Of course, tea and cakes are usually served in the garden, where you can take refreshments while contemplating any sculpture nearby, but if it's raining... In between showers, I carried on with my curtailed quest. First was a return visit to John Dilnot's house at 24 Yardley Street , part of Beyond the Level, to buy cards and badges. His cards are works of art in their own right, hand-printed silkscreen prints at £2.50 each - none of your inkjet print-out stuck on card here! New this year are his garden pests, available in metallic or fluorescent inks. He's also produced some Mark Pawson inspired badges, at £3 a set – and the packaging's too good to open! No cakes, but son Joe was doing a roaring trade in cold drinks.

Next it was a quick cycle down the Upper Lewes Road to visit Jackie Jones at number 51, also part of Beyond the Level. I'd heard she was selling sundials for £2.50 each! As her silver sundials usually go for hundreds of pounds, I was intrigued. They turned out to be made of cardboard (well, what did you expect!), but great fun nevertheless, and guaranteed to tell the correct time, so long as the sun is out. While I was there I investigated the cakes in the kitchen and discovered that she also did savouries! I refuelled on a broccoli and cheese flan (£1.50) and after a quick visit to Lino Queen Helen Brown's at 99 across the road (mainly to see what the work of an artist with a name like Z*qhygoem would look like) was on my way.