Down to breakfast at 8:00 full breakfast now served buffet style which meant I ate hot toast before getting eggs, bacon, sausage and mushrooms. Marcus joined me and we talked about old movies and photography pre 1910.

Finished typing in my room, off to the lobby to upload via free wifi. Ceder Court is charging £12 for 60min usage in a 24hr period! You could get a GSM stick for that price and use it anywhere!

After checking LJ and posting yesterday's details. I got my bag and decided not to take a coat, one thing less to lug. A wise decision as the weather has been mild. Only had a 10 minute wait for the bus this time! Got to Ceder Court in plenty of time for the first thing I wanted to see, so had another look around the Art Show. The George Hay Memorial Lecture was by Dr Adrian Bowyer who talked about the RepRap project. This is a GNU licensed 3D printer or fast prototyper commercial machines of this type cost thousands of pounds this one can be built for less than 500. It was one of the most interesting, accessible but cutting edge science talks I've ever heard.

I followed that by listening to some of the crew of The Hunt for Gollum a fan film project based on the appendices of the Lord of the Rings, in the style of Newline's films. With permission of newline and the Tolkein estate.

I had chilli for lunch not that hot but filling. Then the GoH Interview with Jon Courtenay Grimwood by John Jerrold. After met minstrel and talked about the morning lecture.

I skipped back to the media stream to watch "Star Wrek" another fan film, this time by the Finns, with English sub-titles. If you have ever wondered what Star Trek would have looked like if the Russians had founded the Federation rather than the Americans, and who would win B5 or ST this answers those questions. It's over an hour an a half long, and is a parody rather than a serious drama, but the production values are still high.

Time for dinner before the evening stream started. I had a chicken and mushroom pie with chips, and it was very tasty but from my low salt diet perception it was very salty. (The following day I heard some one else say this too, so not just me.)

I did manage to see Kim Newman and Paul McAuley co-present the BSFA awards and then the first of the big events. The new episode of Doctor Who, which was great, the flying bus was terrific.

And then finally, Symphonic Fantasy: the live concert. The National Festival Orchestra performed classical material that has been associated with SF with a couple of original SF themes from TV and Film. Finished just after 10pm and the bus was waiting so I got in only it went to the Campanile and then back to Cedar Court before leaving for town at 10:30pm

Wrote up my days events and then to bed. (didn't get to spell check until Monday evening)