Fuck. If I’d known I had to learn that Flash Mob routine shit I’d have gone on holiday to Croatia instead.
My back is killing me
Hmm.
That’s an idea for next time
#roadtrip
#matesrates
#villagelife
Hired an identical Fiat 2nd left 1st time I went
Cinemageddon’s bookings are live. We ventured up there last time and I would love to go but nothing really interests me on line up or it clashes/way too late.
Love Glasto, again young adult 1 will be there working so not at home. Result!!!
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Oooh
If it ain’t pissing down that could be a plan early doors.
Eric & I are accidental veterans of DJ Yoda, Fatboy & even Idris Elba & I also drifted through Pete Tong a couple of times. It’ll come down to how much h beer we have for our pub lunch @ Strode Arms I expect
Phew. Tickets & campervan pass have arrived
Ready
Ps yes we know there is better but this is reasonably cheap and I can drink it in anything or straight (when I am cold / want to avoid long drops)
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Ahem. No glass allowed 
Already have my 1.2L bottle to decant my vodka into when I do the final local shop a week on Saturday
We aren’t on site… we also decant and leave the rest in the car.
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But only 3 bottles???
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It is probably too much as I dont really drink at festivals / gigs.
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You may need a narrow boat if this weather continues
No music is worth that shit
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I quite like narrow boating - 70ft of metal travelling at 4mph with drunk drivers. It’s a contact sport - what’s not to like?
Music is optional.
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Going on the Broads with the daughter this year.
Like yourself, i’ve been calling it my 4mph holiday.
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It will be fine
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Keep telling yourself that 
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Playlist / Artists
“Row, row, row your boat…”
“We are sailing”
Wet Wet Wet
Billy Ocean
Fish
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Well, Marti Pellow IS performing on the Acoustic Stage this year…
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried about the weather. I’ve been to the hottest and the 2nd wettest.
Fact is pLANNING makes us appear to have acute OCD yet can alleviate most problems.
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I still have a torn meniscus in my right knee, too deep to operate and wasn’t covered by insurance for a specialist while in Dubai. Wading through liquid mud is no issue, it is the congealed goop that is the nightmare. Wellies are slippery in gloop even more so when walking on the metal tracks they lay down. Answer? Nordic Hiking Sticks. OK we look our age with walking sticks BUT we can move. Equally the burden of carrying a folding chair on your back for 14 hours a day is alleviate by the simple fact that after slogging between two stages you actually have somewhere you can sit down and take a breather. Again not cool but then the weather simply becomes an issue of packing - Waterproof Trousers & coat, a decent hat, pre-rolled smokes made in the tent in the morning a waterproof mobile phone holder and a Poundland Poncho & Brolley. Simples, comfy, just hot and heavy.
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I AM worried about Monday. Getting out a Campervan Field/Car Park in bad weather can take a day. At every Glasto we have had an alarm call at 5am, thrown everything in the Van and moved. Normally back in Salisbury by 6:30am. This year we have the stress of “what if the field is a quagmire?” Parking by the metal track gets you out, but means little sleep as people and vehicles come past all night. IF we can get out, we then have to fight against the traffic flow systems because we have to take the Van back to Castle Cary (mates brother). There we have to transfer our kit back to mate 2’s car, clean the Van THEN leg it to Bournemouth Airport by midday for me to catch a 13:00 flight back to Krakow
Fact is, again, we’ve worked out a bad weather back up plan. IF things are shit we’ll take the Van back to Castle Cary Sunday morning, walk to the Station and come in & out of the site by Shuttle Bus & sleep in brothers’ back yard Sunday.
Planning will be no help IF the actual main stages get flooded (The Other Stage can get very bad) but then Elf n Safety will likely have kicked us all out by then and we will still have had an epic time.
Rain is bad news for snowflakes in their 10 quid pop up festival tents and who’ve only packed Hot Pants/Onesies, flip flops and glitter. It’s actually part of the fun for everyone else who PLAN to be edgy.
Aw shit.
Gonna need to find my thermals. And a snorkel
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