Hi all
We never made it to the pub, because we were lurking on the main site & enjoying bumping into people & listening to the concert from outside the tent (even in the pouring rain). So we never actually got meet RtS etc, so here's a late hello - "HELLO".
It was nice to see Wandering Minstrel again. And KitKat was there on Sunday night to play - but to my deep shame we didn't stay to listen as we were frozen stiff & had to get Hamm fed & in bed at a reasonable time for schl next day. KitKat reports that their set went well (if a bit shortened due to time constraints). I know they will have been excellent because I've seen them before.
I think overall things were a bit disorganised at the festival, but we enjoyed it anyway. Shame we missed meeting Jim & Jon, but they were obviously fully occupied!! The festival was sharing a field with a regatta - hence the rowing 8s thing. It was quite bizarre to see people carrying their great long rowing thingies through the festival site. Obviously they were being hotly persued by rampant folkie-blokies.
Anyways - next festival for us is also fairly local - Long Wittenham. That's another charity festival but is smaller (pub-based I think) & only on 1 day (with camping). Anyone going to that one? - I think its in a couple of weeks time - will start a thread for it when I find out for sure.

Kris