PLANNING is to start in the expectation that both the Ludlow spring and main September Food Festivals will go ahead. Both events fell victim of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 but the website for the events says that work on the programmes for the coming year will begin soon. The Spring Food Festival is the traditional curtain raiser for the events calendar in the town and is scheduled to take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 8 and 9. It is usually combined with the Marches Transport Festival and is held in Ludlow Castle. The main three day Food Festival in September can bring 20,000 people into the town.