Will try and keep this as short and sweet as possible, but in a nutshell it was a pretty awesome convention this year ^^

Thursday 30th:

Arrived at the hotel en route from Stafford where I picked up a couple of older TVs for the games room. Checked in and busied myself with running around helping others and sorting out the gaming room in preperation for the weekend.

Friday 31st:

Spent a lot of time in the gaming room, acting as a backup so  crome and  shez could get out and about in the con and just making sure you all had a good time there. The older consoles in Retro Corner seemed to go down well, we had an old Genesis and Super Nintendo, which along with the more modern titles provided fun for all who wanted to go back to their childhood ^^

Pottered around the Art Show and Dealer's Den at various points of the day, picked up some prints and things like mugs and other things, good little swag pile this year ^^

Then came the rehearsal for the Pawpet Show...and it was another late start/finish (3am to be exact) - tech difficulties had to be ironed out but at least they were ready for the start of the show - which I hope those of you who caught it enjoyed it ^^

Saturday 1st

After breakfast it was time to suit up for the Fursuit Walk - so after donning my Crusader garb complete with sword it was time to frolic and entertain as we snaked our way through the hotel, as this will likely be the last of the Pansuit's outings in it's current form I made sure to make the most of it, slaying a few dragons and the like - pesky scaly things ;3

After another quick jaunt through the Dealers' Den I took myself to bed for an hour or so before the big Pawpet performance, which even after 5 years of doing it I still get nervous O_O Thankfully the show went well without any hitches and it was very well received. This year I was cast as the part of a lesbian dragoness named Clarissa XD

I stuck around for an hour or so afterwards when we ran our 'Behind The Playrail' session, where we invited folks backstage to see where the madness happens, answered some questions about the whole experience as well, was good to converse with people about how it all comes together ^^

Pawpet shoutouts to  fairlight  nidonocu  azimuth  frosttwolf  twll for being an awesome core cast again, and to our debutants  bungle_bear  avalondragon and  nikkoli and to Avalon and  sorayasha for their performance as our favourite metrosexual bat-things Klaus and Sebastian *vlapvlapvlap* ^^ and to the wranglers who made us all expressive and such ^^ not forgetting of course the sound/light/backstage crew of  levlion  tungro  mattys  leonerd and  wolfiefox

Needless to say, there was much chilling and booze after the show (as usual then ;3)

Sunday 2nd

Sunday brought more shifts in the gaming room and lots of swag from the Art Show, took home some nice pieces - even if my credit card will be screaming for mercy XD The auction itself had a piece which sold for £3500 - a new CF auction record

Made some time to head to the Fursuit Photoshoot - another excellent job by  tigertom this year, loved the greenscreen and selection of props :)

Took the time afterwards to head out for dinner at an Indian restaurant with a number of the Pawpet crew, where we introduced a few people, including the Guest of Honor - the lovely  gab and her hubby to Indian cuisine, I think it went down well ^^

Monday 3rd

After the convention began the teardown process, which involved me assisting where needed, Monday was DeadDog party night, and I was delighted to have made it this year after just missing out last year due to driving duties.  swolf and  graafen laid out an awesomely cheesy set which had us dancing away into the night, fantastic way to finish a fantastic convention full of fantastic people ^^

So many people to thank and so little time to name you all *passes out hugs all round* everyone from the hotel staff to the core staff to the volunteers and so many attendees - you all helped make it an awesome event this year, and though we may be moving location next year, the memories of the Hinckley Island will be some of the happiest of my life ^^