Hi Hi!
Its been a while since my last post, and I am eternally sorry
for leaving you in hanging. But life has gotten away with me recently, which is
I guess the prefect start to this blog.
Markets are brilliant and such a great way for women,
couples and families to spend a day or a morning. Last weekend, me and the
ladies decided that we were way overdue for a catch up, so off made plans to
get out and about and head to the Akkonah Park market in Berwick. Such a great
market because it is open every single Sunday, rain, hail or shine. None of the
travelling hours to an exotic market you have been told about and have been thinking
about for ages, only to arrive on the 4th Sunday of the month,
instead of the 3rd! As much as I love exotic and under-estimated
markets, sometimes a bunch of girls is so desperate for a catch-up, there needs
to be some sense of certainty in a market. The Akkonah Park market is definitely
that, as well as being extensive, creative, carried in the stalls, but oh so
certain. The fruit and vege stalls are such regulars that people rely on them as
source of shopping, and the creative stalls that showcase people’s talents always
makes us all feel very inspired to do something similar “one day”.
The main topic of conversation for us all is of course food
and what the market has to offer. As soon as we got there, I bee-lined for the hot
drink cart to get a Chai Latte and the
ladies got some Churros. Unfortunately, neither of our yields was anything to
rave about, but we didn’t let it ruin our day! So we wandered through the
stalls and I got some essentials like socks and gloves. But then came the
serious part, we stopped at the cheese stall and got 3 cheese for $10. I got
myself some Goats Cheese, some yummy Gouda that we tasted and also some very intriguing
Cumin spiced cheese. We all had the intention of having some sort of Cheese
Appreciation days because we knew t was farfetched we would eat all the cheese
ourselves. But the deal and the huge variety of chesses that were on display
were too great to miss out on.
Heading to the vege and fruit stall was next, and we all
stocked up on some well needed supplies. Unfortunately I had done a shop during
the week and was internally devastated that I couldn’t take full advantage of
this stop. I had my sensible hat on that reminded me that I would never use all
of whatever I was wanting to buy. So I went for some bananas and an eggplant,
of which I had the great pan of making a dip with (and still haven’t done so
yet).
So after that was all done and dusted, we still hadn’t had
enough of the day so we went to the Pancake Parlour for Lunch. This was a de-brief
session of the morning we had. The hardest part about the lunch for everyone
was the decision to go Sweet or Savoury! My mind was well made up as soon as I heard
the specials: Spicy Prawn Crepe with salad. So that is what I ordered, unfortunately
I only ordered an entree size which was nowhere near large enough but I was
glad I ordered some “Cottage Fries” aka potatoes with it.
The girls had some tea and I had a cold drink and we talked
about what we had been up to recently and got all of our words out for the day J A great end to the day
that went for longer than we expected, but none of us minded or complained, I think
we all really needed some girl talk over some pancakes and apple carts. It was
well deserved and we spoiled ourselves, which I think is the sweetest part of
it all.
XO
NJC
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