I got a bus from the campsite to Sidmouth and then I got a bus from Sidmouth to Exeter and then I got a bus from Exeter to Bristol and then I got a bus from Bristol bus station to very nearly outside my house and then I had a nap and then I went to hear some folk music in a pub on Whiteladies Road. (*)
Thing to remember for next year:
a: Pack two more t-shirts. But stuffing everything into one small rucksack that I could carry on my back worked fine. I don't know why I didn't think to put the tent in a suitcase with wheels years ago.
b: Pack a notebook and pens so I am not jotting down the names of interesting songs on the back of tickets and loosing them.
c: If you are going to go to late night singing sessions (finishing 2 or 3 am) don't imagine you can also go to 9.30 talks and still be compis mentis the next day.
d: Tom Pearse's Old Mare is funnier if you stop two verse before the end, let the audience start to clap, and then do "But this isn't the end of that 'orrid affair"
e: Similarly, the Two Ronnies Morris song is only funny if the singer doesn't get the double entendres (this was Eric Morecamb's advise to Andre Previn). Although "don't make up your own jokes" after "fill not my cup with liquor up" usually gets a laugh.
e: Learn some camp-fire type songs -- can't really do a funny one when someone else is doing Turn, Turn, Turn and Which Side Are You On
f: Find out exactly what knowledgable singers mean by technical terms like "key".
g: Although it saved money, it would have been better to buy the full all-in ticket (including the Big Name evening slots in the marquee) even if you are not going to use it, than to buy the cheaper season ticked (everything except the Big Name evening slots) and then fret about whether you want to hear Ralph McTell or not.
(*) Liar. It was Sunday.
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