There's a lot going on at the Castle at the moment.
I completely missed the Weekend of Mistakes (too busy thinking about my holidays), and by the time I'd thought of buying a ticket for the Hay Music harp recital they'd sold out - but April is a busy month too.
For the whole of this month there's an art and sculpture show in the gallery at the top of the castle. I went up this morning, and there is some exceptionally good work there - landscapes, portraits, paintings in oils, pastels, fabric and mixed media, an exploding glitterball (!), glass, porcelain, wood and more. I think my favourite picture was the Hay-on-Wye Rapid Transit Network by Jasper Fforde, a London Underground style map with all sorts of local places of interest as the stations, and several different routes, including the April Ashley Line and the Eugene Fisk Loop. Other artist names I recognised were Sally Matthews (a sleeping cat) and Barbara Shaw (the fabric pictures).
Another new venture is the composting hub, which opens this month. According to the Hereford Times, Hay Regenerative Soils CIC will run the site along with Hay Castle and Brecon Beacons Local Nature Partnership. They will be transforming food waste from the Castle and local community into good quality compost, reducing the local carbon footprint, keeping food waste out of landfill and providing compost to members. They are also offering workshops on soil health - a seven week course has already started on Soil Food Web Essentials. It's on Tuesday evenings from 5.30pm to 7pm and it's free.
The hub will provide a weekly food waste drop off point for individuals and small households, and a pick up service for local businesses and events.
