Energetic and Generous People

There are a lot of them about in Hay.
Two chaps are about to paddle a canoe the 100 miles from Glasbury to Chepstow down the Wye, to raise money for Oxfam and WaterAid. The trip is also meant to commemorate an 18thC book about the River Wye, which was one of the influences that started off a more romantic view of the countryside. It was the era of the Romantic poets, like Wordsworth (who also visited the Wye, and wrote a poem about Tintern).

Meanwhile, Jo Lord and Annie Day are planning to raise awareness of their desert marathon - and get the local kids involved - by doing a sponsored run around all the local primary schools in the second week of September. They're also going to run with the children.