What a brilliant weekend! This year's Ross Cider and Music Festival at Broome Farm was an overwhelming success and I don't really think words can describe it, so I made a film.

The weekend began with a ceilidh on Friday evening. Tina was working and could not come to this, so I went alone but the usual 'Broome Farm' thing happened. As soon as I walked in, I found myself among good friends. There were the usual Broome Farm regular friends there, of course, whom I am always pleased to see but there were also hundreds of others, from all around the country, whom until that evening, I had never met before. Many already knew my name and the whole evening was spent soaking up the atmosphere as one huge happy family. I photographed some of the people and the dancing, to the music of 'The Poachers' and the Friday evening photos can be seen below.

Much as I love the taste of Broome Farm cider - especially the hot, mulled variety served at the New Year Wassail - I had to decline drinking any myself as I had to collect Tina later in the evening. All I can say is that everybody else partook, as well as drinking the cider of other producers present at the event, and that it was a brilliant weekend - watch the film.

Saturday and Sunday's events, to which did Tina accompany me, are covered on the following two pages.

The 2007 Ross Cider and Music Festival certainly rates highly among my top five favourite events of this year, and must surely do the same for others who were there. It was just brilliant!

This 25 minute film of the highlights shows just how much everybody enjoyed, what must also be one of the best attended local events of this year. It should also be enjoyed by those who were there, of course.

Beginning with Tina talking to Cider Producer, Mike Johnson about the event and some scenes inside the barn, during Sunday afternoon's market, it goes on to show the wild and crazy dancing to 'Chicken Shed Zeppelin' which happened earlier - on Saturday night.

It finishes by returning to Sunday, with an excerpt of two songs from the absolutely brilliant performance by female guitarist and vocalist, Louise Richardson.

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