Sorry McGrath - "most people"??? There are many more than a few of us who wouldn't consider camping of any sort an option in a month of Sundays, or at any time ever in my case- the fact that accommodation of a civilised nature was available was one of the appealing non-musical factors that attracted me to going to the National in the first place, and also gave it part of it's special flavour.

As to feeling like the Mudcat, maybe because there were more than a few Mudcatters who were regular attenders??