The Filey Food Festival planned for this weekend has been cancelled by the organisers due to forecasts of ‘high winds’. Around seventy stalls were expecting to be setting up on the Crescent Gardens, but last night notice of the cancellation was sent out to shocked stall holders.

Of course, an outdoor event is always subject to the vagaries of the great British weather. Over the weekend winds are forecast to be between 18mph and 20mph. Which equates to a ‘moderate breeze’ on the Beaufort Scale. The BBC are describing Saturday’s wind as a ‘fresh breeze’. However, there are stronger gusts amongst that average wind speed, so we presume that is the reason for the cancellation.

The organisers will be naturally risk averse where the public is concerned, but many of the stall holders will now be facing significant losses, especially those who will have been preparing perishable goods. In the current economic climate this is doubly concerning as the vast majority are small businesses. We can only hope that the cancellation does not stop stall holders returning to, what was becoming, one of THE food festivals in Yorkshire.

We understand that some are rescheduling their weekend events and these are being publicised by the Facebook page of Filey Food Festival.