Journal:
A relaxing
day off, made even more relaxing by the landlady,
who insisted on doing and hanging out my washing for
me.
The day started pleasantly
with breakfast exchanging stories with the other
guests in the guesthouse. After that, I went
for a bit of a wander around the beautiful little
town of Hay-on-Wye whose unique feature is the
preponderance of new and used bookshops. It
seemed like every second shop was a bookseller or
trader of some description and even the town castle
and cinema had been converted into bookshops.
Some specialised in things like science, sport,
travel, gardening, murder and mayhem, etc., and
others seemed to have everything. It would
have been easy to spend hours in one shop, let alone
visit them all. There were also a lot of curio
and handiworks shops and, being a warm and sunny
spring Saturday, there were plenty of visitors who
were also patronising the many pubs and cafes,
spilling out on to the foot-paths.
I returned for another
walk around town later in the day, but also spent a
lot of time sitting on my bed and catching up on my
email, etc.
All in all, a lovely way
to spend a day off and now I'm looking forward to
hitting the trail again tomorrow. Warm and
sunny again, apparently.
