We got good feedback on site from Mark Thompson, the museum director, and he is all fired up for next year, as are all the performers that I personally spoke to.

This event went from idea to reality in about four months and since neither Mary nor myself had any real experience of putting something like this together I think that we were both rather astounded at how smoothly it went. Kendall has occasionally to drag me down from the ceiling when I float up there on the almost permanent high I've developed since Saturday.

We will be sitting down with Mark for a debrief, which will give us the basis for next year. There will be some tweaking to be done and we may look at possibly doing a two day festival next year, if that looks doable. I have already spoken to other people who can help out, particularly with publicity, which was a major bugbear this year. We know that we will do better with a little more help from the right people and we do have some great friends out there to call upon.

Mary said it right when she told Kendall that this was, basically, all down to him. He introduced both Mary and me to his friends in the folk world and they are the people who came and gave so much of themselves on Saturday. Without Kendall none of this would have happened.

Many thanks to all who took part. You were all just stupendously good, both performers and volunteers alike. I'd just like to say a special thank you to Trubrit, the first and most generous sponsor we had prior to the event and to Peter and Joanne Souza who made such a generous donation on the day. Ranger1 spent most of her day dashing here and there, even leaving the site to run an errand or two. Becca72 manned the CD stall all day, and got it so well organised you'd have thought she did it professionally! Some of our performers also got involved in off stage help - I'm thinking, in particular, of Joanne with the children's craft table and Maeve, who just helped out wherever there was a need.

There were also volunteers from the museum, helping with car parking, setting up the site and the food preparation. Mary even managed to lure one guy from her office to help out with the craft table.

To all who were there - thank you for making it such a good day and so stress free for Mary and me.

See you all again next year!