I've just come into possession of a copy of the Christmas edition of Herefordshire and Wye Valley Life, which a kind neighbour passes on to me. They run a regular column called The Parson and the Publican, in which the two men visit various villages in Herefordshire and the Wye Valley, and write amusingly about them. The visits usually involve beer. In this edition, they were Christmas shopping in Hay, and recovering afterwards in the Blue Boar.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged," says the Parson, "that all things necessary for Christmas present solutions are to be found in Hay-on-Wye." They wander the Thursday market, have coffee in a local cafe, and stock up in the grocer's and butcher's shops, saving for last the "Aladdin's cave of wonderment" that is Jones Hardware shop.
In the coming year, they will be touring the region in search of interesting people and places.
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More like the Arse an' the Publican.
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You might be interested to learn that The Parson & The Publican have just published their first book. Jolly Jaunts in Worcestershire Herefordshire & The Wye Valley is available in local bookshops (ISBN 978-0-9574567-0-9) and from Amazon. If you'd like to review the book for your blog contact the publisher via their website www.blackpearmedia.com
I very much enjoy their pieces in the magazine, and this is a generous offer - but I have so many books waiting on my "books to read" shelf that I'll have to decline.
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