Going to BETT is always an exciting prospect. Will there be new interesting technologies that can enhance the teaching learning process? It is impossible to see everything at BETT, in fact sometimes I think it is impossible to find anything at BETT, it's so huge but I always hope to make new discoveries.

Waiting outside in the weak winter sun I talked to the people around me to understand who was coming to the exhibition. I talked to South Africans, Australians and I could see from the badges that this was a truly international exhibition. We should be proud and realise how lucky we are this event has such a draw.

This article is a personal view of some of the things that caught my eye and it is not meant to be representative of the whole exhibition.

Adrian has been going to BETT every year for well over ten years without fail, so when he dislocated his shoulder in a cycling accident over New Year he wondered if he would make it. However, with his arm in a sling he just couldn't keep away and had the added excuse not to load himself down with leaflets and freebies.