I have to say I had a great time this year even though the 3 Musketeers of Mark, Sean and Tris failed to attend. There were loads of new faces who came to the FTF stand and introduced themselves which was really great to see.
The one down side for me was the Saturday night in the Springfields Tavern who managed to run out of food by 8pm and so half of the gang had to go across the road to Frankie and Benny's diner, although by all accounts the food in there was immeasurably better than what was being offered by the Tavern anyway. I think we will end up in Frankie and Benny's next year and then just back to the Tavern for a couple of beers. That said, the company of Wil, Kaat and Sue made up for what was lacking in the food department, it was worth it just to see the look on Kaat's face when she sampled Piri-piri sauce >