Some of the shrubs were half price, so I took advantage of that and bought a pink flowering Salvia for £3.00.  Bargain!  Emma Gardener was on hand to give advice on garden design and planting, and Gaynor Price was selling hot drinks and cakes from her stall which we see at Hay Market each Thursday.  I was almost tempted, but I had already bought a Carrot Cake at the market and I'm fat enough as it is!

Hannah Jones, Melanie Barker and Jon Wright also lent a much appreciated helping hand all day.  That Hannah is always working somewhere.  She'll make some lucky man a great wife!  That reallty nice wooden rustic garden furniture which Jason Hirst sells was also on display.

Nicola was pleased with the sales of the perennials, shrubs and winter bedding.  A nice steady flow of customers all day.  Sadly the bulbs she had ordered, especially for Saturday's Plant Sale hadn't arrived in time, but if it's bulbs you are looking for, don't forget that Nicola will have bags of them for sale on Thursdays at the market in Hay.

Clare Williams 

The Welsh based band "Much Ado" were setting up. The staff at the Globe were setting out the food and bottling up the bar. Co and I were the little helpers for the evening ahead.

Forty-odd guests turned up for the delicious supper. A great perk to volunteering was having a taster ourselves!
 
At 8pm on the dot, the band started playing and the guests began dancing. Adults of all ages, a couple of very well behaved children all getting to grips with the moves on the dance floor! Even I had a go to even up the numbers, yee ha!

After speaking to many of the people taking part it was great to hear how far they'd traveled for the Hay Walking Festival: Canada, Switzerland, London, Oxford .... Some were not participating in any walks but had traveled to Hay just for the Ceilidh, one group from Malvern.

The feedback to the evening was great: "The food was lovely''. "The dancing was tremendous fun ... will you be having another one soon?". "I must go home, we've got a early morning walk tomorrow!".

Thank you to the band and venue .... but most of all to all those who bought tickets and supported an evening event at the first Hay Walking Festival!

Lisa Marie x 

SUMMER HOLIDAY - AKA - SAGA HOLIDAY

Down at Glasbury Village Hall last Friday, the Wye Drama Group put on a Miscellany of sketches, poems and songs.  The talented amateur actors put on a superb show and we all had a wonderful evening of great entertainment, all based on a holiday theme.  The programme of events included "A Transport of Delight" by Flanders and Swan, "Conversation on a train" by Roger McGough (I liked that alot), "The Day we went to Bangor", "Between Mouthfuls" by Alan Ayckbourn (brilliant) and "Holiday memories" by Dylan Thomas.