I did see the procession go down the road though, with Josie in her wheelchair accompanied by George the Town Cryer ringing his bell and a strange blue person that looked like a Teletubby. There was lots of cheering, and flag waving, and Midlands Today had their cameras there, and so did another TV company, and there was bunting all along the street.
We also have our gold pillar box:
Here's the man painting it yesterday. He had his picture taken quite a lot, and there were several people being photographed leaning on the finished pillar box this evening as I passed.
Nearly every shop and business in town, and a few private houses, have messages of support in their windows - though I think my favourite is the Hourglass (which sells interesting rocks among other things), with the message "Josie Rocks" in their window!
And here's a picture of the window at Number Two:
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Two rooms and the garden at the Swan were all packed full of people, and there were speeches, and children sang, according to two people I've seen today who were there - and everyone has been saying that this is something that might never happen in Hay again!
(Unless Josie goes to Rio, of course).
The blue Teletubby turns out to have been one of the Paralympic mascots.
Hay on TV also have footage of the procession on their site.
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