Busy Weekend in Hay

Someone told me that there were five weddings in Hay on Saturday! There was certainly a lot of confetti ,and rose petals, near the church - and two geodesic domes have been put up just across the river by the Start. The wedding guests for that one seem to be camping by the river.

The Buttermarket was done out in flags on Saturday evening, too, with lots of tables and chairs put out, and a bar, for the Warren Club Draw. The Warren Club was originally set up to raise funds to maintain the Warren as a public space for the people of Hay, though the membership of the club now seems to have very little relationship with the users of the Warren. The Warren is actually one of Hay's best kept secrets - it's only really accessible by foot (though it is possible to drive down to a little car park if you know where you're going). It has a pebble beach on a curve of the Wye, and is a beautiful place for a picnic, or a paddle, or to walk the dog.

Further along the river, under the bridge, someone has been playing now that the level of the river is low enough to wade across. Before there was a bridge, there was a ford across the Wye here. There are three flat bits of concrete between the piers of the bridge - I'm sure they have a proper name, but I have no idea what it is - and pebble sculptures have appeared on each one. Furthest from the Hay side, we have three stones - big, middle and small. In the middle, there's a teetering pile of stones, and nearest to the Hay side a heap of pebbles is supporting a long stick. So there's a budding Andy Golesworthy out there somewhere (if I've got the spelling right, he's the artist who works with stones and leaves and wood, out in the countryside).