Well, Tibetan Monks aren't stadium rock items anyway, so I gave their Arena appearance a miss and caught up with them in other venues, and was very glad I did. Great sound, really wakes you up if you're meditating a bit heavily, and brings you back into the here and now. I think that's more or less the idea.

Highlights for me were the Bacup Coconut Dancers, and the Czechs, with their musicians effortlessly swinging into a Mozart dance tune in the middle of a set, and then back out again. And a seagull dancing along on the roof of a tent along with them.

And a trio with pipes and fiddle playing under a yew tree in the churchyards. No idea who they were, just part of the Sidmouth dreamtime.