The Journey of a Bargain Bar Cart Trolley

It seemed I was being awarded for the decision to stay put in town for the month of July.
The weather thus far has been consistently warm and sunny and it got me into the tourist spirit.

Italian Fountains in Hyde Park

Even though I love to go around town something 
I rarely do anymore is go to Portobello market on a Saturday of all days!  
It attracts so many tourists that it is hard to navigate the narrow street.
But I thought I would go to the Spanish supermarket there for some pimientos padrones which are now in season.

I walked by Bill's which is crowded all day long but there was a queue to get in.

It's good but it isn't that good!

It was so pleasant to walk by cherry trees in Notting Hill.

The Spanish supermarket is a few blocks away from Golborne Road which is the area's vintage and bric a brac market.  It used to be a proper market where you could get bargains but as the price for the chairs below demonstrates - it is no longer the case.

£370 for a pair of half chairs!
Plus I need to upholster it after you scribbled on it!
Bargain guvnah.

I love wicker.
Soane Britain does a collection of rattan furniture which I adore and this contraption of covering plastic white chairs did tempt me due to its faint semblance.
It was on sale for less than a hundred pounds but I have no valid place to put it and it was coming away at certain places which means it would unravel in a few years time.

Plus I would have to find a way to cover up the white bits.
This is why comparisons to certain brands can be a false economy.

A few months ago I went to West Elm to inspect in real life a bar cart that looked like it would go in my house.
But the proportions were for American Mcmansions rather than London's edited proportions.  The bar cart was the size of a small dining table for most Londoners!
So when I found out this 1960's bar cart was going for under 50 pounds I had to have a punt.