Book Fair

 Lots of interesting stalls, on two floors of the Castle.

There was even a good collection of classic SF, which I never expect to see at antiquarian book fairs.  There was a good selection of classic crime (green Penguins!) and children's books too.

I treated myself to a rather nice folio edition of Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff - upgrading from my old paperback copy (this is a story I keep going back to).

There was also one stall with a collection of books from the library of John Kenyon.  He was related to the archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon, and his special interest was Welsh castles - there were a lot of good books on the subject on the stall.  It's always interesting to see other people's collections. 

On the way out, I cut through the old stables, where there's a shop selling posh hats and other accessories.  In the yard on the other side there's a new art gallery, full of beautifully detailed pictures of animals, bones and the Moon, amongst other things.  I have wall space in my new home, but I think putting picture hooks up in 200 year old stone walls is probably not a good idea, so I contented myself with a small greetings card of the moon on a gold background, and framed it when I got home with a background of stars from an old Space calendar.  The artist is Rosie McLay.