The weather is wet and miserable, but the Saturday Market is full of really good stalls, with plants and specialist tea and wicker baskets and so on. In the middle of the market is a covered table where children were colouring in crowns, and at one end is a big screen under an awning showing the Coronation live. I got there just as the coach was heading for the Abbey, escorted by the horse guards.
The Tudor Brewery man had brought a couple of boxes of beer to drink on the spot, left over from another festival he'd been to, and he was right by the screen so there may be some interest in that later on.
The British Legion is showing the Coronation all day, too (all welcome!).
In the Buttermarket is the Mad Hatters Craft Fair, again with lots of interesting crafts on sale, so there's plenty to do in the middle of town, despite the weather.
I met Tim the Gardener, who was heading home to hibernate until all the fuss was over - he wanted to go to the butchers', but they're closed today so the family can sit at home and watch the Coronation on TV.
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