An excellent weekend, with a few glitches

I spent the mega long weekend at the Upton Folk Festival, this time warm and dry - last year we had a tent, the torrential rain got in, and we went home on Sunday afternoon. This year we had the minibus, ambulance type, with all but three pairs of seats removed and one pair reversed so we could put a table in the middle (unofficially known as "Priscilla Princess of t'Moss" though nobody who has used her to date is gay which spoils the joke a bit).

We were able to avoid almost all of the Wedding, though the television was on in one of the pubs we frequented. We didn't actually frequent all the pubs in the centre, though, as we took a liking to the Swan, or rather the Swan's collection of Real Ales, and I found the music sessions in the evenings very congenial. We did all the proper things, singing, playing and dancing.

The glitches were as follows:

1. Coffee got spilt on my Kindle. When it first arrived there was a note to the effect that the cover was unavailable and would be forwarded as soon as it was in stock. That was two months ago. I had kept the little plastic sheet on the front until Friday when it finally ceased to adhere and the coffee happened on Saturday morning. It temporarily stopped working, and I was thankful I had taken out the insurance (which specifically includes spill damage) but it seems to be all right now.

2. I lost my debit card. The likeliest place was in The Map Shop, where the last payment on it was made, on the Saturday, but unfortunately the shop was shut on Sunday and Monday, so I haven't been able to check. Card cancelled and new one ordered, and in the meantime I'm reduced to using cheque book and passport to get at my money. Temporary panic because I had previously been unable to lay hands on my cheque book but I found it this morning, whee it should have been, but underneath things it shouldn't have been.

3. Phone battery dead. This should not have happened; the phone appears to have turned itself on, which it should not have done. Had to borrow someoen else's to report card loss.

4. Monday morniing: bus battery flat. Had to use site organiser's mobile to ring AA. Didn't leave sit till 2.45.

So no long term problems, not like the other person waiting for the AA on Monday: he got to the site, parked, someone asked him to move up a couple of feet, and the engine wrecked itself.

Apart from that, all good. My bodhran technique is now good enough that I can play for three hours almost non-stop without even any discomfort, I looked pleasingly spectacular in my Border Morris kit and I bought a very nice reversable warm jacket with a dragon on the back.