Conwy Celtic Fayre

We paid a visit to the Conwy Celtic Fayre yesterday. Unfortunately the weather was not too good. This is the first time the fayre has been held on Conwy quayside so it was not as well attended as the Autumn Celtic Fayre which is held in Llandudno and has become a real attraction. However the setting on the quayside with the town walls as a backdrop and the view up to the spectacular Conwy Castle did make this quite special.

Historical information about Conwy

Conwy itself is a very popular town to visit. This is the information board in the car park showing all the places of interest..

From the car park you go through a subway and this is what you find on the otherside.......Quite a spectacular route into Conwy town

Bilingual sign

..and then signage to the Fayre in both Welsh and English

 



Leading up to the marquee were wooden cabins selling art and craft goods and refreshments. As you can see there were not many people around due to the weather. In the background is Conwy Castle.

Andrew Southall and artwork

My attention was  particularly drawn to pictures done by a local artist from Anglesey and in fact I bought the picture he is holding to put in the Breakfast Room at Lymehurst. You can check out his work on http://www.angleseyart.com/

In the Marquee we came to a stall selling all sorts of  olive oils, vinegars and herbs from Greece http://www.greekoildirect.com/

 

Greek Oil direct

On the same stall he was also selling  some hand made soaps which contained essential oils. I bought some pink rose and French white clay soap! sounds very unusual but it smells absolutely divine and apparently is good for problematic skin.

Natural olive oil soap

Next purchase came from  The Cheshire Cheese Company.  http://www.cheshirecheesecompany.co.uk/ Here there were all sorts of cheeses including "Taste of the Raj" a curry cheese! and wait for it.............."Sticky Toffee Heaven" .............and yes it has toffee in it. You have to taste it to believe it.



And as you can see from the photo the cheese makes you grin !

Hopefully more people will get to know about this fayre so it will be better attended. I think my daughter took more photos  of different stalls so she might well be adding those to the blog a bit later on