Market day at Hay

Safely grazed ... sheep for sale at the livestock market Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

Market day also saw the return of the sun - and smiling faces - to the Welsh border town Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

Festival essentials ... wellingtons and sunhats for sale. The Hay festival was marred by heavy rain at the start of the week Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

Perfect pitch ... market traders display their goods Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

A shopper waits for inspiration at the jewellery stall Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

Trade is brisk for local fruit and vegetables Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

A visitor in the costume of the nomadic Tuareg tribe. Hay-on-Wye is twinned with Timbuktu, Mali, Africa Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

Selling books at Hay? Who'd have thought it Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

Dog day afternoon ... a golden labrador soaks up the rays outside the record shop Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

Sheep farmers relaxing after the close of the morning livestock market Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian