After a welcomed sleep-in for me, all four of us (Leo, Mei-Ling, Fiona and myself) went to the Borough Market.

This is one of the coolest markets I’ve been to! The usual (boooo-riing!) fruit and vegetables were available, but also: whole deer (whole as in: torso, legs and still furry, no head though), whole pheasant (disappointingly no peasants), wild boar pies, pork pies, xmas pudding, cakes, tarts (not the two-legged variety unfortunately) cheeses, bread, nuts, beer, wine.. did I mention beer? The list goes on.

Most of it was grown or made by small, independant producers, so it’s not something you’d find in (cue supermarket listing..) Safeway, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Tescos or Budgeons.

Plenty of samples were available for tasting and the smell inside from the multitude of stalls cooking things was fantastic!

With the poor excuse of ‘saving money’ in place, I decided to stick with beer and snack purchases. I ended up with spicy Mexican cashews, Chocolate-coated cashews, Moorhouses “Black Cat” ale, a St. eter’s Spiced Ale (Cinnamon & Apple), a slice of chocolate cake surely created by Satan himself, a variety of fudge (I packed it myself.. :P) from the Burnt Sugar Sweet Company, a big mutha of a pasty and THE BEST chocolate brownie ever to pass over my lips.

The amount of great food I didn’t buy was saddening but at least I managed to sample.

Total riding for the day: 0k bwahahaha.. whatever.