This, That and the Other!!

I am sorry not to be very good about blogging at the moment; I just do not feel 100%, but really hope to be back to normal health very soon!

On Sunday, the nearby village of Vitrac held its annual Bric-a-Brac (car boot sale).  The early autumn is the traditional time for these events and there will be one every week at villages in the area for the next 4-6 weeks.

This was my fourth year as a participant, but apart from the second year when I sold almost everything, the rest have not been very successful from the moneymaking viewpoint!  Nevertheless, it is good for us to be seen to be joining in with the community activities. Early set-up of one's stand is essential and we had to be up at 05h00! By the time we arrived on site at 06h30 (in the dark!), we were almost the last there!!  It was very chilly while we set up our stand, as the village is in a steep valley, and it seemed to take an age for the sun to lift its head over the trees to warm us up. A few low clouds hindered the process.  Later in the day, we were putting up sun umbrellas to cool off!

The event was very popular with sellers; we were told there were 110 stands, each local resident with an allocated 4 metres of frontage free. A long walk around! The bar and restaurant tent did a roaring trade all day!

The pretty bridge leading into the village of Vitrac-St-Vincent.

This side view of the same bridge was taken close  to where we had our Bric-a-Brac stand.

Our little 4 metre stand is behind the gentleman in the red and black striped shirt, Nigel is standing on the left, looking cold! You can see  by the clothing that it was still quite cool when I took these photos.

The early morning mist still lifting down the length of the field.

Anything goes, crockery, books, a steering wheel and even an old radio, but also loads of what we thought was junk! 

I loved these ships that were for sale, particularly the ones at the bottom on the left; the sails were made from sea shells.

Who could resist the cuddly teddy bear?

We returned home exhausted at about 7 p.m. with very little cash to show for our long day's efforts, but a lovely sunset did greet us on arrival.   Also these bright little moths were around to say goodnight to two very weary people.

Thanks to Susan this has been identified as Essex Emerald Thetidia smaragdaria,

This has been confirmed as
Opisthograptis Luteolata  or Brimstone; it was actually quite yellow, although it looks green here.

 

See also - My Life Before Charente updated  September 7 2012