June 19, 2026

How I Decide What to Buy and What to Leave at a Boot Sale

Buy it or leave it — that decision is the whole game. Get it right often enough and you've got a business; get it wrong and you've got a garage full of stuff your other half keeps asking you to do something about. Here's the real running maths: the 10x rule and when I let it slide, profit per square foot, and the £8 punt that turned into £700.
June 4, 2026

The Best Car Boot Sales in Sussex (And When to Arrive)

There is no such thing as a lie-in if you want the good stuff. These are the five Sussex boots I actually rock up to — Ford, Sayers Common, Poynings, Brighton Racecourse and Shoreham Flyover — with the real times, the real prices, and the season nobody warns beginners about. Plus the honest truth about when to arrive, which isn't simply "early".