Festival odds and ends

Jean Miller got onto the front page of the Brecon and Radnor Express today. She's having an exhibition of her paintings over the Festival, in her home on Lion Street, again. She started painting when she retired, and I think she had her first exhibition in Derek Addyman's shop - it's certainly the first time I remember seeing her vividly coloured still lives. Since then, she's held her own exhibitions and seems to have done very well.

The signs have gone up pointing to Tangerine Fields. They did this last year, taking over a local farmer's field and erecting tepees to rent over the Festival, as well as having room for more ordinary tents. It looks quite bizarre, as you go up the quiet country lane that is Nantyglasdwr, and come upon a Plains Indian encampment.

Meanwhile, the workmen finished mending the wall at the top of Backfold today - which now looks a lot smarter than it did. And a lot safer.

There was a lot of sympathy in Backfold this morning for the owners of The Old Curiosity Shoppe, the antique shop in an outbuilding of the castle. They were broken into last night and, after disabling the CCTV camera, the thieves apparently helped themselves to a select list of items from the shop, as if they'd previously been window shopping.