The morning is gloomy and showery. What to do now? We share a coffee and roll at BP servo on the “beach-front”. A very short walk on the shingle beach and we are convinced what we are doing needs to be indoors. As luck would have it we buy a local paper and by accident notice an add for a car boot sale in some place called Fontwell. Within half an hour we are at the Fontwell racecourse and Jenelle is in raptures. She picks up a big green bowl for $7.00 and small vase for $1.
Back to Assembly Hall in Worthing. Again there is depression glass in abundance. Here Jenelle pays $20 for a complete green Hollanderin float bowl and a vase with frog for $8. She is totally rapt. By the way the Assembly Hall is home to the largest Wurlizer organ in Europe. Organ maestros from around the world come here to perform.
We join the conga line of traffic back to Brighton where we hope to fill in a bit more time before we check into our cottage. Brighton is full of holiday makers and day trippers; there is no room at the inn, so to speak. We continue to drive east along the coast for a few kilometers and discover the Brighton Marina. Jenelle had read about the Marina in some tourist info, so we decide to have a look. Another car boot sale. The whole Marina complex which is more a mega shopping and entertainment complex than a harbour for yachts. The car boot sale takes up the top floor of the multi story car park. While Jenelle looks around, John gathers a box of fruit; 2 pineapples, a bag of cherries, 8 bananas, 20 plums, 3 peaches, 2 avocados, 3 pears, a bag of mushrooms (lost on route) and a punnet of strawberries for $20. Now that's a bargain!
At around midday we headed for our cottage in the country near the village of Hassock. Kathleen does a wonderful job of guiding us to our final destination. The cottage is about a 1km down the quintessential English lane.
The cottage is totally cute. The hosts, Pam and David Hampton, are incredibly welcoming, helpful and friendly. The weather cleared to a warm, sunny afternoon. This is as close as you can get to heaven on earth. Some cheese, fresh bread and a glass of wine capped off a magical day.
