A senior police officer offered a “personal apology” after chaotic traffic scenes marred T in the Park.
“Some painful lessons were learned and I wish to reassure you that we will take careful account of these for next year,” he said.
“Despite all the efforts that were put in to counter the problems caused by the bad weather during this year’s festival, there is no doubt that the levels of disruption were absolutely unacceptable.”
The quotes might strike a chord with the hundreds of festival-goers who have complainedafter being stuck at the new Strathallan site for hours at the weekend but the comments are actually seven years old.
With some music fans claiming that the former site at Balado represented some kind of “golden age” in the festival’s history, it seems wise to remember the low points as well as the high.
As the festival grew in popularity and the numbers attending soared delays for traffic in particular became a problem, with 2008 marking a nadir.
Lessons were indeed learned from the debacle and T in the Park settled down into a relatively trouble-free annual ritual enjoyed by fans and locals in the Kinross area.
For the vast majority of the 85,000 music fans, despite the glaring difficulties exacerbated by the weather, T in the Park at Strathallan will have been a joyous experience if lessons are learned it can survive and thrive at its new home.