The start of this year's Jarrow Festival was clearly uncannily timed to coincide with the first glorious days of summer. Luckily the rain had turned into the kind of fine drizzle that clings to you like a stinging nettle but never seems to get you wet by the time we set off for the medieval market at Bede's World. Unluckily, this meant we had to drive around for ten minutes looking for a parking space. We stayed for about half an hour, wandering around the museum and Anglo-Saxon farm before heading over to the stalls. There wasn't too much to see - a one-legged wrestling competition for kids, an archery display and a square of canvas tents knocking out framed photos, jewellery and Northumbrian farm produce. That was all I could see anyway.
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