Well its finally time for my first blog post. It’s taken me
a while to get the guts to start writing and get organised. My first article is
about our trip to the Leith Market.
A little background for you guys – Martyn (my bearded companion)
and I have recently moved in together after going out for about a year. We have
a fab wee place just of Leith Walk and we’ve decided to make the most of the
local area but finding a free weekend if very nearly impossible. I’d found out
about the market at Dock Place from one of my colleagues, it’s right by her
flat. I already enjoy a trip to the Sunday Stockbridge Market but often forgot
about it or was too wrapped up in Sunday Bruch to make it down the road.
Leith market only started on the 11th of July and
we were away then and by some miracle we found ourselves without plans his
weekend. I proposed the plan during the week, which involved food so Martyn was
in, and Saturday afternoon arrived and we headed down. It was a pretty sunny
but windy day so I donned my vintage polka dot navy dress, new white sandals
from Primark and my vintage woven straw bag, it’s nice and big for produce and
off we went. The market is about a 20 minute walk from the flat, though Leith
and to the shore.
The Market is at Dock Place by Customs House down at the
shore, there were several stalls, not as many as it’s Stockbridge counterpart
but I hopefully it’ll grow as it becomes more popular. We arrived just before
2pm so the hot food stalls and vans were busy with people eating amazing
looking food around them, there was Mexican, African and the French creperie.
The makers stalls were buzzing with prints, crafty trinkets and brick-a-brac, I
saw some adorable vintage handbags. The show stoppers were the fruit and veg
and bakery stalls, we bought some lovely nectarines, eyed up some amazing looking brownies and
bagged a couple of very tasty pastries from Au Gourmand. Perthshire Preserves were
there with their award winning jams and chutneys, I’ve had their spiced plum
and apple chutney before and their hot banana chutney has to be tasted, Delish!
We also grabbed a jar of Chipotle
Ketchup from Gusto Artisan Foods, it’s smoky, sweet with a little kick at the
end.
All in all our trip was a great success! I would definitely recommend
having a wonder down and checking it out. I’m already looking forward to
heading back and sampling some of the food stalls, particularly the Mexican food
and the brownies, possibly checking if the handbags are still there.
Leith Market - Saturdays from 10am until 5pm - Dock Place
EH6 6LU -Website
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