They sound gorgeous Consumer - we still have good free parties in the UK during the summer but you have the weather, the vibe etc to make it a winner 9 times out of 10 - and because we have a piece of legislation banning unlicensed 'raves' (the Criminal Justice Act 1994) they tend to be no bigger than 4- 500 folk generally, where as I bet those doofs can be huge with the space you have giving you the ability to fuck off into the middle of nowhere.
Saying that though for 20 years we had the best and some of the biggest designer dance clubs in Europe after Ibiza so clubbing
sans al fresco in Ibiza and the UK has to me always been just as amazing as outdoor do's, as the systems in some of the clubs I have been in would never have the punch that anything outside could provide due to the unique acoustics of each building (i.e. the venue I was in on Friday, the Digbeth Institute has a 19th century theatre as it's main room so all the wood in the fixtures and fittings gives the beat a specially gorgeous reverb. It has been used for all night raves since 1991)
Anyway - like I said I'll leave it now as I promised I wouldn't bore folk with dance music talk when I applied for the Mod post. This thread is just a special exception so I can witter on about the weekend. I have found some more pics on my own phone which I'll plop in here before I drop it.
Here's me warming up for the evenings entertainment with a spliff, a good quality Polish larger and a decent bomb of whizz in me gullet ....
and some of my crap pix from in the main room