Norman market returns despite boat cancellation

A market allowing islanders to buy and try traditional French food has returned to Jersey for four days instead of five.

Due to adverse weather conditions traders arrived on Thursday morning instead of travelling on the planned Wednesday boat which was cancelled.

As a result the Norman Market is taking place from Thursday until Sunday at the Weighbridge and is open daily 09:00 BST to 18:00. On Sunday they plan to stop trading at 16:30.

Maison de la Normandie et de la Manche, organisers of the event, said it had been in contact with the States Veterinary Officer who gave traders permission to bring meat and dairy products to the island after verifying their provenance.

Anaïs Niobey, assistant at Maison de la Normandie et de la Manche, said they tried to organise the market for three times a year, in May, July and December.

"People come and go and it's open air so we've never had numbers but... it is very popular and we always have a flow of people coming and going to the market," she said.

She said there was a "bit of disappointment on every side" when the market had to start a day later than planned.

She said: "Because the traders have been coming here, some of them for the past 20 years... they know the traders now and they can just have a chat.

"Some of the traders know their orders by heart."

Niobey explained the stalls had needed to put their prices up due to increasing costs.

She said: "Transport is more expensive for the traders... it's really difficult to find cheap accommodation for the four days of the market so yes everything goes together so the prices have to be compensated."

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