{"id":23126,"date":"2024-09-15T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=23126"},"modified":"2024-09-15T22:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T21:19:42","slug":"days-out-car-boot-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=23126","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT: Car Boot Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9131-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23125\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9131-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9131-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9131-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9131-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9131.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"23128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9129-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23128\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9129-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9129-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9129-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9129-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9129-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"23123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9130-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9130-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9130-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9130-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9130-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9130.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We woke up at 5.30 am, to be up and out, and at the Skylark car boot for 7 am. It was nice to see the \u2018rosy-fingered dawn\u2019. Fortunately, it\u2019s still \u00a37, just as it was years ago, last time I had a pitch there. Before Covid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"23134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9132-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23134\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9132-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9132-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9132-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9132-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9132.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" 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src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9136-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9136-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9136-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9136-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9136-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9136-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"23132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9138-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23132\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9138-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9138-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9138-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9138.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"23135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9140-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9140-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9140-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9140-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9140-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9140.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"23137\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9141-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23137\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9141-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9141-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9141-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9141-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9141.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m chuffed that Teresa was with me. She enjoyed it. I got her a mini-hand-sewing-machine, for her troubles. And she scored three free (!?) ceramic knick-knacks. Always lovely to see her smiling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9142-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23130\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9142-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9142-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9142-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9142.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A happy lass!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And Antonio got back from Spain today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LATER ON\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, after a pretty tough spell of days turning to weeks, today\u2019s car boot sale was something of a respite. We came home around midday. And both napped briefly, in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hands of rummy have been played, lunch and dinner eaten. And after a bit of an impromptu Wallace &amp; Gromit binge, we finished off this evening with episode five of <em>The Rings of Power<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"372\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0bf04da3-fd2f-4cea-8a4b-892c4a48e9b72024-09-15_16-40-27_663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23141\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0bf04da3-fd2f-4cea-8a4b-892c4a48e9b72024-09-15_16-40-27_663.jpg 625w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/0bf04da3-fd2f-4cea-8a4b-892c4a48e9b72024-09-15_16-40-27_663-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Utterly delightful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"23147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bef73424-4853-435b-a8c0-11f6fe696c0b2024-09-15_16-40-38_615-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bef73424-4853-435b-a8c0-11f6fe696c0b2024-09-15_16-40-38_615-1.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bef73424-4853-435b-a8c0-11f6fe696c0b2024-09-15_16-40-38_615-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"23148\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8bfb1f6b-05bf-4902-ae6d-f5e814395c022024-09-15_16-40-21_372-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23148\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8bfb1f6b-05bf-4902-ae6d-f5e814395c022024-09-15_16-40-21_372-2-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8bfb1f6b-05bf-4902-ae6d-f5e814395c022024-09-15_16-40-21_372-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"634\" height=\"415\" data-id=\"23149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/f0c956b1-3442-43d8-a5dc-22314bc6b8132024-09-15_16-40-50_814-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23149\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/f0c956b1-3442-43d8-a5dc-22314bc6b8132024-09-15_16-40-50_814-2-1.jpg 634w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/f0c956b1-3442-43d8-a5dc-22314bc6b8132024-09-15_16-40-50_814-2-1-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" data-id=\"23150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4a3bb3ee-3c13-4950-9a1f-448e783de2252024-09-15_16-40-00_702-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4a3bb3ee-3c13-4950-9a1f-448e783de2252024-09-15_16-40-00_702-1.jpg 460w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4a3bb3ee-3c13-4950-9a1f-448e783de2252024-09-15_16-40-00_702-1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For some reason the latter started to \u2018freak me out\u2019. I suspect actually it\u2019s just the underlying stress of lack of income resurfacing. So tomorrow\u2019s first job is to pay in the car boot earnings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And after that, I must sedulously seek further means of creating more income. Be that selling more stuff, alternative employment, benefits, or getting this whole ridiculous Amazon impasse cleared up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But somehow, it\u2019s <em>absolutely imperative <\/em>that I dial down stress levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oANsN5AnVEs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To that end, I started listening to the above. I loved it so much, I decided to do a 30 day free trial with Audible (again!), and thereby get a free audiobook. I opted to get the unabridged version, read by the venerable Michael Hordern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"612\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9177-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-23153\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9177-1.jpg 396w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_9177-1-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hordern, c. \u201872.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We woke up at 5.30 am, to be up and out, and at the Skylark car boot for 7 am. It was nice to see the \u2018rosy-fingered dawn\u2019. Fortunately, it\u2019s still \u00a37, just as it was years ago, last time I had a pitch there. Before Covid! I\u2019m chuffed that Teresa was with me. She &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=23126\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DAYS OUT: Car Boot Sale&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-610","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23126"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23126"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23154,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23126\/revisions\/23154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}