Babies please, Emily

Glastonbury Festival 2009 was one of the best. The line-up was excellent, the rain we expect every year during festival week dried up quickly, and there were no emergencies like the tent flooding in 2005 or the disruption caused by the scrapyard blaze at Pylle last year.
Michael Eavis scored coups in getting Bruce Springsteen to play his first festival and the newly-reformed Blur on the Pyramid stage.
The main problem was the road jams on the Wednesday before the festival, when the good weather appeared to cause an early rush to Pilton.
Some fans felt that the site became too crowded, and we certainly don’t want another increase in the numbers allowed by the licence.
Others whinged about the cost of food and drink, but they will find other festivals are more expensive – cans of lager were £4 each at last year’s National Adventure Sports Show at the Bath and West Showground.
We must keep the festival in perspective. It brings mid-Somerset worldwide fame and a huge economic boost, and we must ensure its future as the leader among the more ethical festivals.
Let’s hope Michael’s daughter Emily moves back permanently into Worthy Farm and, in due course, takes over the direction of the festival.
Then perhaps she will provide a flurry of baby Eavises to become the third generation of Glastonbury gurus.
Philip Welch