Off to the market

Having learned yesterday that there was a Saturday farmers market we were keen to check it out. So dressed for the chilly conditions we trekked off to the main street looking for it. Literally, if we blinked, we would have passed it! The market consisted of one vehicle which had brought along about 8 small baskets of various types of suspect vegetables and 1 tray of seedlings. That was it! We can honestly say that we have never seen such a pathetic market in all our years of travelling about NZ. We couldn't stop laughing so it had the very positive effect of brightening our day 😅. At least we can say that it was a market we will never forget.
We came back to the van for coffee and banana 🍌 loaf which was very welcome. We had considered cycling to the beach but the breeze was bitter so decided to have a day indoors 😀. It is a great spot we have here and noone joined us last night and it is looking to be the same tonight.
They have the hoon element here in Foxton like other areas. I was entertained in the afternoon by a young teen with a very underpowered scooter trying to do wheelies on the grass. The poor scooter was so gutless that it kept stalling 🤣.
At teatime we walked back to the main street to see the Matariki celebrations. There were some school kids doing their kapa haka presentations, lots of food stalls, and the windmill was lit up. I guess it was a good community event as there were quite a number attending. The food stalls were not cheap so we walked down the road to the fish and chip shop, as did a few others.
Its been an interesting day all up and tomorrow we are bound for Wellington. Hopefully we will get a chance to catch up with our granddaughter Jemma.Read more