A huge thank you to everybody that made Port Eliot such a great time. John Andrews and all the Arcadian crew, and also Jeff, Carl, Danny and all in the Caught By The River bar for creating what genuinely feels like a tiny haven from the world for a few days.
It is a truly jarring experience to come back to news of a startlingly shrinking economy, RVP's impending choice between Utd or City, South African cricketing celebrations and London bathed in sunshine.
Such a shame the festival is having a year off next year. But I'm not one to dwell in sentimental reverie.
As the man said, the past is a foreign country... and Lovejoy doesn't live there anymore.
