Gym and Tonic

They've moved!
I wondered what the chalk marks meant, with arrows pointing downhill from Castle Street to Broad Street, and the word 'gym' next to them. Then I saw the sign up on the side of the chip shop, and realised who has bought the old Y Gelli Book Auction Rooms. They're behind the Rose and Crown, and you get to them up the alley way between the chip shop and the butcher's.
I used to go in there occasionally when it was used for book auctions. The people in charge were very sweet; when Islay discovered that she could do a run and then skid to the end of the room on the parquet flooring, they let her!
The parquet flooring itself was put down when the building was a dance hall. Legend has it that Lucy of the Three Tuns was a fine dancer, and would often be seen there in her younger days.

And now it means extra space for the people of Hay who want to get fit - and there are quite a few of them. I've often walked Islay round town in the evenings and seen little groups of people jogging round the car park, or doing exercises against low walls together - and they usually seem to be enjoying it!