Pub car parks are usually quiet first thing on a Saturday morning, with locals still tucked up in bed recovering from one too many pints the night before. The White Horse Inn in Ruddington , however, is a hub of colour and movement as people set up stalls for the monthly market. When I first went to Ruddington Village Market, I didn’t know what to expect.
At the time, I was regularly selling artisan cheese at food festivals, so when I was told to load up the van and head to Ruddington I was genuinely a bit confused. When I arrived and spent about half-an-hour carefully manoeuvring my van into a very tiny parking space, I was greeted by a vibrant cluster of stalls displaying a beautiful variety of goods on The Green. From freshly-made sausage rolls and generous slabs of fudge to handcrafted wooden stools and sparkling crystal jewellery, this market was overflowing with carefully curated crafts and locally-made treats, perfect for a Saturday morning stroll.
Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsApp One of my favourite parts of working at markets like this has always been taking the chance to look around all the other stalls. Getting to meet other sellers, learning about their goods and sometimes getting a free sample of cookies here and there, I loved getting stuck into the energy of the market. I always found myself getting into such interesting conversations with other stalls, learning about the intricacies of beekeeping from the table selling hon.