RainbowDrops
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- Dec 4, 2006
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So, the last bits of mud has been washed away, I've had two good nights sleep in a proper bed, and do you know what, I'm missing Glade already!
It got off to a reasonable start - we landed on site at around 2pm on the Thursday, and after setting up our stuff, we sat down to enjoy our first beer / cider of the festival.
As others arrived, we started to explore the new layout of the site - with new stages & swapped locations compared to last year, we wanted to get our bearings.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/GladeOfMud038.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/?action=view¤t=GladeOfMud031.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/GladeOfMud004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/GladeOfMud006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/GladeOfMud002.jpg
Plus we needed to check out the food on offer.
The boys were quick to sniff out a great meal - and here they are enjoying a Sausage Fest!
As evening came, we started to notice a few flashes of lightening, and at 10pm it started to rain. We sat out for a bit, watching the Lichfield crew putting up their tent in record time!But as it got heavier we decided to call it a night and get some kip for the weekend ahead.
Little did we know that it would be raining for 16 hours solid!
When I woke the next day, I didn't want to get out of the tent. In fact, I stayed in there for a few hours in a mini strop! But then I figured I couldn't stay in all fest, so I decided to brave it, slipped my wellies & mac on, and faced the rain!
We tried sheltering under the gazebo for a little bit, but then thought, fuck it - we could either huddle up in the cam site being wet & miserable, or head out to the stages and try to enjoy the festi.
Here's us looking vaguely sensibly dressed!
A few of the stages we understandably having problems in starting up for mid-day.
Overkill was under 2 feet of water, other tents were getting close to that, and acts weren't able to get on site, especially for the live stage.
So we took refuge in Sancho Panzy, and gayed it up to some dodgy house for an hour. Alex was stupidly smug about this, hehehe!
But fairly soon, the other stages started opening up, as did the cloud, and by 2pm, the rain was subsiding, and blue sky was in site - lifting spirits with a great cheer!
That's it, lets get stuck in!
From then on, we knew it was going to be muddy for the rest of the weekend, but that didn't stop us having fun.
Glade did remarkably well in getting things back on track.
The line up was a little shot on Friday, with a few acts missing, and others delayed / swapped, but things were getting better.
Especially by later on when rumours were going around that the Bangface night, which had been cancelled, was back on!
By Saturday, almost everything was back on track, with some acts from Friday filling in any gaps.
We even saw the naked man - sporting a rather dashing Broze look this year!
The live stage was top notch - great sets from Hybrid, Uberzone, UNKLE, Dreadzone Soundsystem, and Digitalism (vid snippet here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmvaaQFeh2I )
I didn't see much psy trance at all - those stages were a bit of a mission to get to.
Although I didn't hear the bullet proof remix of Blue Monday which was good enough for me.
We of course spent a reasonable amount of time in the Breaksday tent, with great sets from the Plump DJ's, Ali B, Renne Pilgrim, Krafty Kuts (even if it did turn into a cheese-fest) etc.
Ducked into the Overkill a few times, although we missed most of the people we wanted to see on the friday due to the line up changes.
But we did see KJ Sawka - an AMAZING jungle drummer - I can't put into words how impressive he was, so just type that into YouTube instead!
We even had a fist shake to Dolphin & Teknoist - with an interesting breakcore remix of "Stayin Alive"
So, all in all, I had a fun time. Yes, the mud was annoying, some of the toilets were tres ming as they couldn't be emptied - although there were still plenty being cleaned regularly. And it was a little frustrating that we missed a few acts, but what can you do? Like I said, they did remarkably well to pull off a good festival all things considered.
There was definately an increased police presence though:
Although I notice that they didn't bother trying to come in on the friday, hehehe!
We decided to head back around Mid-Day on the Sunday. The car park was already starting to get cut up, with some people needing tows, but my country driving experience helped us drive out with little bother, heh. I hear it got worse later though, so we timed it about right!
Anyway, heres some more pics for you to get your eyes around!
Camp Ush
People Enjoying Spaz Juice:
Muddy Fun:
Geography Grobert
An loads more here!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/
It got off to a reasonable start - we landed on site at around 2pm on the Thursday, and after setting up our stuff, we sat down to enjoy our first beer / cider of the festival.
As others arrived, we started to explore the new layout of the site - with new stages & swapped locations compared to last year, we wanted to get our bearings.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/GladeOfMud038.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/?action=view¤t=GladeOfMud031.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/GladeOfMud004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/GladeOfMud006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/GladeOfMud002.jpg
Plus we needed to check out the food on offer.
The boys were quick to sniff out a great meal - and here they are enjoying a Sausage Fest!
As evening came, we started to notice a few flashes of lightening, and at 10pm it started to rain. We sat out for a bit, watching the Lichfield crew putting up their tent in record time!But as it got heavier we decided to call it a night and get some kip for the weekend ahead.
Little did we know that it would be raining for 16 hours solid!
When I woke the next day, I didn't want to get out of the tent. In fact, I stayed in there for a few hours in a mini strop! But then I figured I couldn't stay in all fest, so I decided to brave it, slipped my wellies & mac on, and faced the rain!
We tried sheltering under the gazebo for a little bit, but then thought, fuck it - we could either huddle up in the cam site being wet & miserable, or head out to the stages and try to enjoy the festi.
Here's us looking vaguely sensibly dressed!
A few of the stages we understandably having problems in starting up for mid-day.
Overkill was under 2 feet of water, other tents were getting close to that, and acts weren't able to get on site, especially for the live stage.
So we took refuge in Sancho Panzy, and gayed it up to some dodgy house for an hour. Alex was stupidly smug about this, hehehe!
But fairly soon, the other stages started opening up, as did the cloud, and by 2pm, the rain was subsiding, and blue sky was in site - lifting spirits with a great cheer!
That's it, lets get stuck in!
From then on, we knew it was going to be muddy for the rest of the weekend, but that didn't stop us having fun.
Glade did remarkably well in getting things back on track.
The line up was a little shot on Friday, with a few acts missing, and others delayed / swapped, but things were getting better.
Especially by later on when rumours were going around that the Bangface night, which had been cancelled, was back on!
By Saturday, almost everything was back on track, with some acts from Friday filling in any gaps.
We even saw the naked man - sporting a rather dashing Broze look this year!
The live stage was top notch - great sets from Hybrid, Uberzone, UNKLE, Dreadzone Soundsystem, and Digitalism (vid snippet here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmvaaQFeh2I )
I didn't see much psy trance at all - those stages were a bit of a mission to get to.
Although I didn't hear the bullet proof remix of Blue Monday which was good enough for me.
We of course spent a reasonable amount of time in the Breaksday tent, with great sets from the Plump DJ's, Ali B, Renne Pilgrim, Krafty Kuts (even if it did turn into a cheese-fest) etc.
Ducked into the Overkill a few times, although we missed most of the people we wanted to see on the friday due to the line up changes.
But we did see KJ Sawka - an AMAZING jungle drummer - I can't put into words how impressive he was, so just type that into YouTube instead!
We even had a fist shake to Dolphin & Teknoist - with an interesting breakcore remix of "Stayin Alive"
So, all in all, I had a fun time. Yes, the mud was annoying, some of the toilets were tres ming as they couldn't be emptied - although there were still plenty being cleaned regularly. And it was a little frustrating that we missed a few acts, but what can you do? Like I said, they did remarkably well to pull off a good festival all things considered.
There was definately an increased police presence though:
Although I notice that they didn't bother trying to come in on the friday, hehehe!
We decided to head back around Mid-Day on the Sunday. The car park was already starting to get cut up, with some people needing tows, but my country driving experience helped us drive out with little bother, heh. I hear it got worse later though, so we timed it about right!
Anyway, heres some more pics for you to get your eyes around!
Camp Ush
People Enjoying Spaz Juice:
Muddy Fun:
Geography Grobert
An loads more here!
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/RainbowDrops/Glade07/
