An even bigger crowd went along to the festival on Saturday. 'It's like Woodstock revisited,' I remarked to Tina as we headed towards the music. There were tents in every conceivable position in the orchard with families walking about, dressed in colourful clothing or relaxing outside their tents, enjoying the chilled atmosphere. On reflection, I wish I had filmed and photographed this but we were headed for the cider barn and I did not think of it at the time.

Music was provided during the afternoon by Miln and James as well as a by a general gathering of musicians, who happened to be there. Evening arrived and the orchard, the cider barn and outside suddenly filled to capacity with visitors. The festival had almost reached its 400 people, health and safety maximum and entry had to be stopped by closing the gates.

Dancing began as evening approached, to the sound of the 'Hellbelly Kentucky Chicken Blue Grass' band and later, the dance floor was absolutely packed with 'cider heads' dancing to both American and English tunes, performed by the brilliant, 'Chicken Shed Zeppelin'. The scene was just one of those amazing times when hundreds of people enjoy themselves at once - a bit like New Year's Eve.

Throughout the weekend, John and Hilary Draper from Broome Farm Guest House provided excellent food and took care of the catering in general.

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