The highlights of Swad......yes, really!!! Part 1

After our trip down to London and Kent, we decided to have a couple of days closer to home. It was nice to have a break from the traffic and the weather. We have lived in Swad for so many years, yet rarely go into town. So for us it was quite an adventure!! As we happened to be there on Thursday, we were able to visit the farmers market, its much smaller than the one in Bakewell, but still worth a visit if you are in the area. We sampled some cheese (and ended up buying some) and ginger wine. We got into an in-depth conversation with the stall holder about the virtues of brandy and Babychams, yes....very 1980's I know! For some reason he was convinced I came from a catering background - go figure!! It was fun looking around the market! I was meeting the lovely Caroline for lunch, but we still had time to kill and decided to have a wonder up the road to se where it went. And.....we discovered Sharper's Pottery museum. I am ashamed to say we hadn't been before. Its free and really interesting, certainly gave me a better understanding of Swadlincote. And it made me realise, I will NEVER be considered a local! C'est la vie! The museum has a lovely coffee shop, and that is somewhere we will go again for sure. they make the prettiest cappucino's! We really enjoyed our visit to the museum, so much so that we went back on Saturday. And worth mentioning, we were asked to complete a questionnaire to say what we thought of the exhibition upstairs. In return for doing it, they gave us vouchers for free coffees. Now, who can say no to a free coffee!