This is a series of post regarding a 3-week adventure F and I had where we hardly spent two nights in the same place. This is of our time in Birmingham.
car boot sale: n. a place where people gather, where sellers display their wares out of their 'boot' or trunk of their car, usually in a large field or parking lot, similiar to the American garage sale.
F loves car boot sales and I was so skeptical coming in. Not only did I think it a waste of time, but I thought everything would be grotty and just rather gross. Not so! It was fascinating. People milling around, haggling, bartering,
We made a game of it and set ourselves a budget of ten pounds. We got a dvd player (4 quid!), PG Wodehouse (1 pound), a picture frame (1), an atlas (50p), and the prize of the day-- these two beautiful leather suitcases-- two for a fiver!
One needs fixing up pretty good, but overall it was an adventure and we only went over our budget by 1.50. Not bad!
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I shall have to go to one of those.
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