This is a post about my travel to Cornwall for Agile on the Beach, a fantastic conference. So why do I talk about fields of princes? You’re going to have to bear with me. But this will involve big questions about why we are here, what life is all about, an awe-inspiring keynote by a mad Viking witch from the Dutch railways and some Austrian folk music. And no, it probably won’t get any less weird.

After the fantastic experience of speaking at Agile on the Beach 2023 a year before, I was back for more agile. This meant more driving: again I took the motorway barge for the long road trip from the North West to almost the tip of the South West. For international readers, when I say North West, I mean England, somewhere near Preston, and the South West is in pretty Falmouth, Kernow (Cornwall).

I am back at home, a few days after my first experience of Agile on the Beach. There were a few problems with it (yes, yes, I’m baiting you, I loved it). There was too much quality, it was really hard to pick which talks to go to. There was too much fun, it was difficult to leave the after-party after the beach party. And it was hard to keep track of all the new faces and names.