Hay-on-Wye

Before I say anything else…what do you think?! I thought I’d change up the site a bit, try a new colour on for size. The header photograph is one I took whilst out and about in Hay-on-Wye yesterday, original is underneath this text somewhere…so yes! I hope you like it! Don’t try to resist the banner at the very top of the sidebar, by the way…that’ll take you to the promotional webpage for Fight the Sky, which I’ve spent a few hours putting together…there you will find the video Marley Butler produced (which I narrated!) so please do go and take a look! I’ll also post the video in a separate blog, to get my point across. Nothing like hitting you over the head with the attention!Hammer.

Now, where were we?

Sounds like my kinda thing…

If you haven’t already been to Hay, I highly recommend you go. There are around 30 different bookshops, and whilst you might not find something you like in each one, browsing will certainly keep you busy. The shop pictured above, Booth’s Bookshop, is the original one and is absolutely gorgeous inside. I found a 201-year-old copy of A Winter’s Tale in there, and an 84-year-old edition of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde.

A couple of cats were wandering around in there, too. This one was very friendly.

Even though it rained all day (I didn’t take many photos because it made for a particularly miserable backdrop) I had a really great time, and I can’t wait to go back…with more money!

So yes, I highly recommend you go and see the town for yourself. It was a bit of a mission driving out there (cheers Google maps) but it was definitely worth it.

Right, I’ve got a bit of a headache from sitting here clacking away for hours. My first few attempts at the promo webpage went arse-over-tit because I was trying to code the whole thing using HTML tables in accordance with my “vision”, but as you can probably guess, I got horribly frustrated when I accepted it wasn’t going to work. I cranked up Ye Olde PSP8e instead and turned the majority of it into .pngs. I think it looks good, though? What do you think? Full credit to NKM Photography for the mugshots – silhouette of the birds is, of course, all my own.

Let’s leave it at that. My gym induction went well and I resolve to go at least once a week from now on…complaints and grumblings about that are sure to follow very soon. Tomorrow’s my birthday, let’s see how it goes.