Celt Photographic » Abergavenny Food Festival 2008, http://celtphotographic.com Wed, 09 May 2012 20:10:21 +0000 en hourly 1 Abergavenny Food Festival 2008, http://celtphotographic.com/2008/09/22/abergavenny-food-festival-2008/ http://celtphotographic.com/2008/09/22/abergavenny-food-festival-2008/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:53:37 +0000 JohnK http://celtphotographic.com/?p=216
The food is somewhere underneath the crowd

The food is somewhere underneath the crowd

Having just arrived back from this years Food Fest in Abergavenny, I feel that I have to report a degree of disappointment. It’s been about three or four years since I last visited, and the increase in the volume of people attending is quite amazing. So much so that it has put me off visiting again for a very long time. It is now highly organised, and commercialised. The cost of entry into the general areas has dramatically increased, and the “specialised” events appear to be far more elitist – and expensive. I sallied forth with camera in hand, only to be greeted by a tide of humanity. I quickly gave up on the idea of capturing images of the event, pushed my way through in order to sample as many freebees as possible, and retired to the castle with cheese and wine in hand for a quiet lunch. Well, it was lunch, but not quiet. Never having been a great lover of crowds, we retired to the tranquility of Usk for some respite, then back to the caravan in order to polish off one or two more bottles of wine over a raucous game of dominos !

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