Priddy Folk Festival was a game of three-thirds this year, which swept from the North Atlantic to the Balkans to India by way of Ukraine and out to Sierra Leone, Senegal and South Africa.

As often seems to be the case Priddy had a varied climatic experience, from the baking heat of Friday through to the gentle breezes of Sunday by way of a series of spectacular thunderstorms on Saturday which kept everyone on their toes.

Musically there was a strong Celtic theme with not one but two top-of-the-bill offerings from Orkney, Fara on Saturday night bringing the house down and hugely popular and award-winning folk singer-songwriter Kris Drever.

There was strong and enthusiastic youthful presence on site and Priddy's role in promoting the best young folk artists in the country came to the fore

And wrapping the show up on Sunday afternoon were Irish folk legends Dervish, one of Irelands best known traditional bands. And that was just in the performance tents. There was much storytelling, a certain amount of alcohol consumed, and best of all, some of the most energetic Morris Dancing you could hope to see. Beltane Border Morris take the English dance tradition to a new level, so it becomes as much musical martial art as a set of dancers making intricate steps while whacking each other's staves.

Everywhere guitars were being strummed, shanties being sung and there were smiles on faces, delicious smells from the best of food traders and the brilliant Green Cow restaurant run by the local PTA, while parents ceased to care about the amount of ice cream being spread over clothes.

And bemused first timers sat back and soaked it all in.

"What's going on? I thought I didn't like folk music? Is it always like this? it's amazing!"

Words by Ollie Hulme