According to metcheck, it's wet Friday night, and wet until late afternoon Saturday. I think that puts paid to ideas of the mandoplank-mandobassplank and pedals with which to annoy traditionalists, so it becomes more important to find a nice pub in which to play acoustic and get wet on the inside only.

Incidentally, I noticed in the local papers just the other day that the Hop Fest has only ever had one noise complaint in its entire history, - and as a result the local council has made a noise control order requiring the monitoring of sound levels outside the complainant's house. This year however he is away on holiday for the duration and the house is empty - and the jobsworths STILL require the monitoring of the sound levels outside his house for the duration.