While away on holiday, I got a message that our planning application had been approved by the City Council, which is great news! I havent seen the details yet, but it seems as if there are very few onerous conditions attached... now to get organised and tackle the rest of the regulatory requirements and open the market. I got great inspiration while on holidays by visiting the huge food market in Barcelona. I had been there before when in Barcelona on business trips, but it was great to visit it now to see what I could glean from it to inspire our own efforts. The whole place is alive with atmosphere, although so many of the people there were visiting tourists, rather than real shoppers. I loved the way that bars and eating spots were interspersed at regular intervals with the fresh produce stalls. Of course, there was also a lot of sickly sweet looking sugary produce, and some dubious looking stalls, where cleanliness was obviously not a major concern, but inspiring nonetheless! The market is directly off the Ramblas in Barcelona, so is easily found, and is open Monday to Saturday from early to late.
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