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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.
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