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Glastonbury Review - ignore the typos/mistakes etc
So what was all that about? I’ve had half a week to get back into the swing of things and reflect on what I think was one of my favourite Glastonbury’s.
After trekking to the camp twice I finally got to settle down into the first no-music day (Thursday). I remember the heat wave and loads of us moaning how hot it was. We all had constructive advise to the person above to how he/she/it could just tweak the weather a bit. We didn’t know what kind of mad tweaking was about to hit us. We had a fire that night – it was great J
Friday wee hours am and the whole sky just fell apart with thunder, lightning and high winds. I was sure the tent was just going to be ripped from its pitch at one point. I also remember how bloody loud those cracks of thunder was. It wasn’t until a few hours into the storm that I realised that things were getting wet. My rucksack was taking in water and after a few adjustments tents were abandoned. I had to make one of those wee wee toilet breaks. Not good in this kind of rain. I stood in the urinals getting soaked but at least my willy had a good wash
Everyone ended up in KKK Living room tent! Rations were passed about and the kettle was boiled time and time to provide the much needed coffee and tea. This was a bad storm…5 hours worth and finally it died off.
We all emerged and found the place a right mess. Tents had collapsed and there were drenched campers everywhere. Word slowly got round that a few stages had been hit by lightning and there were delays everywhere except the John Peel stage (hmmm strange that!). Then we found out the first artist that will be allowed to play on the Pyramid stage was the Undertones! Mr Peel obviously has a new job up there J After about a couple of hours we started to get the heat wave back…and of course we all moaned how hot it was. Typical English J
So what did I end up hearing / seeing. Undertones, Elvis Costello, 2 Lone Swordsmen (I will NEVER ever go and see these again – what direction are they going apart from DOWN!), System Seven, a bit of 808 state djing and Stereo Mcs. Not bad not bad. I probably saw some stuff at the Glade but I don’t have my guide with me so erm I will come back to the Glade. Btw the Glade was back to its usual chilled out atmosphere and no longer 5000 people bumping and bashing into each other. Much better and the way the Glade originally was. Big thumbs up! We managed to get another fire going at camp – I really cant express how I like a good fire :p We had a bit of trouble with the neighbours who probably was enjoying their first Glastonbury a bit too much. One individual attempted to piss on Stooshs tent. Not a good idea. Stoosh did pre-warn him that she would chop his cock off if he carried on and after a few more choice words she more or less decked him. He was crumped on the floor with all his mates laffing having being beat up by a bird. Don’t mess with Stoosh! J After failing to convince anyone to watch The Warriors I decided that I needed some sleep.
Saturday and the whole site was one hell of a stodgy mud bath. We had heard about Pennards Hill being wrecked and people having to leave the site. Walking around the site we found various new lakes created. I was so glad I got my wellies this year! I know we spent some time at the Glade listening to the most eclectic dj set of the weekend from one half of Lamb. Pink Panther theme tune, unreleased lamb tunes and a bit of aphex twin. Cool. There was a Andy (plaid dj) billed at the Glade as well but it ended up being a Plaid Dj that wasn’t THE Andy from Plaid. Good set – lots of old skool stuff.
Other music pleasures – I heard Ceephax in the distance (couldn’t really miss that kind of sound!), Goldie Looking Chain (very amusing), The Beat (Brummie Ska band that I loved when I was a kid – great stuff), Mr Luke Vibert (cracking set) and finally got to see New Order after all these years (No Blue Monday or Technique but True Faith was awesome). Me, Kagey and Stargurl decided to “run” to the G Stage to catch the end of Speedy J but my stomach said food and I had to catch them up later. The journey was hell as the area by the Other Stage had turned into deep glue mud and 100s of people were falling over and basically creating havoc with one another. I heard after that Stargurl actually lost her shoe and Kagey had to help her recover it. Glastonbury! J Speedy J never turned up after all this but we was treated to a head-fucking Squarepusher set. Some strange people in the crowd though…very strange.
After that we made another fire – cant remember if that was my first attempt at the fire as Mr Fire Starter was erm somewhere else. Kagey did assist by using a can of sumit and a lighter (don’t do this at home kids). He got told off a few times and we carefully removed any sharp objects or tools that he could reach. Mr Firestarter came back that night barefoot having lost his shoes, bag and Mr Embryos aftersun (blimey Mr Embryo was going off on one about it – I shouldn’t laff but I did snigger to myself). I think Mr Embryo nearly fell asleep outside until (get this!) Kagey told him to go to bed. Yes you did hear that right. Anyway night over…
Sunday and the weather was a mixed bag but at least there was no rivers running down the hill today. Mud was drying out now and the newly created lakes had started to disperse with the help of hay being dumped everywhere. Our camp was pretty much deserted apart from a chair with a figure curled up on it. A blanket hid the identity but within time I found out that it was Kagey. Lol. He could sleep with a hot rod iron up his ass! Not that I know this of course…just an example of what he is like.
Sunday music consisted of the Glastonbury Town Band, Jools Holland, Van bloody Morrison, Brian Wilson, Banco de Gaia, Zen Tv, Lou from Lamb (her new band), and Basement Jaxx. I spent most of the day checking out the sites and sounds of the cabaret area, green fields, stone circle etc. Again no one was going to do Warriors (it was a bit chilly that night so I wasn’t up for it neither) but it was a good excuse to get a fire going. What a fire it was – obviously we have photos somewhere
There was talk of a walk up the stone circle but I think only Dan actually made the trek. One by one we all flaked out and once more Glastonbury came to the end.
Gotta say I enjoyed this festival a hell of a lot. Great bunch of people in the camp. Manfriend and Stoosh were the perfect coffee/tea ladies and of course Manfriend was always tidying up after everyone. I did help one certain person through the traumas of insects and creepy crawlies even if one of them looked like a small freckle moving on her arm! I think I got a wasp or two over the weekend as well after being stung by one before I came away. Leave no prisoners!
Something for those going again. Try the flushable toilets! If you can handle the smell of the poo pit next door then you will be able to sit down and relax for once! There was a moment of sheer shock as I was preparing my offload. I had just pulled about 7 sheets ready to do the ritual seat wipe when I accidentally dropped the loo roll down the toilet. Not good not good. Luckily after much praying (to John Peel of course – he had already proved he was in charge) I was gifted with the perfect poo J
Also not too far from the flushable toilets there is a small café area. Its segmented off and only if you spot a small sign do u actually investigate what its all about. Anyway they sold packed lunches (roll with whatever on it, packet of crisps, can of drink, an apple, kit kat and something else) for £3. Considering everywhere was selling baguettes for £3/£4 this was a bargain. If only I can remember the name of the place but anyway its not far from camp KKK and I will be going there from day one next time.
Enough of my rambling. Thank you camp KKK and especially Geography Group B. Dismissed!
After trekking to the camp twice I finally got to settle down into the first no-music day (Thursday). I remember the heat wave and loads of us moaning how hot it was. We all had constructive advise to the person above to how he/she/it could just tweak the weather a bit. We didn’t know what kind of mad tweaking was about to hit us. We had a fire that night – it was great J
Friday wee hours am and the whole sky just fell apart with thunder, lightning and high winds. I was sure the tent was just going to be ripped from its pitch at one point. I also remember how bloody loud those cracks of thunder was. It wasn’t until a few hours into the storm that I realised that things were getting wet. My rucksack was taking in water and after a few adjustments tents were abandoned. I had to make one of those wee wee toilet breaks. Not good in this kind of rain. I stood in the urinals getting soaked but at least my willy had a good wash
Everyone ended up in KKK Living room tent! Rations were passed about and the kettle was boiled time and time to provide the much needed coffee and tea. This was a bad storm…5 hours worth and finally it died off.We all emerged and found the place a right mess. Tents had collapsed and there were drenched campers everywhere. Word slowly got round that a few stages had been hit by lightning and there were delays everywhere except the John Peel stage (hmmm strange that!). Then we found out the first artist that will be allowed to play on the Pyramid stage was the Undertones! Mr Peel obviously has a new job up there J After about a couple of hours we started to get the heat wave back…and of course we all moaned how hot it was. Typical English J
So what did I end up hearing / seeing. Undertones, Elvis Costello, 2 Lone Swordsmen (I will NEVER ever go and see these again – what direction are they going apart from DOWN!), System Seven, a bit of 808 state djing and Stereo Mcs. Not bad not bad. I probably saw some stuff at the Glade but I don’t have my guide with me so erm I will come back to the Glade. Btw the Glade was back to its usual chilled out atmosphere and no longer 5000 people bumping and bashing into each other. Much better and the way the Glade originally was. Big thumbs up! We managed to get another fire going at camp – I really cant express how I like a good fire :p We had a bit of trouble with the neighbours who probably was enjoying their first Glastonbury a bit too much. One individual attempted to piss on Stooshs tent. Not a good idea. Stoosh did pre-warn him that she would chop his cock off if he carried on and after a few more choice words she more or less decked him. He was crumped on the floor with all his mates laffing having being beat up by a bird. Don’t mess with Stoosh! J After failing to convince anyone to watch The Warriors I decided that I needed some sleep.
Saturday and the whole site was one hell of a stodgy mud bath. We had heard about Pennards Hill being wrecked and people having to leave the site. Walking around the site we found various new lakes created. I was so glad I got my wellies this year! I know we spent some time at the Glade listening to the most eclectic dj set of the weekend from one half of Lamb. Pink Panther theme tune, unreleased lamb tunes and a bit of aphex twin. Cool. There was a Andy (plaid dj) billed at the Glade as well but it ended up being a Plaid Dj that wasn’t THE Andy from Plaid. Good set – lots of old skool stuff.
Other music pleasures – I heard Ceephax in the distance (couldn’t really miss that kind of sound!), Goldie Looking Chain (very amusing), The Beat (Brummie Ska band that I loved when I was a kid – great stuff), Mr Luke Vibert (cracking set) and finally got to see New Order after all these years (No Blue Monday or Technique but True Faith was awesome). Me, Kagey and Stargurl decided to “run” to the G Stage to catch the end of Speedy J but my stomach said food and I had to catch them up later. The journey was hell as the area by the Other Stage had turned into deep glue mud and 100s of people were falling over and basically creating havoc with one another. I heard after that Stargurl actually lost her shoe and Kagey had to help her recover it. Glastonbury! J Speedy J never turned up after all this but we was treated to a head-fucking Squarepusher set. Some strange people in the crowd though…very strange.
After that we made another fire – cant remember if that was my first attempt at the fire as Mr Fire Starter was erm somewhere else. Kagey did assist by using a can of sumit and a lighter (don’t do this at home kids). He got told off a few times and we carefully removed any sharp objects or tools that he could reach. Mr Firestarter came back that night barefoot having lost his shoes, bag and Mr Embryos aftersun (blimey Mr Embryo was going off on one about it – I shouldn’t laff but I did snigger to myself). I think Mr Embryo nearly fell asleep outside until (get this!) Kagey told him to go to bed. Yes you did hear that right. Anyway night over…
Sunday and the weather was a mixed bag but at least there was no rivers running down the hill today. Mud was drying out now and the newly created lakes had started to disperse with the help of hay being dumped everywhere. Our camp was pretty much deserted apart from a chair with a figure curled up on it. A blanket hid the identity but within time I found out that it was Kagey. Lol. He could sleep with a hot rod iron up his ass! Not that I know this of course…just an example of what he is like.
Sunday music consisted of the Glastonbury Town Band, Jools Holland, Van bloody Morrison, Brian Wilson, Banco de Gaia, Zen Tv, Lou from Lamb (her new band), and Basement Jaxx. I spent most of the day checking out the sites and sounds of the cabaret area, green fields, stone circle etc. Again no one was going to do Warriors (it was a bit chilly that night so I wasn’t up for it neither) but it was a good excuse to get a fire going. What a fire it was – obviously we have photos somewhere
There was talk of a walk up the stone circle but I think only Dan actually made the trek. One by one we all flaked out and once more Glastonbury came to the end.Gotta say I enjoyed this festival a hell of a lot. Great bunch of people in the camp. Manfriend and Stoosh were the perfect coffee/tea ladies and of course Manfriend was always tidying up after everyone. I did help one certain person through the traumas of insects and creepy crawlies even if one of them looked like a small freckle moving on her arm! I think I got a wasp or two over the weekend as well after being stung by one before I came away. Leave no prisoners!
Something for those going again. Try the flushable toilets! If you can handle the smell of the poo pit next door then you will be able to sit down and relax for once! There was a moment of sheer shock as I was preparing my offload. I had just pulled about 7 sheets ready to do the ritual seat wipe when I accidentally dropped the loo roll down the toilet. Not good not good. Luckily after much praying (to John Peel of course – he had already proved he was in charge) I was gifted with the perfect poo J
Also not too far from the flushable toilets there is a small café area. Its segmented off and only if you spot a small sign do u actually investigate what its all about. Anyway they sold packed lunches (roll with whatever on it, packet of crisps, can of drink, an apple, kit kat and something else) for £3. Considering everywhere was selling baguettes for £3/£4 this was a bargain. If only I can remember the name of the place but anyway its not far from camp KKK and I will be going there from day one next time.
Enough of my rambling. Thank you camp KKK and especially Geography Group B. Dismissed!