Food Friday

Louth, my local market town, has three market days each week. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The 2nd Friday each month is designated Food Friday and the 4th Wednesday of each month is Farmer's Market.  I hadn't been there on a market day for several years. Lots of reasons, not least of which is the limited availability of parking spaces. In the past I have usually set off soon after 9 a.m. before the rush starts. This time I left it until half eleven which meant heading for the largest car park and hoping to find a space.



I had to go to the farthest end but did spot an empty space, one of only four or five left by that time of day. Bought a ticket. £1.50 for 2 hours, not a bad price in this day and age, and set off through the main shopping street heading towards the market place.

This stall is always there, in pride of place, selling good quality garden plants and cut flowers.



 



Not just food stalls but also sellers of trinkets, decorations, clothes, etc..

 



Many home made by local traders





Not forgetting food. Didn't see much veg but plenty of fruit







I bought some pears and blueberries and then spotted



where I bough a dressed crab. Not had one for years and it was delicious.

After a look round the market I visited my favourite electrical shop



hoping to find a new fridge but they only had one on view.

Then on to the parish church



where I spent about an hour exploring inside.
More on that in my next post.

Finally I wandered back past the market place with its view of the clock tower.



It marks the entrance to the old indoor market which used to contain many small stalls until it was sold off and is now occupied by a single trader and is really a normal shop.

Back to the car park where I noticed something which was new to me



two reserved spaces where electric vehicles can be charged.