Oh Georgia how I enjoyed this post. I am 56 and this took me back to my childhood. I grew up in Hereford and my dad was a book fanatic always having 2or 3 books on the go at one time. His idea of a great family day out was a trip to Hay on Wye, he was a good friend of Richard Booth and I spent many a weekend in my childhood lying on the floor of the bookshops of Hay surrounded by dusty old books. My Dad died on Christmas Eve 1982 when I was 15 and my gift from him that he had already packed for my present that year was a copy of Huckleberry Finn from Hay that I had been reading there on the floor a few weeks before. So pleased you love my childhood “happy place” and thank you for making me smile this afternoon xx
Hi Michelle, I'm so glad you enjoyed the post! Wow that sounds like a dream place to spend your childhood, what beautiful memories. Thank you so much for sharing with me and I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm going back later this year and I cannot wait. Such a magical place. x
Oh Georgia how I enjoyed this post. I am 56 and this took me back to my childhood. I grew up in Hereford and my dad was a book fanatic always having 2or 3 books on the go at one time. His idea of a great family day out was a trip to Hay on Wye, he was a good friend of Richard Booth and I spent many a weekend in my childhood lying on the floor of the bookshops of Hay surrounded by dusty old books. My Dad died on Christmas Eve 1982 when I was 15 and my gift from him that he had already packed for my present that year was a copy of Huckleberry Finn from Hay that I had been reading there on the floor a few weeks before. So pleased you love my childhood “happy place” and thank you for making me smile this afternoon xx
Hi Michelle, I'm so glad you enjoyed the post! Wow that sounds like a dream place to spend your childhood, what beautiful memories. Thank you so much for sharing with me and I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm going back later this year and I cannot wait. Such a magical place. x