The new camp site is being provided as a one off specially for the festival, it is a 5 minute walk from The Captain Cook Inn. There will only be 30 pitches. The £25.00 being charged is being donated to the local school so no profit for anyone there.
The Captain Cook Inn is owned by Trevor who is 76 years old and still works 112 hours a week (that's 16 hours a day, 7 days a week). Trevors pub as been running at a loss for two and a half years now but as a labour of love he keeps it open by ploughing his pension
into it. Beer at £2 a pint (and under) means Trevor will never be rich as his pub would need 200 customers in it all the time at those prices. The Captain Cook would just about squeeze 100 people in at any one time.
Tony Leonard spends all his spare time organising this event and does not make a penny out of it, again it is a labour of love.
As for me, I just love good old fashioned British pubs where people can gather and enjoy each others company over a pint and have a sing song so I work 21 hours a week behind the bar at no charge to help keep the pub open.
Events like the Staithes Acoustic Music Festival are what some people live for but are time consuming and costly to organise so anyone who would like to donate time or funds to help those less fotunate to do so would be appreciated.
Maybe a committee could be formed to help organise next years event and help take the burden off of Tony and Trevor.