It is a lot of hard work - I'm not giving my name because of festival connections and working there etc (and no, I'm certainly not pretending to be anyone high up & important - I'm not, just....stuff) - one hell of a lot of work goes into organising Sidmouth, before during and after the festival. Yes, Steve and co do sometimes make bad decisions - and as with anyone in power, that is the point at which we say, calmly and helpfully, 'actually, I think that's not such a good idea, because.....' Then maybe we find out they have reasons for what theey are doing, or maybe they listen to us, or some other form of solution.