Beautiful blue and white floral jug £12

Had an early start this morning as I went to Rousdon car boot sale near Axminster in Devon. Got up about 6am and left at 7.30 to cycle the ten miles from my home near Stockland to the boot fair on Trinity Hill Road near the village of Combpyne. There are signs to the boot fair from Seaton to Lyme Regis on the A3052 and on the A35 as you travel from Axminster to Lyme Regis. If you are driving the venue is about ten minutes from Seaton, Axminster or Lyme Regis, allow 30 minutes if going by car from Chard, Honiton, Sidmouth or Bridport.

Rousdon Car Boot Sale

It took me nearly two hours to cycle there and I arrived at about 9.20am. It was a lovely Sunday morning bike ride though which took me through Kilmington, Whitford and Musbury. Climbing Mounthill Lane – the relentlessly long and steep hill after Musbury was an absolute killer, but I ploughed on as had heard that Rousdon was a great place to find some treasure for my new antiques and collectables business Bonne Vintage.

Shabby Chic Teal Jewellery Drawers (Handpainted) £12

I wasn’t disappointed as when I got there, the stewards were very professional and friendly and it was a pretty big affair. Took me about 2 hours to get round all the stalls, which were a real mixture of second hand stuff, fruit and veg, eggs, some new stuff and lots of choice for me to add to my stock for the two places I sell antiques. I have a Bonne Vintage shop on Etsy and I also started selling last week at a local antiques centre – Fountain Antiques in Honiton, Devon.

Pretty vintage perfume sign £8

I’ll list the new items I’m adding to my shelves in Fountain Antiques – if you are interested in buying any of them, simply email me at sdpavey@googlemail.com and I can send you a google checkout invoice for the item.

Very sweet pink jug - possibly for hot water £5

If you are passing through Honiton, pop into Fountain Antiques and spend some time exploring the cornucopia of items from the thirty or so sellers displaying their wares in this lovely old shop.

Gorgeous green plate £4

There is one more item I picked up which I need to research first. The chap I bought this colourful retro vase from below told me he was just visiting from Germany and had over 7000 items in his collection. He has a lovely display of what he said were Silberdistel items.

West German Silberdistel vase

Here are some links to more info about Devon & nationwide boot sales:

Devon Car Boot Sales

Carbootsales.org