There was no danger of running out of Warwickshire Whizzers or Leamington Royals at the Leamington Food and Drink Festival last weekend.

Simon Kelly, of butcher’s Aubrey Allen, had a sausage maker on stand-by just in case they needed fresh supplies to feed the hungry visitors.

They were selling packs of their multi-award-winning sausages at the festival and boast 40 different varieties on sale in their Leamington store.

“I could tell you what’s in our Warwickshire Whizzer, but I would have to kill you,” he tells me solemnly. “People love them.’’

‘‘We had home-made pork pies alongside the sausages – all made with free-range pork. That’s what makes the difference.

“We’ve also got apple pie sausages for Christmas.”