For myself, I enjoyed the fact that as a paid team member I did a variety of things - wristband supervising for a couple of days then arena stewarding for the final 2 shifts - as I normally just do the fire towers. What I liked the most was the sincere thanks I/we received from the festival public, it made everything feel very worthwhile (inc. the 6 hour drive to get there, ha, must check where the festival is next time!)
On the subject of thanks I'd just like to add that the Hotbox team there also made it clear that they appreciated the effort we all made to help everyone enjoy their time at Camp Bestival. So, finally, I would just like to thank them for their hard work and patience across the long hours they work to keep the organisers happy.
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