My experience of drinking at Towersey this year matches that of Steve Harris. I baulked at the idea of spending £40 in advance and bought just a few tokens so I could drink beer at the venues without a token kiosk. I ended up mostly drinking bottles of wine I'd bought to the festival myself. The festival beer was expensive too at £3.80/pint for all beer, weak or strong.

I also found it tricky to plan ahead and have 3 irredeemable tokens (value £5.70) in my wallet.

I understand the advantages of a token system but the Towersey one was crude and unhelpful and will probably result in a drop in sales unless improved next year.