People are travelling hundreds of miles to buy asparagus as supply is hit by seasonal shortages and the Coronation, traders say. The vegetable is selling at record high prices as unusually high demand drives up costs - with people travelling long distances to buy it.
Farm shop owner Tom Cumberland, 40, says he's met people travelling from as far as Stoke on Trent and Bristol to his shop in the Vale of Evesham in Worcestershire. Tom, who has run Wayside Farm Shop & Cafe for eight years, says demand for fresh asparagus is the highest he's ever seen it due to the Coronation Bank Holiday.
Tom said: "Due to the short seasonal window for asparagus, I think everyone just wants to have some fresh seasonal veg. People have been making the asparagus pilgrimage for the last week. I've seen people travelling from Cheltenham, Bristol, even north of Stoke on Trent.
