The car boot sale that's back on its feet

For car boot aficionados, nothing quite compares to the thrill of finding a bargain amongst the piles of unwanted goods.

Mrs Mallett is one of more than 800 punters on the lookout for a good deal at Arminghall car boot sale. The 15-acres of farmland outside Norwich has been home to this particular rummage sale twice a week for more than 30 years and is one of the biggest in the region.Image captionTo get the event back up and running post-lockdown, landowner and organiser Mark Sadd has put in a one-way system for buyers, with each stall two metres apart.

He said that so far, the feedback had been positive and he hopes the car boot will become busier as time goes on. "The new way of working, buyers and sellers love it," he said."It works like a dream. We can get 1,000 to 1,200 people at a time.The very nature of a car boot sale - outside, with plenty of space - lends itself quite nicely to adhering to social distancing rules. But what's it like for those behind the tables hoping to make a decent day of sales?Megan Briggs, from Hull, and Fiona Smith from Derby, have recently completed their studies at the University of East Anglia.

Enjoy it while you can ,becuase cash will disappear real soon

The amount of people claiming Tax Credits saying they work 30 hours a week when they work 5 on a car boot.

Can somebody address why one of your news correspondents were allowed to say the N word live on air 🤔🤯

Haggling over 50 pence after wrestling an hour with a migrant worker who wanted it more ... errr no thanks

Walking round a muddy field on a cold Sunday morning looking at other people's crap that they can't sell on eBay? Great fun.

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