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Hi I was very disappointed by the official Info Map Hand -Out on the light Festival. Apart from a named portion of the map - which could be anywhere in the given area there was nothing to guide the festival goer to the sires of the lights. A post code would have been good or Three Little Words better. But nothing. Maybe OK for people that live in the Bristol area but outsiders as we where did not stand a chance to find the light sites. I realise that it was designed as a walking tour but when you are 75 years old and with mobility issues this became untenable so we had to try and drive around the city looking for the lights with scant info - almost impossible. All the more disappointing was the fact that my wife and I booked an over night hotel in the city hoping to devote the evening to viewing the lights but after finding only three light sites we gave up and returned back to the hotel tired and fed up. I 'm sure that if shuttle buses were provided between the light sites and a nominal fee ( under £10) charged there would have been a much bigger uptake allowing everybody to see the displays . Allowing walkers to walk and oldies to go on the shuttle buses. Properly advertised in advance this would I feel have attracted a wide range of Festival Goers. I heard about the Festival on BBC Points West- the festival spokesman wanted to attract people into Bristol which he did but then through poor information we where left basically lost and disappointed. A great idea but badly thought through - not providing and inclusive festival, but just for those with local knowledge and fit enough to walk the route. Maybe next year think the whole thing through from every bodies point of view. Bill

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