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July 14, 2018
 

Catfest London

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    Checkin at Cambridge Heath
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      We were invited to Catfest London, the city's first (or should I say furst?!) festival dedicated to cats so we headed up to Cambridge Heath this morning.

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      It was a very arty part of the city on the Regent's canal, covered in street art and murals.

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    Checkin at Hackney Coffee Co.
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      We stopped off for coffee at the Hackney Coffee Co. which was a gorgeous cafe with brick walls, hanging plants and filiament bulbs.

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      The iced coffee was pretty tasty.

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    Checkin at Oval Space
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      When we heard that Catfest, a festival about cats and pop culture was coming to London, we knew we had to check it out.

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      The sold out festival took place at the very cool Oval Space near Cambridge Heath and Bethnal Green.

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      The main hall featured stalls selling everything a cat lady could need from toys, feeders and pet food to art, books and human accessories.

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      With our cat, Bobbin's birthday just around the corner, we couldn't resist stopping off at Cheshire & Wain to get her a gorgeous new collar embossed with her name.

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      The finished collar looked gorgeous and came in a caviar tin.

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      There was a gallery of cat art with feline takes on classic works such as melting Dali cats and a vase of Vincent van Gogh flowers being munched by a kitty.

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      On the main stage, guests could watch talks from cat experts including Dr Jeremy Campbell from the London Cat Clinic and author, Britt Collins discussing her new book Strays.

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      There was a vegan street food market for the humans with cat themed-cocktails, sweet treats and meat-free dishes.

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      We tucked into some vegan bao buns from Eat Chay which were delicious.

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      The Adoption Centre was the biggest attraction featuring real life cats to adopt alongside some famous names.

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      The biggest feline celebrity was Street Cat Bob, made famous by his books and movie.

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    Checkin at Broadway Market's Schoolyard
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      We took a walk through Broadway Market afterwards, which also had lots of interesting shops and cafes on either side, so there was so much to see.

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      I'd been keen to try some of the Meringue Girl's creations since I got their cookbook and was excited to spot their stall.

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      The meringues were arranged in rainbow with flavours like gin & tonic and rose, so we got a box with one of each to take away.

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    We then went for a drive up north and had a picnic.

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