I've made a new account lately, living as a backwoodsman not too far from York (two rivers and two lakes away, do-able with the abandoned boat my noob character found). However, I've checked the "trading area" (as marked with runestone) a few times and nobody's ever there. Are markets held at set times? If not, is there any point in me boating my wares over?
(Tbh currently my wares aren't worth a bag of bean seeds, but for future reference 'twould be good to know.)