Well deserved pint after a successful day picking
Forget Challenge Anneka (early 1990s TV programme where tv presenter Anneka Rice was given a ridiculously short amount of time to achieve remarkable projects) Saturday was all about Challenge Old's Cool Traders!
We had a very limited time to visit Heavitree, Exeter City Centre, Marsh Barton and Exeter St Thomas, all without the help of Anneka's helicopter and instead reliant on GWR's trains and Stage Coach's Green Bus. The trains and the buses were fine for most of the day, it was the traffic in Exeter city centre and especially around Exe Bridges that got in the way.
Once again Old's Cool Traders had their 'pickers' heads and we had a great time hunting for lovely vintage items to sell. The highlights had to be the award winning Force Charity shop in Heavitree and talking to lovely Babs who runs the Attic in Marsh Barton. Barbs very kindly took some of our Dawlish Antiques and Vintage Fairs flyers whilst we had a good rummage and bought a shop dummy and necklace stand.
Spooneys in Exeter St Thomas was our next stop where two pints of cider really hit the spot before heading back into Exeter via an unplanned detour on the bus (don't ask!) and then home. Unfortunately our train journey wasn't the nicest (the phrase 'cattle truck springs to mind) but at least we could say we'd had a successful day picking!
Here are some of the lovely items we picked up on Saturday - they'll all be for sale when the fairs start again on Saturday 16 March but in the meantime if you see anything you fancy please get in touch.
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