Thanks to everyone who helped to make this a brilliant little festival. We thouroughly enjoyed all of it.

Just a couple of very small issues that I hope no-one takes offence at:

Its in a pub so we've got to expect pub type people to be in there. Sing louder or encourage people to listen by starting off loud and quietening down so they have to listen if they decide they want to hear you (this usually works quite well in a noisy environment). At the end of the day we are invading their space but if we want people to get into folk music, especially younger people, we've got to take it to them rather than singing exclusively to each other (preaching to the converted).

Polite reminder about session etiquette:

If someone appears to be in charge ask what sort of session it is - going round the room or jumping in when there is a break in the music - some people need a second or two to organise themselves. Don't push past people when they are playing guitars etc. just because you've spotted the one seat that appears to be available. It will still be there when the singer has finished. The number of people in the sessions we went to this weekend meant that the only way to be fair to everyone was to do a going round the room thing.

As for dogs its always a difficult issue to deal with. In my limited experience its the owners of some dogs at festivals that spoil things for everyone by letting their dogs run free and cause problems for everyone. If you've slept in a tent that dogs have peed up (its never just one because they follow each other about) it is not a pleasant experience. If everyone tied their animals up on a short lead and exercised them off the field there would probably be less festivals banning them completely as this one chose to do. More than one dog in a session can be a nightmare and if you let one in you could end up with as many dogs as people. At the end of the day its the organisers call as to whether to allow dogs or not and it was made very clear in the original post what the policy was to be.

As I said, we have had a great few days and met some lovely people. Hope to see some of you somewhere very soon.


Olga