Hello SeaKing. I hope the picnic at the Byes was worth missing Kathryn Tickell for! It was one of my three highlights of the week, the others being a six hour talk-session in the Dove and the Ashby-de-la-Zouch folk club in the Volunteer garden on the first Friday night. (14th year of it!!) The Middle Bar session were good, especially sea-songs on Tuesday evening, silly songs and singing in the sea (best swim I've had there in 21 Sidmouths!)and the Friday night session. A bit thinner on the ground than usual but I think that was due to the heat. And of course the thing I still keep going back to Sidmouth year after year for really...seeing all my lovely friends!