As anyone who has ever organised any big event knows, the most important feature is the Lavs! Nothing else works if they don't!
Shrewsbury was a marvellous festival EXCEPT for the fact that there were too few toilets, (none near the main bar or seated area of Stage 1), the ladies' loos simply DID NOT FLUSH often enough for the number of folks using them (bear in mind chaps don't need to flush every time), more and more cisterns were falling apart on an hourly basis and one lot were flooded. They were easily the worst of any folk festival I have been to and that is lots ( 6 this year so far).
Seems a shame to spoil the ship etc.......
Get the toilets right and then we can focus on the music and dance!!!
P.S. No complaints about the cleaning teams who worked their socks off.