Whilst having the utmost sympathy for disappointed folkies, my sympathy really is for Richard as we all know how hard he works organising numerous succesful events elsewhere in Ryedale, but at the end of the day he has done the honourable thing and let people know in good time.
We know how difficult it is to bring all the threads of a festival together and wish him all the best in future ventures, of which I am sure there will be many.
Please don't associate him with the sheister who (organised !!) the 2008 Pickering Festival as that would be an insult to a man who lives and breathes music.
Pete & Barbara