Went with family and my 86 year old Dad to the Balloon festival, it stated that parking was limited and all roads leading up to the event were gridlocked, due to this we parked at a friend's house to the north of the race course, from there it is a medium slow walk to the entrance, I don't normally criticise but, which bright spark on the organiser committee decided to close the footpaths leading up to the festival, by the time we found this out it was too late, this meant a very long detour back onto the road, then a mile walk south, and then half a mile north again to the gate which was a good furlong along the course (nearly to the place the footpath was closed), please find someone with a tad of logic and half a brain to work out the entrance logistics next time. When inside due to the extra 45 minutes walking we just missed the two shows we wanted to see, they just packed up at 18::00 and left, had to wait for ages for the next show, seemed like an eternity, why oh why didn't you spread them out so the breaks weren't so long? No matter, I'll get a pint and chill out, not quite, the queues to all bars were were at least 40 minutes wait, food was no better. To improve if anyone wants advice would be to have two entrances so the folk living north of course don't have to enter from the south, spread the shows so maximum wait could be less than 30 minutes, more bars or at least more staff, same with the food, a tenner for 1/4 bags worth of Greek meat (£2.50 whole bag at Home Bargains) and a slice of bread, all sauces had run out! Who runs these things, Norman Wisdom? Oh and a few local groups playing some music would be well placed, ditch the speakers you used around the arenas, I think they are broken as a lot of people were commenting how bad they sounded, the two plus notes were the toilets were spot on, and the balloons were impressive, everything else, well, enough said.