Now that November has arrived the brocante season is slowly drawing to a close and I know from experience that it will be pretty tricky finding stock for my online shop over the winter period so I'm making it my mission to get out to flea markets as much as possible to find what I can before it's too late.
The last couple of weekends I've been very lucky and managed to acquire some really interesting trucs in particular the Sunday before last when we visited a large brocante in the coastal town of Meschers-sur-Gironde.
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| The brocante in the pretty town of Meschers |
We arrived early to get the best bargains and the weather was beautiful so the traders where in a good mood which always helps when haggling. We had already made our way around the market by lunchtime (having run back to the van to unload our buys a couple of times) so we decided as it was such a lovely day to take a drive along the coast to St George de Didonne for a leisurely lunch overlooking the sea.
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| Being a Sunday this little restaurant was the only one open and although it doesn't look much we were very pleasantly surprised |
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| The plat du jour was fish which was lucky because I am a pescatarian |
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| A little windblown but very content |
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| Some of my buys from Meschers before being cleaned and researched |
This coming weekend we are planning to go to a brocante an hour north of us in a village called Loulay. This flea market holds particularly fond memories for me because it was there two years ago that I first tentatively shopped for stock for my new Etsy Shop little knowing that it would develop into such an important and enjoyable part of our lives in France.
