Written by our columnist, The Fly in the Ointment

Tom Kerridge is a world-class, Michelin-starred chef.

And he seems like a lovely chap as well.

He had an idea to take his Pub in the Park food and music festival on tour and picked some pretty up-market towns for what is a fairly exclusive gig – Marlow, Bath, Tunbridge Wells and our very own Knutsford.

But it would appear what’s good enough for the people of Bath and Tunbridge Wells isn’t good enough for the people of Knutsford.

The organisers wanted to hold it on The Heath, but from the storm of protest generated by a small but vociferous group of protesters you would have thought the centrepiece of the festival was the ritual slaughter of the town’s first born.

This was a perfect opportunity to put the town on the national map and is an opportunity missed.

The festival will go ahead but a couple of miles down the road towards Ollerton, meaning Knutsford is unlikely to now pick up any passing trade and will have to suffer the effects of festival traffic travelling through the town.

As the old proverb says: Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.