I was really looking forward to seeing Cara Dillon especially after the big build up she has had in the folk press. This was the first time I had actually seen her and I was a bit disappointed. I felt she did not compare well with some of the other singers of her own generation on the folk scene such as Kate Rusby. Cara has a lovely delicate voice but I thought the instrumental accompaniment from two of the Lakemans was quite inappropropriate and she would have been better singing unaccompanied or backed by something like a harp. I found her constant fondling of the microphone very irritating. The highlight of the festival for me was the set by John Spiers and John Boden - again an act I saw for the first time and I was very impressed and will be looking out for them again. I think the Mrs Ackroyd Band should have been the final act - what could be better than Earwig-0 for finishing off a wonderful festival.