Well done to all the organisers and helpers....the whole event was a great success!

Nice balance and diversity in the music on offer. Well done for organising so much participatory stuff too. I didn't get to many workshops but would have liked to do so had time allowed.

I particularly enjoyed Chris Smither, Show of Hands, Karine Polwart, Lau (twice!), Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, The Proclaimers, Dust Poets, Ollabelle, Megson, Mark Erelli and Krista Detor but the most memorable experience was undoubtedly the Darwin Project concert (which surely merited being on the main stage!).

Elsewhere I thoroughly enjoyed joining the 'improvers' session on Sunday morning and the convivial atmosphere and sessions throughout in the Berwick bar.

No complaints really...there were some sound issues at the Village Stage for both Ollabelle and The Dust Poets. With many people standing I don't think the artists and the folks on the sound desk were actually able to see each other....which may not have helped! Perhaps something needs to be raised a bit for next year!

The beer was fabulous but with so much choice (and some relatively obscure brews) a 'menu' might have been useful (perhaps printed in the main programme with a brief description of each?). I know a thing or two about bitter but it gets tiresome when you're constantly peering at the barrels to try to work out the strengths and characteristics of the various brews. We're not ALL Camra buffs y'know!

Anyone who's complaining about the queues for showers should perhaps consider using them during the 22 hours a day that they're not in demand! Just throw a bit of water over your face and come back later on. For one thing you don't feel obliged to get in and out in less than 5 minutes! I had one lovely long shower sometime after 2 in the morning followed by a good night's sleep. It's not as if the campsite is far from the action!

One small thing which may need a bit of thought before next year...I think some of the folks complaining about the volume in the main tent may be referring to the reverberation from the two huge bass speaker stacks set back a little on either side of the stage. If you're withing 20 feet of these the bass frequencies without doubt ARE overpowering. In the middle it's fine and nicely balanced (I had no volume problem watching the Proclaimers from there)...there may not be a simple solution to this one of course!

Gerry