At what was a brilliant day of entertainment in the grounds of Delapre Abbey, Joseph Marion Hilton Bunn was declared The Bard of Northampton. Joe impressed the audience with his vocal talent and the judges with his statement of bardic intent. Joe has great plans for the coming year and looks to be a worthy succesor to last year's winner Donna Scott, firmly putting the Bardic Picnic on Northampton's yearly, social calender and securing the role of bard in the minds and hearts of local people.