Festival News

This is how visitors normally see Hay - the Honesty Gardens, and the Castle lawn, are covered with tents, including a tipi and a Vietnamese cafe. There's a performance poet opposite the chemists, a rather good busker with a guitar - and a shuttle bus to the Festival site.
I saw a couple of local ladies up at the Festival site yesterday, and both of them were concerned that people would stay up at the site, and not come into town as much as they used to in previous years. There are cafes on site, and exhibitions, as well as the talks and performances; the only thing that you would need to go into town for is a cash point.
And now we're getting traditional Festival weather, too - it's raining and getting colder. They have covered walkways now, between the marquees, but the car parks are just fields. Sensible footwear is recommended.