off to market!

I had a lovely day today at Mansion Market in Forest Row. It's a monthly market held at the local Steiner school, Michael Hall. And yet, it's so much more than a market; there was this fab biodynamic café where we tucked into tomato and lentil soup, a therapy area where you could indulge in trial sessions with local therapists, from reiki to massage and a magical puppet show, telling a Native American Indian tale, complete with a harp or maybe a lyre(?). My eldest and I were having a girl's day out and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, stocking up on Conscious Chocolate (my very favourite raw chocolate - although apparently Shazzie's is also very good, but different - I haven't tried it), listening to two young buskers and availing ourselves of all edible delights. We started reading Little Women together on the bus, which was good and found some wool children's slippers and a guy making lovely wooden things from wood reclaimed from skips. You don't pay for the wood but every item is priced according to how many hours it took to make. How refreshing and real. Although we are planning a Buy Nothing Month for November, I might go back next month to soak up the ambiance, and hang out with lovely people doing great things.