Hay-on-Wye (April 2006)

Over the Easter holidays, I finally made it to Hay-on-Wye - having my own car really helps sometimes! 66 miles one way from Birmingham to Wales, quite a long drive! I even managed not to get lost when the police had closed of part of the road on the way back, and redirected me through the Worcestershire countryside (I can now say I've been to Great Witley)!

Hay was great, but ever so slightly disappointing as I thought it would be more like Fontenoi-la-Joute in Lorraine/France, which I visited a few years ago. Hay is much larger than 'le village du livre', so some of the atmosphere gets lost. Still, Hay is the original book village and it was a fab day out!

I bought a London guide book from 1956 (see my earlier post) - very entertaining reading!