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Our Carboots was recently visited by ” Cornwall Live” lets see what they think about us :
Inside a car boot sale in Cornwall during a pandemic Car boot sales aren't very Covid friendly so we went to find out how one works now. For car boot fanatics, there is little that brings more glee than finding yourself a bargain amongst a pile of otherwise unwanted junk. Treasure-seekers and selling enthusiasts across Cornwall have been rising at the crack of down for decades now to race to their nearest Car Boots Cornwall in the hope of making a pretty penny. But in the era of COVID, how exactly does a car boot sale work when it’s a…
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FIRST Car Boot of this year throughout West Cornwall; Sorry for delay with this blog which goes on a bit but thank you to all of the lovers who appreciate Geoff Says because it is rude up front and truthful and most of the time I don't GAF because I am in the safety of my man cave. It is 2.00 am I woke up with severe cramp in my legs so a rum & coke a spliff of a smoke followed by another, some peaceful music it's pissing down outside who cares! Now then, Saturday at Mitchell Car Boot…
WHO STOLE THE 5 Litre of HAND SANITISER provided for the HEALTH & SAFETY for our customers?
SUNDAY at TRURO Car Boot Sale We do all we can to provide a safe environment for the safety of all our customers following the guidelines of Cornwall Council. On Sunday we put a fresh 5 litre bottle of HAND SANITISER on the table for our customers Health & Safety so they may sanitise their hands whilst in our care. Some miserable b'stard decided to steal the sanitiser thereby depriving our team and our customers of hand care at our sale. On the 5 litre container it states 70% Alcohol kills 99.99% Virus & Bacteria!! Now then, may the person…
Posted 16/07/2020
Car Boot Sales this week; SATURDAY at 8.00 am at TRURO; SUNDAY at TRURO at 1.00 pm & SUNDAY at St Columb MAJOR at 2.00 pm; Coming soon; Mitchell & NEWQUAY. SOCIAL DISTANCING at all CBC events applies please, many thanks. X ................................................ BUYERS and SELLERS should bring there own sanitisers and hand wipes, as we are in the outdoors masks are OPTIONAL! ............................................... Sellers should arrive at least one hour before the start of our Car Boot Sales. We would ask all of our customers to totally respect all other customers by social distancing. Our PUBLIC LIABILITY Licence protects…
WE HAVE MOVED just across the road again at MITCHELL
Hello, Our Landlord at Mitchell has asked that we do not use his fields for Car Boot Sales due to Corona Virus we totally accept his request, will move and re-open JUST across the road. There is no bad feeling no big gossip both Landlords get on very well together? We are happy to have 3 fields that overlook the dual carriageway which is where we get most of our buyers from and we start 'across the road' on SATURDAY the 25th JULY at 12.00 noon and if you are a seller(don't forget your hand sanitiser & wipes) you will…
SOCIAL DISTANCING APPLIES at all of our locations!
For all CAR BOOT SALES operated by CAR BOOTS CORNWALL SELLERS GUIDE LINES! COVID 19 precautions; You MUST maintain distance between yourself and your fellow customers at all times. If buyers are crowding around your stall it is your responsibility to ask them to space out and wait their turn to be served. Buyers have been asked not to touch items they do not intend to buy, if a buyer shows interest in any item please tell them of any imperfections. Please have hand sanitisers and wipes available on your stall. Consider cash transactions as a 'risk' all buyers should…
Car Boots Cornwall 20/05/2020 Latest:
To all Car Boot sellers and buyers who come to buy or sell at any of our Car Boots Cornwall locations we regret the delays in commencing our sales due to Corona-virus Pandemic. I have asked Cornwall Council for any guidelines they recommend that we take into consideration for our reopening. I have received a reply from Neighbourhood & Public Protection | Cornwall Council in which there are up to 20 different guidelines we cannot ignore particularly with the Social distancing requirements. We would need at least 8-10 supervisory team members which are not affordable at most locations when considering…
HEARTLANDS the truth!
HEARTLANDS the truth; Several years ago, Car Boots Cornwall were asked by the management of Heartlands if we would be interested in running Car Boots on their land. Lou and I visited and decided that we would not be interested because there were loads of other events going on involving young mums and their children and our Public Liability Insurance would not cover other activities than the Car Boot Sales and its customers. Another consideration was that we had tried Car Boots in Camborne at the Rugby Club which was run by LTC Catering and was a miserable failure not…