It's been a number of years since I went on a coach trip but when I saw that a local company had a trip to Bristol Christmas market with a stop for a carvery meal on the return journey I booked myself on it.
Bristol Is somewhere I've wanted to visit for a while, It's always mentioned as being a nice place to shop with a variety of independent shops so I was really surprised to discover that It wasn't at all what I expected. Cabot Circus and The Galleries did have some different shops than we have locally but The Arcade which supposedly had independent shops turned out to be mostly nail, hair and beauty shops. Although It was nice to explore new shops the main reason for the trip was the Christmas Market.
What a disappointment. I imagined walking round and getting into the Christmas spirit with perhaps a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie, ha!
Seems you can put up a tree, a few Santa statues and some wooden huts and call it a Christmas Market. None of the stalls were selling anything really Christmas related, there was a stand selling jewellery another selling wooden items and one selling those bohemian ceramics and the rest was made up of food and drink. The prices for food was ridiculous, loaded chips were £8.99 and churros £7, a burger was about the same. Needless to say I didn't buy anything to eat, nor was there anything else I wanted to buy. I initially thought the four hours we were there wouldn't be long enough, turned out that It was quite long enough!
But, we had a carvery on the way back to look forward to, and thankfully that was wonderful and the highlight of the day.
Will I visit Bristol again? Well not for the shopping but I would probably like to do a sightseeing trip sometime in the future.
For now I'm in search of a much more Christmassy experience.
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8 comments:
If you can go during the week, visit Bath Christmas Market. It's really pretty with plenty of stalls, I wouldn't advise visiting on a weekend though as it gets jam packed and you can't hardly move.
I've not been to Bristol since the 80's, so when I read the beginning of your post, I thought it must have changed, but no sounds as bad as it ever was.
Our Christmas markets are going to be starting this weekend. They only last a day so we end up having three throughout the Christmas season.
Glad you enjoyed the carvery.
God bless.
Not the same any more what a shame .
You should complain I would .
Good to hear you had a nice Carvery .
Hugs June.
That was a shame ... pleased you enjoyed the carvery though.
One of the family visited Bath Christmas Market last year and said it was very good.
All the best Jan
Sorry the market was such a disappointment, I'm afraid it's quite often the case nowadays. Money spinners is all !
That's always so frustrating when something you've looked forward to turns out to be not so good :( Had to look up the meaning of carvery--sounds yummy! Hope you have a good weekend, Maggie! ♥
Oh dear! That sounds a bit disappointing.
I hope you enjoyed the carvery. Xx
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