Being quite firmly of the belief that canvas is for painting on not sleeping under, I have eschewed the glories of the campsite and driven the fifteen miles home to a bath, bed and electricity (not necessarily in that order) and will be up bright and early tomorrow for Day Two, but I just had to share a picture of this Q&A session with author Alexander Masters talking to Sam Leith earlier this afternoon. Alexander is talking about his books Stuart - A Life Backwards and his latest on the life of mathematician Simon Phillips Norton.
I didn't catch it all, but trust me these two were talking completely seriously and intelligently about the books dressed like...well dressed like this.
It could only happen at Port Eliot which is what makes this festival so refreshing and full of surprises, you never know what you are going to see around the next corner / wall / forest / toilet block.
And here's a quick shot of all the events taking place at The Boat House, down on the banks of the River Lynher,
the same river that Sir Humphrey Repton famously "moved" when he landscaped the gardens because it was in the way....as you do.
I didn't catch it all, but trust me these two were talking completely seriously and intelligently about the books dressed like...well dressed like this.
It could only happen at Port Eliot which is what makes this festival so refreshing and full of surprises, you never know what you are going to see around the next corner / wall / forest / toilet block.
And here's a quick shot of all the events taking place at The Boat House, down on the banks of the River Lynher,
the same river that Sir Humphrey Repton famously "moved" when he landscaped the gardens because it was in the way....as you do.
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