Thanks for your views Chalkie. I've already aired mine so won't bother boring you with them again. My only disagreement is with the use of the phrase "ripoff". There is no such thing! Whether you get fleeced when buying a pint of beer in a Whitby pub or get stiffed when buying a timeshare, it all amounts to the same thing - NOBODY MAKES YOU DO IT! If you choose to pay the prices then there's no use complaining afterwards. Incidentally, I would like to refer back to my previous comment about tight folkies. Do these debates rage on after Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds etc? No! Simply because the punters know what to expect. Please people, don't tell me after all your collective years of going to folk festivals, that you don't know what's coming. Is it really such a surprise to you? Many of you don't pay towards the festival anyway and simply choose to go to the free events. So stop the whining and give something back PLEASE!

Watt