Sunday, October 16, 2005

"Last of the Summer Wine"- town

On the 3rd Sunday of the month, a local town- Holmfirth- holds a farmers market. Farmers markets are very popular because the farmers and local producers can sell their produce direct to the public, without using the middle-men. The public like them because they can get cheap, mainly organic produce which tastes ten times better than what you get in the supermarkets.
The Holmfirth market is a well established one with about 40 stalls selling anything from veggies to Venison steaks.
The gang and myself went out there today and came home with loads of veg, free range eggs, homemade bread, some jars of pickles and some parkin, ( a Yorkshire cake made from treacle and ginger.)
Holmfirth itself was made popular because of the long running tv series, "Last of the Summer Wine." The BBC used the town and surrounding area to shoot most of the scenes. Click on the links to learn more about the town and tv series.

And by the way, I got some lovely carrots to juice.