Bargains and great cakes in Tonbridge....

On a totally different and, more importantly, totally unpolitical note, I went to both the Angel centre Flea market and the old lady, er I mean Country Market in the scout hut this morning. I have been a bit naughty this year and haven't been able to make it along to them as often as I'd like but it was worth it. I had a chat with the delightful ladies on the cake stall who always charm me and make cheeky comments, flirt with me and flatter me. They'll do anything to sell their Victoria sponges! Actually I bought a chocolate cake, some flapjacks and some sausage rolls; all home made of course. And I picked up some lovely smelling fresh bread which is supplied by Rusbridge's family bakers of Southborough. Then I picked up some damson jam (because they didn't have any strawberry) and tried to buy some fresh, in season local asparagus but, alas, it had all been sold earlier! Instead I went along to the Bishops greengrocer and bought two bushels instead. That's tonight's meal sorted out then. If you get time it really is worth going along to both these traditional style markets because, as I've said before in this blog, if we don't support the local traders then they won't be local traders for much longer. The Flea market, in the Angel Centre every Friday, is a dream if you're into browsing old treasures and especially if you like to buy antique jewellery. Once I bought a 2,000 year old Roman coin there for £3 which I thought was a bit of a bargain!...