Darrell Does Shepherd’s Bush Market

With Hugh away for the next two days advising on an up and coming quiz show Darrell decided to take himself off to Shepherd’s Bush, a name that has intrigued him whenever he’s seen it signposted, often causing him to ponder upon bygone shepherds and their flocks roaming the wild bushes of ancient Londinium.  

There was sadly no evidence of shepherds, in said Shepherd’s Bush, although had there been, Darrell mused, they would have  no doubt have been very impressed by some of the long flowing kaftan type garments on sale and may even have been tempted to make one or two considered purchases for themselves …..

There were however sheep …….. in what guise, well, we’ll leave that to your imaginations, however an accompanying dollop of mint sauce may give you a small clue.

However, there was indeed much to see, as well as exotic fruit and vegetables and other comestibles there were also  fabulous fabrics, clothes, bags and jewellery etc. there were even items of a religious type nature, in fact, Darrell did get his purse out to buy a small holy water font to adorn our newly refurbished shower room  …… after Hugh had told him that religious kitsch was another big thing this season, Heaven help me!

There were also hundreds upon hundreds of wonderful hats of every description and ethnicity but without Hugh’s advice, especially in London, Darrell felt lost, and of course, what might be considered tres tres de rigueur in London may not translate so well in Evesham …… unless of course you are as flamboyant as Hugh who can naturally get away with anything!

Nevertheless, Darrell had a brilliant  mooch and made an underlined note in his book to try and return to the market before Christmas as he thought that kaftans just might be the wow factor gift for 2019 back at The Towers.