Little Whale.
Oh yes, she is very much a toddler now. Talks in sentences too, and getting very bossy!
DeleteWhat a lovely market - but I don’t think those of us of a certain age ever imagined bread at a fiver a loaf, however gorgeous it is .
ReplyDeleteLovely photos as always x
Alison in Devon x
Indeed no. I grew up on the sliced white loaf with no flavour or nutrition - glad to pay extra, sometimes, for boughten bread. £2.50 rather than £5 though!! They do a good loaf at our local bakers.
DeleteOnly place I went to was the church, my wife & I have been meaning to visit to have a look around
ReplyDeleteOh it's worth the look round. SOme good places to eat - and shop! Not to mention one or two books. Thursday is market day.
DeleteThey do a lovely window display in Hay.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see your pictures of the castle looking so cared for. I have only been to Hay once and it was all shut up and looked virtually derelict.
They do indeed. Hard to capture without reflection on my phone camera though.
DeleteThe castle underwent a massively expensive restoration (the scaffolding alone cost a million pounds!!!) A nice cafe inside but not going to pay £7.50 (was £5 a couple of years back when we did go in) to look around the restored castle. 'Tis bare bones of what it once was anyway.
Looks like a really good market and shops! I'm glad you got out w your girls. My fave is the pansies and lily of the valley paintings. But you guys are all bundled up, it must be cold there?
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a good place for a wander. Plus I have friends there I always have a chat with. The paintings were so pretty.
DeleteIt had rained earlier on and threatened more and temps were not that warm either. 12 - 15 deg. Warming up from today - another heatwave threatened.
What a great market. All those lovely baked goods.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Yes, too tempting at lunchtime! We went to the good butchers for pasties/sausage roll and then had a sweet option from a good stall by the clocktower.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that dolls house. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt looked more of a doll's house for grownups . . .
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