Belated Birthday Booth

[thegreenman]

Went to Hay-on-Wye today on a belated birthday bash and spent much of the afternoon in Booth's, my favourite bookshop

Comments

[venta]

Happy late birthday :) I'm jealous of your chosen jaunt to celebrate. Cake and secondhand bookshopping sounds like an ideal way to spend a day.

I'm keen to go to Barter Books, sited in Alnwick Station and heavily recommended by the parents (for hugeness, cheapness, presence of help-yourself filter coffee, and especially the model train running round the top of the bookshelves).

I have a vague memory of writing that on someone else's journal before. Apologies if it was yours last time, too :)

[uitlander]

Yes, Barter books was my usual retreat on Sundays when I lived in Newcastle. I fear thegreenman may not approve of the roaring fireplace they have in the first room with the coffee machine, although they do manage a special kind of cold in the much bigger room at the back. The aerial train set is quite excellent.

[thegreenman]

The fire is ok, it doesn't have to be damp and cold, just....idiosyncratic

[thegreenman]

Yes it was you talking about Bater books :)

[onebyone]

And the last time (which was in fact also the first time) I checked, there was on some days a direct service from Oxford to Alnwick.