I had a blast! Good to meet up with @AndyTravis and @walshy and confirm I don't need an expensive Fender in my life. Also meeting @jazzyvee by the Eich stand (try the bass boards, very strange but I can see why people use them). Hello to @Wombat too. Lovely basses at @Manton Customs and ACG, I can't remember the very band we were talking about @skelf (the exceedingly drunken one!) Popped by @Goliath_FX's stand, bass pedals in Warhammer models - wow!
Plus lots of stuff to try and hearing Steve Lawson and Yolande Charles play live. I bought a set of strings, Yolanda 's CD, and a pint of Guinness zero.
Happy day.