From November, a glimmer of May

As November heralds the slide towards winter, here's a reminder of the Borderlines 10th birthday treat: the very idiosyncratic May Festival. New boundaries were broken in terms of open air screenings and pop-up cinemas and we even left the ground with the trial flights that accompanied our weekend at Shobdon Airfield. It's worth remembering however, that it was bloody cold in May, blankets, fake furs, woolly hats and scarves, even hot water bottles were much in evidence.





We certainly won't be able to do anything on this scale on a regular basis but if we  held some outdoor or pop-up screenings in September (often more reliable weather-wise) would you come along?

Brochure delivery need not be irksome...

Not in the Marches anyway, and not for a May Festival destined for some new and splendiferous film screening locations.

Over the past few weeks it's fallen to our lot (mainly that of Jenny, one of our new admin assistants) to disperse 15,000 or so brochures around Herefordshire and into Shropshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Powys.

There have been days with horizontal snow but on the whole the biggest problem has been the temptation to dally and soak in the ambience ('research' naturally for our Borderlines in the Villages website) as well as the odd cup of tea with a kindly Flicks in the Sticks promoter.

Berrington Hall where the brochures are stored

On the road, Black Mountains to the left

The control tower at Shobdon Airfield...

...and the Nissen hut cafe

Dilwyn looking distinctly soft-centred

Long shadows in the courtyard back at Berrington Hall

Hellens, nr Much Marcle

Thirst? Leominster