Thanks Pickle, for the photos. Some are fabulous in themselves; and all-together they give an excellent overview of the festival.

I thought the festival was, apart from a few minor problems, superbly organised and offered a really wide range of acts. The highlights for me? I'm not going to list them all, because I enjoyed most of the booked acts I saw - and got what I expected - but I must mention the song session in the Boathouse on Saturday. I loved the Kawa Brass Band; Loudon playing that tiny uke; but, most especially, Van Eyken (with Nancy Kerr and the best drummer of the weekend) and Genticorum (with the best foot percussion of the weekend AND he was a great singer and fiddle-player at the same time!)

The only disappointment was the MIDI backing band and the bag-piper who played repetitive and unadventurous patterns for far too long and far too loud. So, I moved on and found better music, very easily, within minutes.

Thanks Alan, Sandra and everyone else involved.