Have a wonderful Autumnal Equinox everyone! :) *raises a mug of cider to you all*
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Bestival Top 10 - 2009
Oh wow.
Back from Bestival and my GODS it was an experience!
TOTALLY different to last year and yet still awesome. I have a suntanned face! GOFFICK FAIL!
If I was going to write a post about the whole weekend I think it would take me all day, so I'll have to resort to bullet points, much like last year!
Ok, so here are my Top !0 things about Bestival 2009, in no particular order:
1) The sunshine! Wow, it was brilliant! Hot, sunny and dry the WHOLE festival, a complete 180 from last year's mudfest!
2) The line-up on the Main Stage on Saturday. Absolute WIN. Goldie Looking Chain, Little Boots, Lily Allen, Kraftwerk - and in between this the Fancy Dress parade and a good old wander round the Fire Field and a chill in the shade.
3) The costumes. This year's theme was Outer Space and I think about 80% of the Bestival goers were actually in fancy dress - everything from extremely complicated and amazing outfits (Borgs, Clangers, Thunderbirds, Predators etc) to tin foil and glitter spray impromptu efforts! It was GREAT.
4) The unbelivably good Compost toilets, provided by Natural Event, which didn't smell, felt more like a real toilet, were painted funky colours and had more room than the traditional portaloos. We had a bank quite close to our tent, but it really wan't a problem. The queues also tended to be shorter for them because people hadn't quite figured out how ace they were.
5) The Main Stage being in a new location and at the top of the hill in the Outer Space field, meaning that wherever you were in that field you could either see the stage or one of the massive screens.
6) The 24hr Breakfast Bar right next to our tents. It seemed like a terrible idea when we first pitched our tent there in the dark, but like the toilets, in ended up being ace. Food and drink whenever we needed it, a great meeting point and tables to sit at.
7) Watching two guys do a very entertaining dance routine to The Flight Of The Conchords "Robots", just for fun.
8) The Come Dancing Tent, once again rocked although it ended up being too hot on most of the days. The Glam Rock band on the Friday night was absolute genius and we loved it!
9) The Magic Meadow, which had moved to where we camped last year. The random piano in the middle of the flags and the giant BESTIVAL sign were my particular faves.
10) The hovercraft there and back again! First time I'd ever been on one and it was so cool - less than 10 minutes to get to the island from the mainland and cheaper than getting the Fastcat!
There were a few downsides, sadly. The queues for busses and getting in to the festival were awful, the campsites were almost full on Thursday night when Jordy and I arrived in the dark and we ended up having to camp next to the biggest load of tossers I've met in a long time. Stupid Bestival first-timers who clearly had only come to get wasted in a field for 3 days, didn't understand the fact that it wasn't Reading, shouting all night, pissing next to our tents (although the wonderful toilets were only about 100 yards away), calling everyone in fancy dress "c*nts" and generally making a complete mess. Absolute f*cktards. Also, the arrival on Saturday of someone who was utterly unwelcome as far as myself and most of our group was concerned, which made things a bit uncomfortable and meant that we three spent most of the remaining festival without the others. Luckily everything else was so ace that these things didn't spoil the time there for us!
I think we'd go again next year, but would love to stay in one of the yurts or teepees or podpads or something, because despite the expense it would be so much nicer. Bestival is getting bigger every year - 5000 more people there this year than last year and with every year that goes by, it gets more and more popular and sadly, this means more and more twats. They were easy to spot though, they weren't in fancy dress and they were mostly swaying about holding cans of fosters. There were thefts and tent damage this year, more so than the previous years and honestly, I've done my share of festivals like that. Best start saving up! :D
Back from Bestival and my GODS it was an experience!
TOTALLY different to last year and yet still awesome. I have a suntanned face! GOFFICK FAIL!
If I was going to write a post about the whole weekend I think it would take me all day, so I'll have to resort to bullet points, much like last year!
Ok, so here are my Top !0 things about Bestival 2009, in no particular order:
1) The sunshine! Wow, it was brilliant! Hot, sunny and dry the WHOLE festival, a complete 180 from last year's mudfest!
2) The line-up on the Main Stage on Saturday. Absolute WIN. Goldie Looking Chain, Little Boots, Lily Allen, Kraftwerk - and in between this the Fancy Dress parade and a good old wander round the Fire Field and a chill in the shade.
3) The costumes. This year's theme was Outer Space and I think about 80% of the Bestival goers were actually in fancy dress - everything from extremely complicated and amazing outfits (Borgs, Clangers, Thunderbirds, Predators etc) to tin foil and glitter spray impromptu efforts! It was GREAT.
4) The unbelivably good Compost toilets, provided by Natural Event, which didn't smell, felt more like a real toilet, were painted funky colours and had more room than the traditional portaloos. We had a bank quite close to our tent, but it really wan't a problem. The queues also tended to be shorter for them because people hadn't quite figured out how ace they were.
5) The Main Stage being in a new location and at the top of the hill in the Outer Space field, meaning that wherever you were in that field you could either see the stage or one of the massive screens.
6) The 24hr Breakfast Bar right next to our tents. It seemed like a terrible idea when we first pitched our tent there in the dark, but like the toilets, in ended up being ace. Food and drink whenever we needed it, a great meeting point and tables to sit at.
7) Watching two guys do a very entertaining dance routine to The Flight Of The Conchords "Robots", just for fun.
8) The Come Dancing Tent, once again rocked although it ended up being too hot on most of the days. The Glam Rock band on the Friday night was absolute genius and we loved it!
9) The Magic Meadow, which had moved to where we camped last year. The random piano in the middle of the flags and the giant BESTIVAL sign were my particular faves.
10) The hovercraft there and back again! First time I'd ever been on one and it was so cool - less than 10 minutes to get to the island from the mainland and cheaper than getting the Fastcat!
There were a few downsides, sadly. The queues for busses and getting in to the festival were awful, the campsites were almost full on Thursday night when Jordy and I arrived in the dark and we ended up having to camp next to the biggest load of tossers I've met in a long time. Stupid Bestival first-timers who clearly had only come to get wasted in a field for 3 days, didn't understand the fact that it wasn't Reading, shouting all night, pissing next to our tents (although the wonderful toilets were only about 100 yards away), calling everyone in fancy dress "c*nts" and generally making a complete mess. Absolute f*cktards. Also, the arrival on Saturday of someone who was utterly unwelcome as far as myself and most of our group was concerned, which made things a bit uncomfortable and meant that we three spent most of the remaining festival without the others. Luckily everything else was so ace that these things didn't spoil the time there for us!
I think we'd go again next year, but would love to stay in one of the yurts or teepees or podpads or something, because despite the expense it would be so much nicer. Bestival is getting bigger every year - 5000 more people there this year than last year and with every year that goes by, it gets more and more popular and sadly, this means more and more twats. They were easy to spot though, they weren't in fancy dress and they were mostly swaying about holding cans of fosters. There were thefts and tent damage this year, more so than the previous years and honestly, I've done my share of festivals like that. Best start saving up! :D
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
09/09/09
Excellent date today :)
*Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Bestival time tomorrow!!
*Bounce*
Heehee, can you tell I'm excited! Oh yes indeed. I can't freaking wait! The House Queer (tm) is coming with us and it's a real first for him:
First time on a ferry
First time on the IOW
First time at a festival
First time at a live music event. EVER.
I know, I know, quite how he's managed to get through 3 decades without seeing live music is beyond me. I mean, it's not like he's a hermit recluse either, he goes out more than I do! I suspect he may be lying....
Anyway, it will be fabulous and even the weather looks set to be on our side this time. To be honest, provided it doesn't pour with rain like last year I'll be happy - and if it does, I'll be prepared with wellies and ponchos. It was brilliant last year even though it did rain! I don't know what this year will hold, I do know it will be totally different this time but I am excited none-the-less :)
I've just nipped out to get some last minute bits and bobs and have managed to come back with a fair bit of silver makeup (which was on offer - 3 things for a fiver!), some dry shampoo and silver glitter body spray. That last item is my personal fave - SO MUCH GLITTER!! I also have a bubble gun, some silver My Little Ponies and a lace parasol to take with me. Heehee, packing for Festivals is great :)
Right, I have to go and dye my hair
*zoooooom*
*Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Bestival time tomorrow!!
*Bounce*
Heehee, can you tell I'm excited! Oh yes indeed. I can't freaking wait! The House Queer (tm) is coming with us and it's a real first for him:
First time on a ferry
First time on the IOW
First time at a festival
First time at a live music event. EVER.
I know, I know, quite how he's managed to get through 3 decades without seeing live music is beyond me. I mean, it's not like he's a hermit recluse either, he goes out more than I do! I suspect he may be lying....
Anyway, it will be fabulous and even the weather looks set to be on our side this time. To be honest, provided it doesn't pour with rain like last year I'll be happy - and if it does, I'll be prepared with wellies and ponchos. It was brilliant last year even though it did rain! I don't know what this year will hold, I do know it will be totally different this time but I am excited none-the-less :)
I've just nipped out to get some last minute bits and bobs and have managed to come back with a fair bit of silver makeup (which was on offer - 3 things for a fiver!), some dry shampoo and silver glitter body spray. That last item is my personal fave - SO MUCH GLITTER!! I also have a bubble gun, some silver My Little Ponies and a lace parasol to take with me. Heehee, packing for Festivals is great :)
Right, I have to go and dye my hair
*zoooooom*
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Gaybours For The Win!
Our new neighbours Olly and Damien are *lovely*
Really friendly, really welcoming, really a couple :D
Really friendly, really welcoming, really a couple :D
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