A very pleasant evening at Pemberton Minor last night, as the Timbuktu Communications Committee thrashed out the text of a press release for the visit of various Malian dignitaries to Hay for the official signing of the twinning agreement. Michael, who set up the Hay2Timbuktu website, came round to discuss better ways of accessing it for Anna and Luke, who need to get in to change things without necessarily going through Michael. He's also heavily involved with Hay-on-Fire (I saw him helping to put a banner up under Henry VII on the Cheese Market building earlier in the evening). They're selling Tshirts this year to help fund the festivities, as well as having to charge for the finale for the first time ever.
The Malians are going to be busy while they're in the UK - visiting the House of Commons (unless Gordon Brown calls an election, in which case the place closes down until after the election happens), visiting the Welsh Assembly and meeting Rhodri Morgan, the First Minister, and probably getting totally confused by Hay-on-Fire. The Morris Dancers in drag are going to take some explaining.
The Conker Championship happens in the Buttermarket at the same time, which is something else odd for them to be confused by! Haydn isn't involved this year - he said he wanted a bit of time out when I saw him.
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