Ladies of Leisure

It was Car Boot day at Hay School this morning, so I went along to browse. Once again, I came away with something completely frivolous! I got chatting to a chap who used to do a lot of archery. He didn't have the bows he wanted to sell with him - he wanted to take them to a more specialised audience who would appreciate them, especially the 1920s yew longbow with staghorn finials that allegedly once belonged to a Lady Champion Archer. He also had a little horn made from a cow's horn with a brass mouthpiece, and a leather carrying handle. He used to wear it on his belt while doing archery, and said he'd had it for forty years, but it was probably about sixty years old.
Now all I have to do is learn how to blow it!
While I was there, I met two friends who were going on to Booths Cafe next, and invited me to join them. I've never eaten in the cafe before, so this was a good opportunity to try it out. They had the Thai fish cakes drizzled in a sweet sauce, with salad, and I had the carrot, ginger and honey soup. This was 'scrape the pattern off the plate' good! Nothing was left when the waitress came back to take the plates, and the side dish of chips were the best chips I have eaten for years! It was pretty busy, with people waiting to be seated when we came out. Highly recommended.
It is also National Yarn Bombing day today - and there will be new photos shortly on the Yarn Bombing Hay-on-Wye blog.