Mooching Around in the Markets

The weekend just gone was a fabulous weekend for the markets.

It was the first Saturday of the month so the Bridge Mall market was on.

The spice lady was back! we ran out of her Jackaroo Dukkah weeks ago. She wasn't there in January, but that wasn't really surprising. But she wasn't there either in February even though both her and the market's Facebook pages said she would be. I was very relieved to see her there this month. I like her Jackaroo Dukkah very much.  I like many of her other rubs and dukkahs  and spice mixes too but the Jackaroo is my favourite.

The egg lady was there and so was the sausage man and the fruit and veg people.  The pork people weren't there so we couldn't have egg and bacon rolls for brunch. That was ok.  We had sausage sizzle sandwiches instead :-)

Sunday was the first Sunday of the month. (It is very confusing in those months where the first Sunday follows the last Saturday rather then the first.  It puts all the weekends out of kilter all month!)  Anyway. The first Sunday of the month means that the Castlemaine markets are on. So Lindsey, Jim and I trooped out to Castlemaine and had a potter around the artists' market. We wandered around the farmers' markets. Then we had lunch in the Criterion. And a very nice pub lunch it was too. Then we headed back to Daylesford and caught the weekly Trash and Treasure market shortly before it closed.

Lots of market-fun!

On the way to Castlemaine we stopped at the Chocolate Mill.  We tried to go last month but it is closed for all of February. It's not February anymore and so it was open as we drove past. The Mill uses Belgian fair trade chocolate and makes gorgeous and delicious chocolates. At this time of year they are also making and selling Easter related chocolate. Lindsey bought various chocolatey things.  I will go out perhaps next month and get some drinking chocolate and some cocoa nibs.

It was a good weekend.  Lots of markets, lots of food, lots of fun. The sun shone, it wasn't too hot. What more could anyone ask of a weekend?