Book Gaffe Resolved by Plant Purchase

Local charity - The Fircroft Trust - held their annual Spring Fair on Saturday 10th May.  After heading for the plant stall, I was diverted by some very interesting books, particularly a well-thumbed paperback by Honoré de Balzac, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and a couple of thrillers I fancied.  A bargain at 75p each, I tried to pay, soon to realise that the book stall was in the next room - these were from the centre's bookshelves... A straightforward transaction at the plant stall - home-grown tomato and cucumber plants and some container plants,…Read more …