A woodland not far from the sea with twinkly lights, a fire pit, colourful bunting, some of the country's finest food and drink vendors and even a huge disco ball strung up in the trees sounds like a magical place to spend a few hours doesn't it?
Well that is the setting for Street Food Circus' Forest Feastival which has just returned to Merthyr Mawr for the next four weekends. The festival was first held at the location a year ago but at the time we were just coming out of lockdown and many restrictions were still in place.
Back then you had to remain seated while waiters brought food to you which was ordered via an app. And with a few technical glitches and not enough staff to cater for the opening weekend crowd, there were inevitable teething problems with a long wait for food and items running out. It also had to battle with extreme weather conditions.
