I had a great time, would definitely love to do it again sometime. I'm knackered now and work has caught up with me, so just a brief note for now.

I did lots of dancing - both with Herbaceous Border and in the Anchor garden ceilidhs. Lovely weather most of the time, and all those beautiful flower pots and baskets hanging everywhere impressed me greatly. Sidmouth is a little gem of a town nestled at the foot of the hills, glad I didn't have to *walk* up to HQ, but could take the festival bus, though. The days just whizzed past in a blur, on Thursday I couldn't understand where all those days went and I was ready to start over again, given the chance. Sorry I missed the Friday revelries, it sounds as if I missed out on a lot of fun there.

I met a lot of nice people, if I don't start mentioning names, I won't leave out anybody by accident. Thanks to Sue I was - to some extent, at least - kitted out properly for the Sunday procession. And she lent me her beautiful hat with the red/orange/yellow flowers, thanks for that! On Wednesday night I even managed to get a ticket for the venue with Martyn Wyndham-Read, a favourite of mine for years and years, but first time ever I had the opportunity to hear him live. What a treat :-)

Now it's nose back to the grindstone..

Best wishes,

Bente