Hay Festival Wales 2010, Woodstock of the Mind Opens May 27

If there is one drawback to writing as I've been doing for the past 5 plus years on 'Serge the Concierge', it is the lack of time to read books as a leisure activity.I should say fiction in my case as I receive mostly food, wine and travel related books for review.In many...

Man wins hay mowing contest with scythe

I was happy when I saw this story because scythes are tragically under-appreciated mowing tools. With all the concern over global warming and fossil fuels, John Deere would be wise to look into a new scythe line for spring. They would just look cool, too. Like you could wear...

London Progressive Journal - Hay Festival Raises More Questions Than Answers

Located in remote, tranquil countryside, near the border of England andWales, Hay-on-Wye is a small town famous for its bookshops. Yet thisdiscrete and inconspicuous place delivered a telling message to allthose who travelled to its annual literary festival:...

House hidden in the hay in UK

"City folk driving through the countryside in the southern English county of Surrey will now look twice when they see a large pile of hay bales - after all you never know what could be hiding in amongst it!...

Bizarre weather sends hay bales up in flames

"Australia The recent UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERNS have accelerated one of the strangest phenomena witnessed in the bush: an UNPRECEDENTED number of haysheds have been spontaneously bursting into flames. Throughout...

Hay well and truly overcooked

load of "big squares" was well and truly cooked after the truck it was being carted on caught fire

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