I like this time of year, the leaves changing to wonderful colours, cold day, hot chocolate and marshmallows, the promise of snow and food festivals.

Llandudno’s Celtic Winter Fayre has grown from the council car park in the town centre to the car park on Mostyn Broadway from 19 – 23 November 2008.

http://www.celticwinterfayre.co.uk/index.htm – is the address you will need to type in to go and see the website for more details (still haven’t sorted out making addresses clickable).  As a family we have enjoyed going (we missed last year) to see what different foods and crafts there are.  I see that Parisella ice cream will be there, which I am pleased about, and that they will have their Christmas pudding ice cream – their ice cream is gorgeous.

Here’s hoping the weather stays dry.

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Title: Conwy Food festival
Location: Conwy, North Wales
Link out: Click here
Description: Annual food festival in Conwy, North Wales, a weekend event, all things food and drink
Start Date: 2008-10-25
End Date: 2008-10-26

We didn’t get to go on Saturday but went on Sunday and despite the cold and the rain enjoyed ourselves even if we spent a bit too much money – but food is so tempting!

There was plenty to see, a wide range of food, sweets, cakes, ice-cream, bread and other items and we chatted to some lovely people.  After paying our £4 we visited all the tents on the quay before going into the town.  Despite the weather there were lots of people there and it was with a lot of stopping, starting and patience we made our way through the tents on the quay, where there were cooking displays as well as a wide range of goodies.  I was glad to see a lot of local produce about as I try to buy local and it was nice to see what a range of stuff there is locally, so we collected cards and leaflets from a lot of stalls.  It was also nice to sample some of the produce like cheese, milk, spices, curry sauces and different meat – thank you.

I know we missed a few bits as well but we will try and see more next year (and hope the weather is warmer too).  Well done to Vasilly the acrobat, who we saw a bit of as he balanced on top of a pole, we were cold you must have been frozen.

We ate a lot and bought more than I’d intended but we had a great time out as a family and the children really enjoyed being allowed to try new foods.  We were very cold by the time we left but we thoroughly enjoyed wandering around the quay and town.

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Saturday 13th September 2008

After so much rain Saturday was a gorgeous day – not that the rain would have put us off of visiting the Honey Fair.  We had a great time as a family wandering around – starting off, as always, at the WI stalls as they usually sell out quickly – homemade cakes and biscuits are so popular.  We perused the seeds and flowers, homemade cards, knitted items, wicker basets (mum bought 2 trugs for £1 each and gave me one – yay thanks mum x), handmade sweets, antique table and of course honey.  We noticed there were a few absences this year – charity tables running tombola, which the kids love and a lady who always dresses in Welsh costume selling jam – perhaps they didn’t want to chance the weather.

After walking round everwhere, we then walked around again buying honey, jam, biscuits, trugs, seeds and sweets (turkish delight).

I love the Honey Fair, it’s all set in one street so you don’t miss anything and its nice just to be able to wander up and down.  It does get busy and a bit crowded round the honey stalls but its fun and I now look forward to next year and hope the bee population doesn’t decline anymore.

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