Well....what a week!

the one low point for me was on Monday, where my younger sisters side the Minster Mayhems were about to perform on the Bandstand, and in the process of assembling the Maypole, my darling sister and a friend managed to drop the maypole on my head....one trip to A&E later, an accident form, and a mild concussion later, and I was all fixed again...thanks to the wonderful Tess, Harry and Alice (dropper of large steel maypole) for looking after me!

Singarounds at the Sailing club great as ever, (promise to sing next year, honest...) and the concerts on Weds and Thurs a real traditional flavour that I just loved, from some great perfromers..

the beach cafe were visited by the police during the week, but licensing staff for the council don't work on weekends (helpful!!), so by the time the noise levels were investigated, the noise has abated a bit which was a shame...I believe the council will be investigating this further!

There seemed to be a really good feeling around the festival this year, and while the area on Albion Street got a bit grim and filled with twits with bright blue alcopops, I didn't see any trouble.

The celidih mail didn't really have many people wanting to add something to it, and to answer a comment above, the 20p charge is a suggested donation, not a fixed price! I worked in both the festival shop and campsite admin office, and it was really rare to get something to add in to the CM....more next year please! there were some great ones in there though, like about the lady from Royal Libs whose finger wasn't very well, but was fixed with glue after a trip to A&E in a festival bus...

There was a good mix of morris sides on offer this year, and a highlight for me was watching aforementioned younger sister dance the entirity of the torchlight procession backwards 'rant' stepping all the way, so she could call moves to the little ones as they followed her down the hill...lovely to see the young ones getting involved!

I believe the showers leaving on Friday also came as somewhat of a surprise to the organisers as well as the workforce and all the lovely festival goers too - this is being looked at! It came as a surprise to me, as I was going to have a shower after my last shift in the office....apologies to those of you who had to stand near me on the final day sans shower...

I witnessed three seperate sessions at varying times of day in the Crown, and many people felt this was a good place to have an imrpomptu session.

I think that this year was one of the best, and cannot wait for BFW 2010....

lots of love and yellow and black good times :0)

Charlotte