Friday morning and the rain continued to fall! Luckily by the time we set off into the festival, it had stopped, leaving a quagmire for us to splosh through to get to the festivities.
Mucky stuff with a strange sweet smell but with our welly boots on, we had no problem getting through the entry gate
So in high expectations of the day to come, we went straight to the big top to watch the Levellers open the show acoustically ( yawn ) and hurriedly left to find something a bit more interesting.
The childrens play area was full of said nippers enjoying all on offer, including the same fellow as last year doing his juggling, contortion tricks etc, we passed by as we'd seen it before. The mud is an experience to say the least! Hard to walk through and getting deeper. 15,000 people sure make a lot of mess but everyone seems happy and the concert proper gets underway. Hobo Jones and the Junkyard dogs open the proceedings on the main stage and they are a lot of fun. As you can see in the next photo, people are so keen to enjoy themselves that they are throwing their children at the stage in delight as the irreverent group wind up the audience.
The sun is starting to shine and we are loving it.
A walk to the Bimble in shows the state of the place, not quite the pleasant amble of last year. Now it's a slippery sloshy muck track and the stall owners must be feeling it. It's quite hard to even get up from the main stage as the mud is deep and slippery.
So back at the main stage we indulge in a pint and a spliff just in time for Toots and the Maytals. Fantastic.
We dance to tunes we remember and ones we don't know as Toots leads us all into a state of euphoria ( spliffs working now )
What a star and what a band. Nothing the weekend will offer comes close to this old master of ceremony.
So as the night moves on, we eat and drink fine food and ale, leading us to fine closing act of a band called Midlake in the Big Top. Superb musicians crafting a wall of sounds and harmonies to get high on. Well, I don't think we needed much encouragement!
Before we had left the mainstage act to watch Midlake, this last photo should give you a flavour of what is best about the festival. Just being here!
It could only have been improved by you being in it as well!
xxx Dad n Mum
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