We got back from the festival yesterday a little weary and very muddy! We took a coach there which started it's journey in Inverness, it took us about 6 hours to get there but there were people on it who'd been on it since the previous night! It was a bit long but I think the excitement carried us through it. When we arrived it was a bit windy but sunny, we then put the tent up - cue lots of swearing and arguing. Firstly, we put the ground sheet down, then His Lordship and Paddy started to put it up not quite around it, I did point out this probably wasn't right, but Paddy said "it'll be right", well, it wasn't quite, so we had to do a bit of jiggling to get it all into shape. His Lordship then broke the hammer in two by smashing it into the ground after a small strop involving plastic tent pegs. Paddy put a peg in too tight, then tried to take it out using a piece of elastic connected to the tent - I think you can guess what happened next!
After successfully putting it up, we met the neighbours then went and met two other friends who were camping in the normal part. We then had a few pimms in the sun and it was all very jolly.
As the Sunday line-up contained more DJs we wanted to see, we had a fairly early night on the Saturday, we watched Goldie who was AWESOME! (For those unable to use Google or are my Dad, he once had a part in Eastenders as a gangster). We retired to the tent, and as we'd taken such a huge one we all had our own room. We settled down for the night, then the wind and rain started. I felt really cold so had to put on an extra jumper with a hood on whilst in my sleeping bag. I was still freezing so I went into His Lordship's room and tried to snuggle up next to him for warmth!
When we woke up the next day it was chucking it down. His Lordship went out and bought us a poncho which was next to useless, so we ended up buying a full set of wet weather gear and wellies for 40 quid. They were the best 40 quid I've ever spent, it meant I had completely dry clothes for the rest of the festival. There were a couple of down sides to the whole thing though, the first night a man died in one of the big tents during the night, the police think it wasn't drug related, I suspect it might have been hypothermia as it was so very cold, and the next day they were handing out space blankets for free. And less important, but still disappointing, The Chemical Brothers didn't play and we'd been looking forward to seeing them.
I'm now suffering with a stinking cold though and it's back to work tomorrow!
4 comments:
Well i have to confess that goldie passes me by,but on a positive note this probably qualifies me to be a high court judge,as the journalist of the year would say
" its all part of lifes rich tapestry" and I suppose you could pass on the cold to your workmates at no cost to them. Dad
What a narrow life I have lived, I have never camped in the rain. Have walked in the dales in it and done the caravan thing all manageable for a short period of time.
Is this new going to listen to DJs? I thought they only played on the radio and at weddings etc I am I so out of the loop???
Well the things you will do that qualify as fun when you are younger never ceases to amaze me the older I get. Good job Gina...a conversation point as you get older.
Way to go Gina & Andrew. What great fun! It all sounds wonderful. What comes to my mind are the lyrics to a song:
"If you like Pina Coladas
And getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you'd like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the Cape
Then I'm the love that you've looked for
Write to me and escape"..........
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