The mosquitoes were the real problem for me. I am allergic to their bites, which come up as red welts and are very painful. I think I collected about 50 this time. They got so bad that I had to take two doses of Benedryl Sunday night/Monday morning and I'm still dealing with the after effect of that as I am also sensitive to anti-hystamines.

This was in spite of constant application of bug repellent. This is not the first time that this has happened at Altamont and it really did spoil my enjoyment of the weekend. I really cannot deal with that level of pain again and so will not be coming back to Old Songs.

The sessions I saw I enjoyed - particularly Si Kahn and Andy Irvine - and it was good to see Priscilla and Deb Cowan performing.