Shambles
Why don't you try doing it and putting your money into it.

Strikes me there are a lot of whingers, who if things don't go the way they want, get on the band wagon. It's easy to moan, but it's not so easy to find people from these moaners who will get off there backsides and do it.

I think all the people who have kept the Sidmouth Festival going all these years deserve a big pat on the back. I doubt if anybody can ever repay them for the time, effort they have put into it and the pleasure that so many people have got from it.

The only issue here is where does the money come from to underwrite a WEATHER DISASTER. The organisers should not receive this money. It should be in a trust that will only pay out on proof of the loss caused by bad weather.

To some extent getting an acceptable amount of money to cover such a loss, would be a one off for next year. From then on, there should be a set amount of money from each future succesful year put into that trust, to make sure nothing like this happens again. I beleive it is called prudent accounting.

It should not be managed by anybody to do with the festival.