Last Thursday's Rye market looked as though it was dying - and nearly dead - but this week's market in bright sunshine, though it featured a very harsh, cold wind early on had more than 20 stalls and I was able to get some fruit and vegetables. I even thought about browsing through the book stall.
The clothing stalls were back (or at least some of them) and the garden stall had spread out its flowers and plants instead of hiding in the van like last week. Winter seemed to be coming to an end.
And along Ferry Road there were lots of flowers, and a large magnolia tree was budding all over and will shortly be a mass of white. So perhaps the Thursday market will revive and recover after all from the inauspicious start in the new year.
