What a brilliant day that was. We had walked from Chesterfield to Newark the previous day because none of the four of us wanted to split into twos to make hitching lifts easier. We ended up at Newark Station over night where a very officious Station Master would not let anyone onto the platform until the 4.30 milk train for Lincoln came, by which time the four of us had grown to about 40. There must be people who remember being there. The police came at least twice because the station master could smell some funny smoke. Then we walked the 12 miles from Lincoln out to the site on what was a bright sunny morning which would turn into a wet afternoon.
My recollection was that the Byrds were quite out of character and tone with the rest of the acts as they had such a polished audio and light system. Pentangle were drowned out by the sound of rain on the plastic sheets people had as rainwear but despite the weather the day was amazing and looking back the line-up was incredible. James Taylor, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, sandy Denny, Buffy St.Marie, Incredible String Band & The Byrds are the ones who really stand out to me now, though I actually recall all the acts being on - clearly i was not intoxicated.
What I cannot work out is how we found anything to eat after early morning.