Yesterday we went along to the first new Smithills Craft and Food Market at Smithills School. It's just round the corner for us, which is great. It was very very cold. We were selling just cheese outside in the car park. We did well and will be going to the next one on the 10th of March. If it warms up a bit we will take ice cream next time, and also cheese bakes and other things.
Hornby Farmers Market was great on Saturday. Here's a couple of photos from on the road to Hornby, and one of our new vegetable samosas. They went really well! My brother made his own filo pastry for them which was really good.
Yesterdays' market at Hoghton Tower was our first of the year. It was sunny but very cold. We did a lot better than last January, it was a little quiet but not too bad. We were selling ice cream (we sold 5 to some brave souls), Moroccan spicy chickpea soup and black peas.
Our last market of the year, at Hoghton Tower, went really well. We sold out of soup and black peas even though I had made twice as much as usual. Now I can have a Christmas break. Luckily the weather was sunny even though it was very cold and snowy.
Here's our festive set up at the Hornby Christmas Market. Thanks to everyone who bought anything! Only Hoghton Tower left now, on Sunday, and then we are closed for Christmas.
Yesterday we were at Mere Brow Farmers Market selling cheese, cheese and potato bakes and spanakopita. It went well despite the weather being miserable and the wind trying to blow our gazebo away all day. Here's a couple of photos of setting up.
We still did well at Bromley Cross Farmers Market this month, though the weather was really grim. We sold lots of cheese and some of our Carrot and Red Lentil soup. Also we managed to sell three ice creams, two of which were our special Christmas Pudding Ice Cream. We will be back once it starts up again in March.
