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02 March 2026

Yippee! Car Boot Season is Almost Here.

 My new header is Spring on the bookshelf, I don't have many things for Spring compared to Autumn and Winter and everything has been out of the cupboard before except for the small Brambly Hedge plate which I found from a car boot sale in June last year. What the shelf really needs are flowers. My daffodils still aren't out - weeks behind everywhere else.

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Weather permitting car boots should have started yesterday at the Sunday one furthest from home - 14 miles. I only go to that one about twice a year and as the weather was rather grey and cold yesterday and probably not many selling I didn't bother to go (and a good thing I didn't as later in the day a facebook message said they'd cancelled.)

The smaller Sunday boot sale that's nearest to me is on land at Stonham Barns - a leisure and retail complex with campsite, holiday caravans, lodges, fishing lake, golf centre, teapot pottery, showground, lots of retail units and the Owl Sanctuary. The people who own the land have gone into administration although all the things on the site are still running. Hopefully someone will buy the whole thing. Must be worrying for people who've splashed out thousands of £s on a holiday lodge there.
They have to wait for really dry weather to start the boot-sales at Stonham as the site is completely flat and gets very water-logged.

The usually much bigger Saturday boot sale at Needham Market  gets going next Saturday, they are on dryer sandy heath land on a slope and rarely get rained off,  they'll have Wednesdays boot-sales as well from mid month.


This year I'm looking for.............

  • A pickle draining spoon!
  • Interesting books
  • Christmas wrapping paper
  • Useful things from the house clearance people like parchment paper, foil, half started packets of washing soda etc
  • Things that will make Christmas Presents
Not much needed at all, but it will still be good to get back to that early morning walk with a purpose.


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3 comments:

  1. KirstenM2 March 2026 at 07:51

    Looking forward to seeing your treasure halls!

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  2. Anonymous2 March 2026 at 08:36

    Wet here most of the weekend but at least the days are getting lighter. Looking forward to your car boot finds soon. Catriona

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  3. Bovey Belle2 March 2026 at 09:33

    Oh how I miss car boot sales. The Carms ones used to have such interesting things (e.g. Stock, back in the day!!) We would go to a couple the same day on occasion. I may go to the one at Madely a few times this year to look for things for Rosie. There's one at Abergavenny I may check out too. NOT local by any means, but it's a run out and a change from my four walls. The house clearance bods here seem to chuck the kitchen bits (or don't have them in the first place) or I would stock up too.

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