I purchased beer...lots of beer...

I also purchased the new Rosalie Cunningham on CD and Thelonious Monk's  'Brilliant Corners' on vinyl

From the car boot I got Beatles at the BBC, Stranglers 'Black and White' and The Bonzo's 'Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse', a Spike Milligan Book of records, an old Murray Walker book on Motorcycle Racing 7 a penguin Modern Classic...  

I also broke the golden rule (don't but a new guitar at festival if 'refreshed') and bought a new guitar from Hobgoblin

I then purchased more beer...  

Lovely to see you all.  I had a ball...

Cheers,

Slippy

If it's running out on the last day, they've pretty much got the order spot on.

When the Bar runs out of Beer you just know it was a great festival.

Tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm : Scattering The Roots with Dan Ogus...two hours of the finest folk, roots, blues, etc...plenty of etc...

I've been exploring my cavernous musical vaults to bring you some excellent music both new and vintage every Wednesday evening from 9pm 'til 11pm.

The next show goes out tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm (after Express FM Country), featuring the following artists :

Steve Earle, Joe Bonamassa, Niall Kelly, Billy Bragg, Eagles, Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, Emmylou Harris, Wilco, Parthenon Huxley, Joni Mitchell, Richard Thompson, Kate Rusby, The Goodbye Girls, Andy Burrows, Bob Dylan, Nick Ferretti, Civil Wars, Thea Gilmore, Robin Trower, Fairport Convention...

Listen tonight, 9pm 'til 11pm on Express FM, on DAB and online here :

https://www.expressfm.com/programmes/scattering-the-roots/

Loved the scaled back capacity, hated the bar running out of both Hooky & Old Hooky.

I think you’re right Jen!

Forgot Mr B bought a pink bar staff t-shirt and a Brasenose t-shirt, both good quality and printed on both sides  

Thought the food options were very good.
I had The Tibetan Chicken & Dhal, The Indian Chicken Masala and The Goan Mackerel Masala (Do you detect a theme here?) All were excellent.
Also bought the Barry Kitson poster ( Far more Cropredy relevant than the Roger Dean one (I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw a dragon wandering through Cropredy)
Also bought a couple of gifts from the Library of Flowers stall (Mates rates as it’s run by a friend 😉)
As I stated on my Cropredy report, our friend running the stall said that in spite of the reduced numbers, she had taken more by the end of Friday than she had for the whole weekend last year!

While browsing in the cd tent I noticed they had a number of rare folk albums for sale, one of them was the debut self titled Forest album. They were asking for £350 even though it had a rather bad tear in the cover. I have a copy in far better condition. I wonder what they would value that as!

Ate at Taste Tibet, twice. Very nice indeed. Also enjoyed a Tandoori wrap from the new stall up at the top of the field. Vegan/Vegetarian falafal salad also hit the mark.

Top marks also to the bar staff for keeping the beer cool and in good condition in the heat.

Definitely no calories if it’s free Bridget! And actually I believe there’s no calories
in any if the food bought on site..
 (I hope)

I bought some soap and room fragrances from the handmade soap stall (?? & Rosie?) this was Friday and they’d already had a tremendous weekend, sold loads, so they were very happy. Mr B bought a fab green shirt from the stall next to the Oggies.

We had pizza, fish & chips and a curry from the main field, and toasties & coffee from the stall in field 1. Plus free cake on the last day as they were just about to close up. I believe there are no calories if it’s free…  

No CDs as I’m trying to reduce clutter