Hoarding of chairs mars an enjoyable WildsFees

I'VE been trudging along to the Kirkwood WildsFees intermittently for ages now and have always enjoyed myself there over the three days the wares are on sale at stalls. I go mainly for the food, music and vine offerings as it really is a place to let one's hair down at.

Families enjoy the time out and seem to catch up on all sorts of chit-chat.

That said the hoarding of seating in front of the Absa main stage truly is not good! All seating is on a first come, first served basis, yet people were stacking chairs human high for friends and family still on their way.

I remonstrated with a guy who said it was his right to hoard chairs as he wished. I told him where to get off and promptly used the chairs I needed.

Many chairs stood stacked all through the evening until the end of the shows with those chair hoarders taking flack from many irate people, who could have been otherwise seated instead of standing in that cold. Organisers need constantly to remind people over the PA system or through the MC that the practice of hoarding and stacking chairs for loved ones and friends to come, is not allowed.

The first come, first served rule surely has to apply as is the case normally! This "chair hijacking" trend while others are standing on the fringes of the rows of chairs is a recipe for disaster as tempers will inevitably flair out of control and a riot could ensue.

I hope sanity prevails at an otherwise flawless festival that seems to be organised better and better each year and is growing in leaps and bounds in popularity, based on human feet criss-crossing those lovely lawns!

The hot chocolate drinks were in high demand as I kept myself mampoer-imbibed to fend off the icy chill that prevailed as soon as the sun went down behind the Kirkwood mountain range.

A hi-tech surveillance drone-come- multi-vertical propeller helicopter also had many heads turning in its pinpoint accurate manoeuvrability over the crowds and into the upper part of the stage. This machine easily flew through electrical and rigging cables in very tight sequences and formations, reaching dizzy heights where it practically disappeared from eyesight and coming back in to land on the controller's hand.

This proved the prowess of new nano technology being unleashed on us in the fast paced and changing robotics engineering world, seeing the light of day presently.

Denzyl Harper, Korsten, Port Elizabeth