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05-03-2009, 14:19
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Beautiful Days Festival 2009
So far have not booked tickets for this despite doing the last few. Not because I don't want to go but just financially unable to plan that far in advance.
Just had the latest email though and a few old favourites on the bill: Quote:
 Anyone going along this year? 
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05-03-2009, 14:31
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We're booking ASAP.
We were in doubt for a bit for budget reasons, but one of the tipping points decision wise was Deb finding out on Monday about the full Gong reunion malarkey  Pogues and all, wonder whether it's the full Shane McGowan lineup?  See you down there Badgers, maybe for more than a few minutes this time  , what with there bound to be a lot more sunshine and that
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05-03-2009, 14:59
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Was suprised about Gong too
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05-03-2009, 15:03
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I want to go but am too skint to fork out for a ticket at the moment..
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05-03-2009, 17:22
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08-03-2009, 13:32
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Tempted. Lineup doesn't do anything for me but that might be a good thing. Nice to stumble across stuff and all that. Is there much to see and do, outside of the music? What's the deal with travel? The website suggests you can take your own booze... true?
Basically, I'm saying: Someone sell it to me. I *need* a late festival this year, to stave off the post Glasto blues 
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08-03-2009, 19:14
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Setting is the grounds of Escott Park and the Guardian voted it the Best for getting back to nature last year. Access to the site is easy and we have always had enough camping space. The site is small by comparison to some (especially Glasto) but big enough for you to not get bored at any point. One of the common complaints about the festival is the 'Levellers Factor' but I never get bored of seeing them. They organise it and it is their party, if the last few years are anything to go by. Travel is pretty easy but the gates don't open till Friday morning and the music starts at midday-ish so is a but tighter than some places. There are festival buses running and a few urbs are driving up
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09-03-2009, 12:10
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To add to Badgers' excellent info above, yes paolo you can definitely take your own booze, and you're allowed to carry your cans all over site.
In any case there are several great beer tents run by the excellent, local Otter Brewery (Honiton, 4 miles away) whose prices are pretty reasonable The Bimble Inn always has some cracking gigs, best stage for impromptu discoveries although it does get packed at times. Maybe less so this year if the weather improves as it surely will ....
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10-03-2009, 20:10
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Badgers & William - thanks for the info.
Will, how does it compare with EndorseIt? (Escott Park sounds prettier, and I really prefer a free-roam festival... then again EndorseIt has a better line up for me. Favouring BD at the moment.).
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10-03-2009, 20:16
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BD is much bigger, it has things like doughnut stalls and people selling glowing necklaces at night. Edid is smaller and more intimate, the food is less commercial and two years ago there were only 6 food stalls. BD is landscaped stately home grounds, Edid is in the middle of fields you can crunch across - you can just walk out. But then BD has nice old trees.
Its hard to compare the two. Last edited by wiskey; 10-03-2009 at 20:19.
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10-03-2009, 20:18
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