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  • Chester Farmer’s Market

    Chester Farmer’s Market

    We went down to Chester today for the monthly regional Farmer’s market. I’ve actually been waiting to go to this since I found out about it in September! Due to various reasons I’ve not been in the area for the first Wednesday of the month...

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  • New Kitchen Gadgets

    New Kitchen Gadgets

    Well not quite gadgets as such but two items I’ve been looking for and finally found. After having a look around Lakeland’s website as we’re off to Chester on Wednesday and there is a store there, I couldn’t see what I wanted. Then I turned...

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  • Review of the Good Food Show

    Review of the Good Food Show

    The Good Food Show started today for a 3 day show in London. We arrived just before 11am and the hall was already half full. However there were plenty of stalls there for everyone. We took a wander around the ground floor, watched a few...

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  • Supermarket vs Market Stall

    Supermarket vs Market Stall

    The Market in the nearby town here has had a complete revamp. It’s been moved to a much larger building and has doubled if not tripled in size. Yesterday we took a wander in there to see what was new and whether there was anything...

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  • Buying Local Produce

    Buying Local Produce

    I suddenly twigged today that I’d not made the effort to find out if there were any farmers markets or markets selling regional or local produce going on in the area. After a quick search I found one that’s on a Wednesday in Chester (about...

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