We have had a delicious week so far, living off the stuff we bought from the farmer’s market on Saturday.

The fruit and veg from Manor Farm are excellent as usual (I know them from West Ealing farmer’s market). They work out cheaper than Morrisons, and they last a lot longer. I bought some strawberries on Saturday and ate them last night. If I’d got them in Morrisons they would have gone mouldy by then! Also it’s so nice to have carrots that really taste like carrots. And fresh asparagus in season too.

There’s also gorgeous fresh bread, and all sorts of cakes, and a whole stall of different cheeses, all of which I could have happily eaten. There are lots of different goats’ cheeses, both hard and soft, and also some buffalo cheese and yoghurt. I know from West Ealing market that the buffalo yoghurt is delicious, and if you bring your jar back, you get a discount.

(Randomabbie, stop reading at this point if you don’t want to read about meat …!)

There’s no denying the meat is expensive. Unfortunately, years of grotty factory-farmed supermarket meal have made us forget what good quality meat actually costs. But we managed to get some beef mince which was yummy, and a pie (forgive me Flag Man, I know I married you for your pastry, but …) and some delicious sausages, some minty lamb-burgers, a chicken and two of the nicest steaks I’ve ever had.

And the fish! Sold by the fisherman himself (apparently he was on BBC London news this week talking about it) so you get what he catches. And it’s not necessarily expensive - flounders are 50p. And he’ll fillet them for you too.

(You can come back now, Randomabbie.)

So get down there and fill your trolleys up - and don’t forget to chat to the Oaks giving out the free coffee too.