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Hay festival in the rain

Hay Festival: People carry on and picnic during a very heavy downpour — Keeping calm and carrying on: a downpour can't stop a picnic at the Hay festival
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Hay Festival: Hay Festival — Wellington boots and brollies are the order of the day as the heavens open and rain falls on Hay
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Hay Festival: Hay Festival — A woman reads while she waits at a Hay festival bus stop that has been converted into a bookshop using plastic flower garlands and artificial turf
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Hay Festival: Hay in the rain — It's perfect weather for browsing in Hay's bookshops
Photograph: Felix Clay

Hay Festival: Hay bookshop — Hay festival-goers take refuge from the rain inside one of the town's famous secondhand bookshops
Photograph: Felix Clay

Hay in the rain — Striding out on Hay high street Photograph: Felix Clay/guardian.co.uk

Hay in the rain — Waiting for the Hay festival shuttle bus Photograph: Felix Clay/guardian.co.uk

Hay in the rain — A Hay festival-goer ponders her next move Photograph: Martin Argles/guardian.co.uk

Hay in the rain — The Hay Cinema bookshop under an ominous cloud Photograph: Felix Clay/guardian.co.uk

Hay in the rain — Local businesses in Hay enjoy the surge of visitors the festival brings Photograph: Felix Clay/guardian.co.uk

Hay in the rain — A flash of colour in the gloom of the first day of the Hay festival Photograph: Felix Clay/guardian.co.uk

Hay in the rain — It's a short walk from the famous bookshops of Hay town to the Hay festival site Photograph: Martin Argles/guardian.co.uk

Hay in the rain — Acrobatic readers: one of the many unusual sights around the Hay festival site Photograph: Martin Argles/guardian.co.uk

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