Tourists Talk about Hay

I came across a lovely review of an American lady's holiday in Hay, in the Brecon Beacons Tourism Blog dated 30th June.
She wasn't the only one having a good time in Hay: this morning I chatted to an Italian chap from Genoa. He's been coming to England for years, and knows London quite well, but he'd never been to Hay before. Partly it was the difficulty of travel for a person without a car, but mostly it was because he felt he didn't deserve it! "Hay-on-Wye is like a chocolate cake for a diabetic," he said, as he described his book filled home. But this year, he'd been to the gym, and exercised, and lost a lot of weight, and this year, he felt he deserved it.
He was taken aback at how friendly it was - he's used to big cities, not small towns - but people said hello to him as he walked down the street. The other night, he was even persuaded to take part in a pub quiz - and was delighted to have won the grand total of ten pounds!