Glad you had fun, shame you had a fleece on it would have been interesting to read the tatts.
We had a ball, the atmosphere was better than last years and not just because of the better weather. We spoke to competitors, both old friends and new and quite a few of them were having problems with the wind. Due to the setup and location some teams faced very little breeze causing temperature problems others were nailing their gear down to stop it blowing away in the near hurricane but everyone seemed to be having fun.
There were more trade stands than last year and most were happy to chat even if it was obvious you were just browsing. I'm not sure where a slide guitar kit fits in with BBQ but maybe that was the music festival side of it.
Due to circumstances we only went for the Saturday but are debating, depending on the date & finances, to making it an overnighter again for next year.
As has been mentioned, we were able to put faces to names, even if some people weren't wearing the same "headgear" as in their Avatar
Crowdwise there were more people, lots more and it was interesting to watch the crowds rush from one team to another as the food was being taken to the judges. Last year IMHO the organisers made a mistake in collecting the extra food and doling out from their tent. This year my understanding is they encouraged teams to hand their extra out which made for a better atmosphere (and mobile picnic).
Congratulations to the teams that were placed, commiserations to those that weren't