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HAY-ON-WYE. THIS
SMALL
BORDER TOWN HAS GAINED
WORLD-WIDE FAME FOR ITS
MANY USED BOOK SHOPS
WHERE YOU MAY STILL
FIND HIDDEN TREASURE. |
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ADVENTURES IN MID-WALES
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"the Woodstock of the mind" |
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COBBLED ALLEY IN
HAY-ON-WYE |
As it has annually since 1988, at the
end of each May the market town of Hay-on-Wye, astride the Welsh-English
border on the eastern edge of the Black Mountains of Wales, presents its
remarkable Hay Festival. The small Welsh town (population 1,300) has a
giant reputation, thanks to its 30 or so bookshops, most dealing in
second-hand editions.
For ten days each year some 50,000 visitors
flock to Hay from all over the UK, Europe and America to participate in this festival of
ideas—largely literary, but also musical, film, and culinary—where stories are
exchanged, ideas are discussed, themes are introduced, and topics are debated.
When he visited in 2001, former President Bill Clinton called the Hay Festival
"the
Woodstock of the mind…"
A full program daily includes discussions, lectures, and performances of poetry, plays,
music and dance. |
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HOME AT FIRST has comfortable Welsh cottages in and around
Hay-on-Wye. To line up one for next year’s Hay Festival time, act now! To stay in Hay
when you don’t have to share its
30 bookshops, and handful
of pubs and restaurants with 49,999 other visitors, call Home
At First anytime.
More information
about HOME AT FIRST’s
travel program to:
MID-WALES |
PUB IN HAY-ON-WYE
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