Away Day in Hay-on-Wye...

...Book Town extraordinaire! Sue and I popped into Hay on our way to Matt and Sarah's for a weekend visit. I scored two books in the Hay Cinema Bookshop ~

I spent £16 in all, including £3.00 on the tote bag just for fun! I might have easily bought a couple of others but surprisingly in the circumstances I showed unusual restraint...I know, most unlike me. The choice of the two books I bought were really driven by the current Wars of the Roses project ~

As you can see an Osprey Campaign on the Battle of Towton, 1461 and the much more venerable Wargames Research Group publication by Ian Heath, Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 1. Phil tells me that it comes up on Ebay from time to time at anything between £40 -£60. So my purchase at £8 must surely qualify as a bargain find. Sadly in my second favourite second hand book shop...

...I failed to find any others relevant to the project. There were several ACW titles I might have bought in years gone by but at 75 that boat has largely sailed for me now. Nevertheless, a good visit and in the sunshine to boot! What's not to like? Well, the lunatic Welsh 20mph speed limits for starters. Politicians the world over, neither use nor ornament!