floragord wrote:
Cheers, we love it to bits here, Courtenay! Have a lovely break - I envy you Hay if its your first visit, do hope you get there - have a fabulous time and if you can tear yourself away from the bookshops recommend a lovely café called THE GRANARY, they have a fabulous log fire and its worth getting there early to bag a table close to it whilst you inspect your latest book acquisitions!
Ooh, sounds good! I'm not sure I'll fit Hay in this time, but thanks for the recommendations — there are quite a few places in Wales I have earmarked for future trips when I've got more time to spare...
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
For anyone visiting lovely Dumfries & Galloway, there is the most heavenly bookshop at the very delightful Mill on the Fleet (not to be confused with the Mill on the Floss ) at the village of Gatehouse of Fleet - its on the third floor of the Mill overlooking the rushing river and there's an attractive cafe on the ground floor, with a terrace for pleasant weather, to enjoy a drink and examine your purchases!
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
Likewise you might enjoy attractive Beltie's in Wigtown, Lucky Star, if you're passing through lovely Dumfries & Galloway! The owner has provided comfortable chairs for browsing, and there's a super cafe behind the shop with a charming garden, weather permitting - and the best plain scones we had all holiday!
Wigtown. That's Scotland's book town isn't it? As Hay-on-Wye is in England. At least it is according to one Shaun Blythell, author of The Diary of a Bookseller based on his life as a proprieter of The Bookshop in Wigtown. Quite an enjoyable read actually.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
I'm not sure I'll fit Hay in this time, but thanks for the recommendations — there are quite a few places in Wales I have earmarked for future trips when I've got more time to spare...
) at the village of Gatehouse of Fleet - its on the third floor of the Mill overlooking the rushing river and there's an attractive cafe on the ground floor, with a terrace for pleasant weather, to enjoy a drink and examine your purchases!