School Christmas Fair and the Cheese Market

The Winter Festival isn't the only thing that's been happening this weekend. It was also time for the Hay School Christmas fair.
Mary tells me that they haven't counted up the small change yet, and the total raised for the school is already over £2,500! A lot of that came from a draw, and the rest on the day, from all the usual things that go on at school fairs.
They plan to use the money towards an environmentally friendly adventure playground, which is supposed to help children to develop their problem solving skills, as they work out how to move from one area to the next. Mary thinks that it will be the first one built in Powys.

She also told me that the Cheese Market is coming on the market. That's the building next to the Buttermarket. Originally, the town council met in the upstairs room, and the market stores the tables and so forth under the arches. It's needed extensive repairs for years, and the council can't afford to do it. Apparently, the Warren Club had a look at it to see if there was anything they could do - they renovated the Buttermarket some years ago. However, it's a very difficult building to find a use for, even without thinking of the amount of money it would cost to renovate it. Hopefully, someone will come up with a bright idea for it when it goes on the market.

The Three Tuns, meanwhile, is advertising for a second chef.
And the Mixing Bowl has changed hands so seamlessly that I never noticed.