Temporary capital of culture
We’ve been on holiday, down in the English/Welsh Borders.
I’m blogging this from Hay on Wye, the second hand book capital of Europe, for their celebrated literature festival. (My first sniff at ethernet since we left home).
…and what great icon of cultural delight did we go to, I hear you ask?
HARRY HILL!
To be fair, he does have a book out, a rather odd Children’s story called Tim the Tiny Horse.
Here is Harry signing David’s copy. We hadn’t the heart to tell him we got in the discount shop in Hay!
Karen has returned home, leaving us boys to play. Woo Hoo! 
Karen, David’s favourite ice cream flavour remains blackcurrant.
UPDATE: More of Harry Hill HERE.
June 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Hay-on-Wye. Pity some Palestinian terrorist lover turned up there last week. Did you see him Ian?
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Who, Chip Dale?
We saw Bob Geldof, Mariella Frostrup and Vicienne Westwood (who is decidedly bonkers).
Knocking around in the crowd or the bookshop we also saw Douglas Herd, Rory McGrath, Maureen Lipman and a lot of loveys and Guardianistas who had swapped the sandals for green wellies.
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
I once saw Seth Armstrong at a fair in Barnsley, not quite the same is it.
June 3rd, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Daily Referendum- no. Not compared to Fred Dibnah, who I saw open a theatrical trade show in Bradford. He told us that he and electrics didn’t mix, although he was happy enough with extra low voltage wiring up detonators.
June 5th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I love Hay! How can anyone not love a town of books? Don’t often get to the Festival though.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
I rather like Hay as well, although getting there is a bit of a trek (and a 50p toll if you come from Hereford).
I love rummaging in my favourite bits of the 2nd hand bookshops, particularly Booths and the Cinema Bookshop.
There is a good shop up at Anwick as well, in the former train station.