"Ah, but I was helping....in the background....very much so..."

What, by writing endless streams of crap on the internet? By engaging in pitched battles with people who didn't have the "right attitiude" and telling them not to come to the festival (and consequently not buy tickets and contribute vital income) if they couldn't see it your way? I've seen those messages, Lizzie. You never had any right to be speaking on Sidmouth's behalf, and you did it more potential damage with your endless confrontations and attempts to put off the "moaning minnies" who might actually have bought tickets than any possible good that might have come of your dubious "support".

"I'll never write another word about that festival again, so you can all rest easy...No more 15,000 words..."

Thank god for that. Please stick to it.


"Who have I 'defamed'....?"

Bellowhead's ex-manager, for a start. You do not know what happened because you were not there. She has actually come on line in the past to challenge your version of events and to ask you to stop spreading it. So stop it. You do not have any authority to speak about anything that happened at that time because you were not directly involved with the festival and never have been.

As I say, when help was needed, you offered none. None. So please in future channel all the wonderful practical skills you acquired in writing about Sidmouth on messageboards to help you focus on Torquay Folk Week. What are the dates? Have you got your headliners in place yet? Have you applied for your licencing and got all your insurance together? What about the company providing your infrastructure - are they contracted yet? Have you done your H&S and Risk Assessments for those concerts in the caves you were so excited about? Have you booked your first adverts yet? There are some important print deadlines coming up - have you got them in your diary? These are all things I would try to do before Christmas, if I were you.

Good luck!