HAY ON WYE: Castle & Bookshop Locations Tour (No Voiceover)
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2023
- Filmed in 4K, rendered in HD 1080p
A walk around the centre of the World's First Book Town, Hay-On-Wye, Wales, on a sunny day in January 2023 with snow still on the ground, filmed by a bookseller with decades of experience showing the locations of some of the best bookshops in the village and the interior of the newly restored Hay Castle, open to the public now for the first time in many decades
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Music: Steve Holmes (c)
I really enjoyed this tour around Hay-on-Wye. The last time I was there was 1972 when we lived in Cinderford, Gloucestershire. Fantastic to see it again, thanks Steve.
Cripes, Huw - that WAS a long time ago! Didn't realise you were living in England then. Hope you are well, old chum!
We moved from Cil in 1966 and we moved to Gloucester and then to Cinderford in 1971, my abiding memories are of climbing over the small fence of our back garden and into the Forest of Dean, like an alien world, full of adventure. All well this end of things, hope all is good with you old pal.
Just beautiful! And the camera quality is top notch now too 🎥
Glad you liked it! In theory, I could actually improve picture quality in future as I shot in 4K, but because my PC isn't powerful enough to process in 4K (and the camera can actually do 5K) I have to render the material in 1080p HD - but because it's shot in 4K it has a lot more information to work with, so it comes out better than the average HD video. I'll be shooting in Italy and maybe France later this year, so I either have to get a new PC, replace it's processor or find a friend who'll let me spend hours editing at their house!
Nice tour of booktown.The low winter light and the music were enthralling.
Missed the commentary though,but enjoyed the tour non the less,gave the town an Ethereal Feel.
Cheers Victor - yes, it was an ethereal, quiet day. My plans for future shoots of this kind are to do 'Vlog' shoots for the hardcore initiates like yourself (part two of the Hay Vlog will appear on saturday, with some of the locations in this video included) and produce these quiet walkabouts as sidebars for the travel market- and I must admit I do like trying different things to keep me feeling fresh about YT.
Thanks for showing us around Hay-On-Wye, Steve. What an attractive place. As always with your videos, the use of the music alongside the visuals works really well. I particularly liked the moment towards the end when you leave the castle; the music suddenly disappears and we are back outside in the nature, birds singing, etc. In fact, this video works surprisingly well considering there's no commentary. The ambience of Hay-On-Wye seems to say it all. The tour of the castle was excellent. It was also nice to see glimpses of other (non book) shops. The fudge shop looks tempting, as do the record shops. More from the mysterious Shadow Man soon, I hope.
Cheers Clive. I really enjoyed shooting this one- it was a cold day but as you see a beautiful one. There will be more like this as the spring comes in, I have lots of West Country locations I want to cover. Steve Holmes - who does the guitar music for my channel - is a very old friend and he's always understood how to write and play evocative music. You can find his stuff on bandcamp, by the way.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal It certainly looked like a cold day. Still, excellent weather to do some filming. Will check-out Steve Holmes bandcamp page. His music matches your videos perfectly.
Nicely shot tour of the town - makes me want to visit even more. Especially as I noticed a couple of music shops - maybe need extra baggage for the vinyl too?
Yes, I think we'll see more music popping up there. I tend not to buy secondhand music myself- but one of those music shops was once a bookshop, so it does show (again) what I'm always saying about Hay declining as a destination for Bibliophiles. Episode 2 of the Vlog will appear on saturday.
I've never seen Hay look better. You could sell that to the Tourist Board. I liked the way you let the crows do the commentary!
Hi Allan - yes, it was a fantastic day. I felt the corvids gave the castle an appropriately medieval feel, they were out in force! Your cameo comes up in saturday's video.
I was thinking the same thing.
While Stationed in England, my Mother came to visit(from Pennsylvania). I took her to Hay-On-Wye. She is a big mystery book fan . This was around '87/'88....
A big little place 😀 Thanks for the tour as I have always bypassed the place north & south on my way to other Welsh destinations. Interesting names for some of the bookshops; I think the Tangle Parrot has to be the best.
Well, you must go to Hay sometime. The Tangle Parrot is basically secondhand CD & Vinyl, not books. There are basically 13 dedicated bookshops in Hay, which primarily sell secondhand, though some do remainders and a handful do some new books. There is a new shop just opened called North Books which is all new books are therefore pointless: it will rely too heavily on the festival and may well fail, I think. Green Ink is the best newish shop there- as you will see in this saturday's video, they have some nice Modern Firsts- but for the SF reader Addyman, Cinema and Richard Booth remain key destinations. If Only 5 Star Books, the dedicated SF shop, were still there....that was a doozy!
Wow, this is really great: Just what I've always wanted from a Hay trip! It really gives a sense of the town.
That winter light makes me feel like you're walking just after dawn, but as a few shops were open, I'm clearly just disoriented.
Cool frosty look. I could feel it
Glad you liked it Walter. It was around 1.45 in the afternoon, tuesday...it was pretty quiet. Thursday is the weekday to avoid, as the market is on then and it can be noisy and crowded.
@@outlawbookselleroriginal Wow. I can't remember the last time I saw mid day lighting like that in Cali.
It made me want to walk the town with some sweet milky tea - hot.
Thanks for this. I know you mentioned that you were disheartened with views but please keep it up. For myself, I discovered your channel from your love of The Stranglers. I can’t say I share your passion for SF at the same level but do try to watch your videos anyway through some kind of loyalty as you come across as such a decent chap. Your psycho geography videos are just excellent. Would love you to Thamesmead just for your reflections!
*visit- can’t be arsed to edit!
I'm cac-handed with things like 'How do I move the cursor to another line when making a list-like Facebook post?' LOL. Thanks for the support, it's much appreciated. I am working on more Psychogeography ideas and am hoping to get to London this autumn to shoot some stuff there.
I wanted to go into every book shop . And when you did the 180% , i said aha he have heard me . And then the walk pass the shelve . Lol . Loved the music , and letting the surrounding be the " voice narrative" . I do miss the voice with the stories and SF references .Thank you . Due for a rewatch . The " Decision Maker" ?
Hey Sylvan, thanks. As I say above, I'm aiming to ensure I do a 'Vlog' style walkabout with the usual SF references where relevant as usual in addition to a 'quiet' one like this. I think the beautiful day in Hay spoke for itself...
A nice tour, thanks Steve. I haven't been to Hay for about ten years and your tour made me feel like visiting again.
Did you happen to bump into the angry ghost of King Richard, bemoaning what's become of his realm?
I didn't, but felt his presence hovering via my own ennui about much of the experience, as you will see in the next episode: luckily, I had a very positive book-buying visit to Dorset a week ago which you'll see here in around ten days, which revitalised my collecting pleasure. I have to say, though, James, Hay is not what it was....speaking of Booth, I used to see him in the pub there which is now (wait for it) a Tapas Bar...
@@outlawbookselleroriginal I shared a beer or two with Booth in Hay years ago, back in the day when it was still possible to find good (and sometimes scarce) books at reasonable prices. I bought a first edition, Gollancz, of Ballard's "The Four Dimensional Nightmare" there for a couple of quid.
@@leakybootpress9699 I remember those days- as you say, the things you could get then...that lasted into the mid 90s.