Bhasvic Boot Fair on a Sunday

My usual technique to reduce my hangover on a Sunday is to pop down to the Brighton Station giant boot fair. Looking around a load of old tat on the off-chance of finding a decent CD or collectable comic book works better at clearing your head than you would probably think. The all-day breakfast in a bagette will sort your stomach out too. But after I’ve had a couple more drinks than normal or if the weather isn’t so good I normally go and visit Brighton Station’s boot fair’s disabled neice, the Bhasvic boot fair.

Unlike the Station boot fair which runs from 6am till 2pm, this opens closer to 9 and is usually all over by 11. The tat to quality ratio is also much higher than the Station’s. I’d put a TTQ ratio of 10:1 for the Station, whereas Bhasvic would get a score of 100:1. The only reason I go is that it’s much nearer to home and there’s no hills.

The crowds at Bhasvic are half the size and there’s only a few fresh-to-market goods on offer. There’s so many copies of redundant software like FIFA 98 for the PC, thousand of Poundshop DVDs and tacky oil painting prints, I wonder why most of them bother. It’s not bad for books though. Other interesting items were Lost Season 2 episodes 1-16, this time being sold by a nice lady rather than the oriental out-of-a-suitcase pirate DVD sellers you get at the Station.

Every two years I normally pile up my crap and do a boot fair in conjunction with friends at Brighton Station. The fact you get to sell for four times longer and it’s twice as busy means that the potential to shift my rubbish is increased by a factor of eight. Looking at all the crap in my cupboards I realise that I need to do one again soon, good job its getting warmer.

Today’s link is to Fancy Pant’s Adventure which is a rather good browser-based Sonic the Hedgehog clone which uses an interesting art style. Enjoy!