It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

Sea_Shell

We've been to Cropredy, Folk by the Oak and Cheltenham in the past..  Not for a few years now mind.  

zagfles

cfw1994 said:

Sea_Shell said:

Just sticking my head in to report that there is nothing much to report.   

We've not really done much this month, so have hardly spent anything (just groceries and swimming), and I don't even have the enthusiasm to go for a run in this heat either.

Off to Latitude tomorrow: really looking forward to that, always a relaxing festival, easy to wander about, no need to get too close to anyone!!

Hope for your sake it's a bit more civilised than Parklife! We went a few years ago, expecting things to be different from my youth. It was - far worse!

Road approaching the park was strewn with bottles and rubbish. Pointless sniffer dogs searching for drugs on entry, people just got their mates to chuck them over the wall. Inside people just threw their rubbish anywhere, the ground was covered in plastic glasses, paper plates, and foil. Loads of toilets provided but people just p*ssed against the fence, men and women, women getting their mates to "shield" them. Fence further decorated with loads of puke.

Overpriced and rubbish food and drink. Some bands seem to think it was a political rally not a music festival, there were even politicians on stage, all left wings ones obviously. Ironic at such an exhibition of extravagance and excess with rubbish chucked everywhere to get lectured about poverty and the environment!

Yes OK I'm a grumpy old man. There were a few good bands, but it's not an experience I'm going to repeat - not there anyway - have been half thinking of going to Rewind - I guess that's more "civilised" and not full of people who want to get wasted and don't know how to use a bin or a toilet?

MallyGirl

Folk by the Oak is nice - if you like that sort of music - and have been a few times. This will be our first foray into taking the campervan to a festival. It will be nice to have a bed, loo (only if necessary) and fridge with icebox

cfw1994

zagfles said:

cfw1994 said:

Sea_Shell said:

Just sticking my head in to report that there is nothing much to report.   

We've not really done much this month, so have hardly spent anything (just groceries and swimming), and I don't even have the enthusiasm to go for a run in this heat either.

Off to Latitude tomorrow: really looking forward to that, always a relaxing festival, easy to wander about, no need to get too close to anyone!!

Hope for your sake it's a bit more civilised than Parklife! We went a few years ago, expecting things to be different from my youth. It was - far worse!

Road approaching the park was strewn with bottles and rubbish. Pointless sniffer dogs searching for drugs on entry, people just got their mates to chuck them over the wall. Inside people just threw their rubbish anywhere, the ground was covered in plastic glasses, paper plates, and foil. Loads of toilets provided but people just p*ssed against the fence, men and women, women getting their mates to "shield" them. Fence further decorated with loads of puke.

Overpriced and rubbish food and drink. Some bands seem to think it was a political rally not a music festival, there were even politicians on stage, all left wings ones obviously. Ironic at such an exhibition of extravagance and excess with rubbish chucked everywhere to get lectured about poverty and the environment!

Yes OK I'm a grumpy old man. There were a few good bands, but it's not an experience I'm going to repeat - not there anyway - have been half thinking of going to Rewind - I guess that's more "civilised" and not full of people who want to get wasted and don't know how to use a bin or a toilet?

That sounds awful!
We've been the last 2 times (2018 & 2019) - pretty well none of the things you describe.   Some queueing to get in, as you'd expect.   So many cars I couldn't find ours last time for about 30 minutes - I'll be using What3Words when we park up tomorrow 🤣

Overpriced food?  Perhaps: that's in the eye of the beholder - I go expecting food & drink to be pricey.     Latitude has a fantastic food area - perhaps 100 different vendors, anything you can imagine.    You can take some personal food items in from camp, and they have water points to get water if you want....mostly we have a few beers over the afternoon/evening.
Toilets are pretty decent really.  Queues at some times of the day, of course.

There is a superb comedy arena (open sided 'tent', but great for shielding from the sun) - a lot of comedians joke about what a "middle class" festival it is, & I would tend to agree.   

The two main music arena's are close enough you can wander between them very very easily - quite like that, I often like a bit of an artist but not a whole hour.   The others are short walks away.   

Sea_Shell said:

We've been to Cropredy, Folk by the Oak and Cheltenham in the past..  Not for a few years now mind.  

& I've not heard of any of those.   Might have to expand our festival horizon next year!

Sea_Shell

They are "folk festivals".  All quite sedate!   We've only done day trips, I don't do camping!!

handful

I'm doing the Weyfest next month, my first for years. Should be interesting to compare with the ones I used to go to in my youth! I work in Glastonbury and used to go to that one every year for quite a few but not expecting many similarities! Much more comfortable this time in a motorhome!

gambleruk

We are going to one called Festwich in Manchester on Saturday, all tribute bands but 2 stages and loads going on, family friendly and all done for charity, will be our 7th time this weekend and I still remember going to the first one thinking this is going to be rubbish but love it as much as many of the real bands we go to see. Tickets have gone up to a tenner from £3.50 but still excellent value for money.

shinytop

enthusiasticsaver said:

shinytop said:

enthusiasticsaver said:

I have not got the energy to do anything either.  I got up at stupid o clock Sunday to do a coastal walk from Boscastle to Tintagel and ever since then cannot face doing anything other than sitting under our garden gazebo with my feet in a bucket of water reading a book. 

sounds OK to me !!

Me, I love this hot weather.  I just came back from somewhere even hotter and even after paying quite a lot of money to have foreign objects stuck up my nose and down my throat several times and stay at home for 5 days it was still worth it.  The icing on the cake was the heatwave that started just after I got back.    

You decided to brave the overseas travel then?  I am fussy re the weather but would prefer it a little cooler as I have more energy and can get out and hike and cycle.  I think hot weather drains me  but yes for  a few days I don't mind lazing around in the sun with a book and an occasional dip.  Ironic I seem to have come down with a summer cold though

Yup, Greece (Athens and Kea).  We have family there so it makes things easier. It was about 38 deg when we got there but later cooled down to a more pleasant 32. The travelling was OK and even the quarantining wasn't too bad given the nice weather. 

sheslookinhot

Are some off topics ok to discuss ?

zagfles

gambleruk said:

We are going to one called Festwich in Manchester on Saturday, all tribute bands but 2 stages and loads going on, family friendly and all done for charity, will be our 7th time this weekend and I still remember going to the first one thinking this is going to be rubbish but love it as much as many of the real bands we go to see. Tickets have gone up to a tenner from £3.50 but still excellent value for money.

Wow thanks - just bought tickets!! Can't believe there were still some available! Looks excellent, and not far from me, and bargain at £11, a fraction of the Parklife price, and family friendly so hopefully no druggie chavs or politicians.

Tribute bands are usually excellent and without the ego of the real thing. And the weather on Saturday looks to be a lot cooler, cloudy but no rain max 21 degrees, so no worries about sunstroke (would have been horrible today!)