Yet another rotten weekend ruined by the weather but at least the BBC got this forecast right this time with a success rate of 1 in 10 or thereabouts but have you noticed with these bloody weather forecast presenters whenever they get to talking about Cornwall the always stick their bloody arms directly over the map for the Cornwall area and you cannot see what sort of weather is heading your way FFS! I do not understand why these alleged presenters (cushtie job they do FAFFS) have to be on screen all the pigging time, just show us the map, we all we know where we are, we all know where all we live FFS and we still be where we at (Caribbean speak) so do the chat just tell us the details about the weather and use a billiard cue to point to areas from off screen then we can work it all out for ourselves thank you very much. Basically I am saying we need to see the weather we are gonna have (according to your crap forecasts) and not your mugshots with some of you wearing the most dreadful wardrobe clothing ever seen on local TVFFS!! However I do have such a very soft spot for ITVs Lucy Verasamy who I think is absolutely drop dead gorgeous but then I think all women are drop dead gorgeous, well most of them. For the record we had over 1000 hits on our website with well over 100 telephone calls and texts yesterday for detailed information about our Car Boot Sales cancellations so it would seem quite a lot of they paid no attention at all to the BBC and its forecasts! Another rotten B’stard of a day for everyone, sod it, I blame Brexit!!

Sunday 28th August
Bloody drizzle in most places lasting throughout the entire day resulting in Jojo cancelling Perranporth’s end of season Car Boot Sales. It has not been a happy season at the Rugby Club however our enthusiasm to return next year and change perhaps the days or times plus ‘get some decent weather’ as this year we had ten cancellations due to the regional weather at Perranporth. A really nice location with loads of cooperation and enthusiasm from the Chairman Steve and Perranporth Rugby Club Secretary John a total pair of gents! We will see you there next year. Another cancellation of the day was at Penryn Rugby Club due to overnight and daytime heave drizzle. I cancelled Penryn at 11.00 am but the rain stopped about 1.00pm, several sellers who had not read about the cancellation arrived only to be told ‘Sorry it’s off’ they went home disappointed of course but if we had of gone ahead the rain started again at 3.15pm for the rest of the afternoon making my decision ‘the right one at the right time’ It is not often I get a decision to cancel wrong cos believe me it is a very costly error if I get it wrong everyone from the sellers to the buyers to the team of workers to the caterers to the toilet hire people to the Landlords and to ourselves we all lose on the day. However, Truro went ahead in the cattle pens and on the hard standing for around 50 sellers who traded very well with loads of buyers spending on the hundreds of bargains, CBC was the busiest Car Boot at TRURO of the day!

Bank Holiday Monday 29th
Great weather for the whole day starting at Falmouth Rugby Club which could have been an even greater success if we had been allowed onto the pitch like we are at Perranporth and Penryn Rugby Clubs. Years ago the whole of the pitch at Falmouth Rugby Club was used for all sorts of local Community events including Bingo in the Clubhouse & School Sports Days with Circuses and Fairs plus a running track whereas now the road surrounding the pitch has suffered badly over the years (caused by Cory & Cormac originally) with holes and broken patches of tarmac and rubble. In the dry spells it is a most unpleasant experience for our customers who try to sell their items in what is at times a virtual dust bath. The space we were allowed on the grass today was only part of the dead-ball area which is pitiful taking into consideration the great weather and the not-inconsiderate rent we pay to the club! We, started our first ever CBC Car Boot Sales at Falmouth 27 years ago where we established our very successful weekly sales using the pitch when the weather and ground conditions were taken into consideration. Car Boots Cornwall now have ten locations and we have NEVER ever ruined any of our prestigious locations ground conditions including The Royal Cornwall Showground and the old and new Mitchell’s. So what is so special about Falmouth’s hallowed turf I fail to see, respectfully, is it time for the Committee to move with the times and follow the example of Perranporth and Penryn where the impact of our traffic on the pitches has done absolutely NO DAMAGE to the ground conditions whatsoever, ask Ronnie? After all said and done Rugby and Football Grounds and Clubs are supposed to be for the ‘whole of the Community’ not just privileged club players and a few of their general public supporters. Our business at Falmouth has steadily declined over the years with sellers preferring to telephone to ask “are we on the grass today” and if we reply ‘no sorry’ then we have just lost another customer. Turn the other cheek Geoff!! Hugh Merton for Chairman or me? Game on!!

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY at 1.30 pm welcome to the main event of the day at TRURO Cattle Market, the best there is on BH Mondays but Hayle and Rosudgeon tried to take some of our business and they failed to make any impact on our 21 years at Truro Bank Holidays according to my statistics and spies. Our customers stuck to their Bank Holiday tradition over the years by supporting CBC where we had more sellers and buyers than any other Car Boot Sales and more than in previous Bank Holidays this pathetic year which has been ruined by rotten weather. Loads of BARGAINS over 100 stalls and eager buyers spending lots of money. Lovely crowds nice people. Two collapsed persons who were overcome by my personal charm and the sudden heat of the day but they were ok in the end. A brilliant off duty nurse (mum of two) helped the situation)we all learned from this lovely lady and her two daughters and husband who waited proudly for mum! Great Community atmosphere lots of happy kids getting their own way with some amazing toy bargains.

A regular dealer at Newquay enquired ‘why don’t we see people selling furniture like they used to years ago?’ and I must admit that there was little furniture on sale at Newquay but at Truro today there were bedside cabinets, cupboards, pine tables and chairs, nests of tables a couple of beds and a host of garden furniture, at Penryn this afternoon there was a very nice Welsh dresser which sold immediately. There was plenty of other household items including furniture. With the immigrants willing to spend on furnishing their accommodation it is worth considering selling furniture.
If it is sellable and you can manage to load it into the car or van that’s fine bring it to sell it but if it is not sellable you will be loading it back into your car again, no sweat! But beware, I once bought an all leather electric armchair that you plug in and you pull a lever the chair would give you four different positions ending up like a bed, the trouble was that when I pulled the lever for the chair to return to its normal position its spring was so frigging violent the chair ejected me out of the seat so fast I almost head-butted the wall as I was thrown across the room FFS which was very much to the amusement of her indoors, hilarious dear.

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