I have had a brief sleep but now wish to put forward one or two comments , on which I hope you will, er, comment.

Perhaps the Bushys beer tent on the prom doesn't attract so many people these days.

So I took time to visit some of the Camping Platzes to ask why the "internees" don't go down to the prom anymore. The reply in many cases was firstly lack of parking but also that the drink driving (riding) was becoming a no no. So they send out a couple of bikes with sidecars, or a 4x4, into town for cans and comestibles and then have barbecues and/or quality drinking sessions. Once in a torpor they just have to roll into bed there.

I would ask Martin B. if he had considered selling or lending on deposit, big "hogs" (not H.D.s) or "firkins" to the camp sites so the proper ale in draught mode could be drunk instead of or as well as canned beer etc. I'm not sure whether licences have to be issued for this in this kind of situation but I do believe our tightening drinking laws are now making it difficult for pubs to make money where travelling to and from the pub, under the eagle eyes of the law, puts a lot of people off.

Smaller Bushy tents could be put up at one, two or three of the sites next year, telling us where they will be >???? Would we need police present >??

As for the promenade fair.............it was more for the residents than for the fans perhaps ??