It doesn't bite, although admittedly it neighs quite scarily

The amount of random freewheeling creativity at work here is both heartening and impressive. As with Glastonbury - which Bestival most closely resembles, albeit on a pocket-sized scale - it's by no means just about bands, as the above mechanical horsey, dizzying array of circus artistes and clay model workshops will attest.

That said, one can only be distracted from the music for so long, and it's only a short break before Saturday afternoon sees The Eighteenth Day Of May battling the wind for our attention on the Band Stand. Winsome singer Allison wields a mighty harmonium - basically, a wooden box that behaves not unlike an accordion and creates the wonderful underlying drone present on most TEDOM tracks - while her bandmates chime in with well-placed vocal harmonies, violin and various other stringed instruments to strike psyche-folk gold.

They're sort of a cross between Stereolab and Fairport Convention, and if that concept doesn't leave you terrified, you'll find a welcoming home at Bestival.