Here's another side of Greenbelt. What happens when Greenbelters disagree. Not everyone likes what happens at the festival. Among those freebie clergy there'll be some uncomfortable with the festival's theology. Among those teens there'll be some traumatised by the toilet queues and the one-temperature-fits-all shower arrangements. Among the children some who don't like what's on offer in 'their' area.
And this is the time of year when Greenbelt's staff, volunteers and Trustees have to deal with the ire of those who've turned their discomfort into invective. This is the week of letter-opening, not knowing what's going to be there on those neatly-folded pages - glowing praise for another taste of heaven-on-earth or bitter, scandalised, brutal, manipulative prose.
I've had a bit of the latter this year; far less of course than the many, many words of thanks and support for what we do at Greenbelt, but when a nasty letter hits you it tends to stick. Multiply my tiny experience by dozens, and think of those within the festival working out how to respond to them today.