Needed to get something up, just to try and articulate the exhaustion that comes from a weekend to write home about.

Vodafone sent me free VIP tickets (which was awfully nice).  This means we beat the traffic, and had a very short walk to the car park.  Setting up was super quick, pop up tents are the way forward & I’d packed light.  Two pairs of jeans, two tshirts, a fistfull of  underwear & 3 litres of vodka (pre-funnelled into a plastic bottle of course).

If you ever get the chance to go, I highly recommend it.  The Guest bar leads right out by the main stage in the area.  It’s good to be able to get served quickly, but I did miss the atmosphere of the main campsite.

The Bands – Friday

So the lineup this year was quite mixed.  The first band I went to see was Crystal Castles who came highly recommended.  Had never heard of them before, but this was a fun, trippy live show.  Will definitely be downloading.  Their lead singer looks like a film noir anime character.  The music makes absolutely no sense, but sounds good.

Enter Shikari had a pretty intense crowd, so I bailed and found a hill.  It sounded quite good though.  Friday was all about Bad Religion.  30 years of an incredible bad, to be experienced in one night.  Amazing how hard a band can rock.  Quite an intimate but passionate crowd, singing along to “Sorrow” to cap off a fairly relaxed Friday.

The good stuff was still to come.  Including how I ended up throwing chewee bars into a fire, getting lost in an army of people fencing using tree branches (with leaves) & the rest of the bands.  Watch this space for more… when the headache has subsided!