Ardingly Antiques Fair

Well today was the day.  We arrived at the fair at around 9:45 am and the weather was glorious which was brilliant as most of the stalls were outside.  We are used to going to fairs of this size having attended Newark and Shepton Mallet in the past but Ardingly in West Sussex is the one I'd always wanted to go to.  Whilst it was a massive fair with probably more than 1000 sellers, I don't think it was actually as good as the Shepton Mallet one. We were determined to spend some money but the only thing we purchased was a set of spears for cocktail cherries and two plastic cocktail stirrers.  Some great stuff available but as our house is already stuffed with vintage furniture, we were on the lookout for smaller items.  Sadly only found a few pieces of our favourite Denby Arabesque tableware for sale (the large and small coffee pots, a teapot and some cups and saucers) and we already had those.