It was a day of wondering what the weather would do for the July Devonport Market - we had almost been washed away by the amount of rain falling on the peninsula during the last week - but luckily for us the rain held off for most of the day - there was even a rumour that the sun shone, for a while at least!
Once again the kitchen was filled with a local group raising funds - this time we welcomed folk from St Leo's School who, although small in number, are clearly mighty in determination to raise money for their netball team goal poles. They kept us well supplied with hot soup and cake and, I hope, raised some of the funds to get them closer to their target.
I always love the mix and variety of stall holders who apply to come to Devonport - and once again we had a lovely group of stall holders at the July market. I was thrilled that we had some ceramic artists this month - as we don't often have this type of art - and very lovely it was too.
We were wary of the weather and crammed most of the stalls into the hall this month - which made for a brilliant atmosphere - and some of the stall holders had some great ideas for making the most of the space next month .... it's great to receive feedback to help make each market even better than the last.
Here's looking forward to August at the Market - hoping to see lots of our regulars, and maybe even some new stall holders coming along ... watch this space!
