two 7ams in a row, you cheeky fucker 
Glade - Possibly Cancelled!! Check Before You Leave
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Not bad for an old gitDubversion said:two 7ams in a row, you cheeky fucker
ouchmonkey
Singe Gainsbourg
You know what?
I'm not regretting staying in my nice dry flat
all weekend reading the paper and watching telly.
glad to hear people made the most though
I'm not regretting staying in my nice dry flat
all weekend reading the paper and watching telly.
glad to hear people made the most though
lightweight
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
Heres a local news story from Sat.
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=4767
Glad I choose Antiworld this year but glad you had a good time despite the mud.
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=4767
Glad I choose Antiworld this year but glad you had a good time despite the mud.
DJ Squelch
King Of Insides
What were the sound levels like? Was it horribly quiet late at night (due to the new licensing conditions) or did the locals have more watery things to worry about?
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
editor said:
They do, I just got back from 1 day at a sunny and dry Lovebox, the 1st dry festival for me in 4 years and I was reminded at how great festivals are when its dry.
I would have stayed but at a dance music festival being in boots would really fuck me off.
Glad to hear people still had a nice time, part of being British I think.
Pie 1 said:
i spent almost no time at all in the crew bit.. was out and about most of the time. the sole advantage was being able to use access roads, but that's not much of an advantage. Most people I saw were having a great time.
This thread makes I laugh
It rained almost all the way through my shift from midnight to 8am Friday. Not constantly and it didn't seem that bad but around 6am it started properly hammering. Went to bed at around 9:30 with it still belting down. Awoke at around 2pm to hear the bass from the Origin (trance) stage thudding away. Jolly good I thought - it may be trance but the festival is well and truly under way.
Then I started getting bombarded with texts from people asking about it being cancelled etc. Thought I'd better get up and investigate.
The site was cut off from the outside world, the road down into Aldermaston was a river, the stream running past our campsite was a raging torrent and had risen about five feet. Our mess tent was full of bedraggled stewards with sodden possessions demanding to go home (the big puffs) but unable to get anywhere.
I volunteered for extra shifts, 'cos I was fucked if the party wasn't going to go ahead. They didn't need me and I was assured that most of the stages were open, full of people and the festival was rocking.
Yes it was hard work, yes some people suffered due to poor choice of campsite, clueless camping skills (leaving tents open etc) or sheer bad luck, but by and large we all got through and had one of the parties of the year
On Friday afternoon a group of kids arrived outside the fence around our crew campsite, laden down with gear and waving their tickets at us. They had got a taxi from Reading, been unable to get very near the site and WALKED the last few miles with tents, backpacks, sleeping bags etc determined they were going to get there if it killed them. I was pleased to put my tabard on, walk them round the fence to the gate (it was a long way) and make sure they got in without any hassle. People like that are exactly the kind of people we needed in there - and they weren't the only ones trekking in from miles around. I heard stories of people wading chest high through floods with all their stuff over their heads.
There were problems with toilets, access around site, opening stages etc etc, all traced back to the weather. But by and large, the festival was an absolute triumph for everyone concerned, punters and crew alike. It's one of the few things I find make me proud to be British - we don't let a bit of weather get in the way of a fucking good party and this one was about one million times better than Glastonbury was. Walking around site last night trying to reach stewards in far flung positions on roads our buggy couldn't cope with, I spoke to a lot of punters and traders. To a man and woman, when I asked them if they'd had a good weekend, they grinned and said 'yes'.
Well done everyone, we did good there
It rained almost all the way through my shift from midnight to 8am Friday. Not constantly and it didn't seem that bad but around 6am it started properly hammering. Went to bed at around 9:30 with it still belting down. Awoke at around 2pm to hear the bass from the Origin (trance) stage thudding away. Jolly good I thought - it may be trance but the festival is well and truly under way.
Then I started getting bombarded with texts from people asking about it being cancelled etc. Thought I'd better get up and investigate.
The site was cut off from the outside world, the road down into Aldermaston was a river, the stream running past our campsite was a raging torrent and had risen about five feet. Our mess tent was full of bedraggled stewards with sodden possessions demanding to go home (the big puffs) but unable to get anywhere.
I volunteered for extra shifts, 'cos I was fucked if the party wasn't going to go ahead. They didn't need me and I was assured that most of the stages were open, full of people and the festival was rocking.
Yes it was hard work, yes some people suffered due to poor choice of campsite, clueless camping skills (leaving tents open etc) or sheer bad luck, but by and large we all got through and had one of the parties of the year
On Friday afternoon a group of kids arrived outside the fence around our crew campsite, laden down with gear and waving their tickets at us. They had got a taxi from Reading, been unable to get very near the site and WALKED the last few miles with tents, backpacks, sleeping bags etc determined they were going to get there if it killed them. I was pleased to put my tabard on, walk them round the fence to the gate (it was a long way) and make sure they got in without any hassle. People like that are exactly the kind of people we needed in there - and they weren't the only ones trekking in from miles around. I heard stories of people wading chest high through floods with all their stuff over their heads.
There were problems with toilets, access around site, opening stages etc etc, all traced back to the weather. But by and large, the festival was an absolute triumph for everyone concerned, punters and crew alike. It's one of the few things I find make me proud to be British - we don't let a bit of weather get in the way of a fucking good party and this one was about one million times better than Glastonbury was. Walking around site last night trying to reach stewards in far flung positions on roads our buggy couldn't cope with, I spoke to a lot of punters and traders. To a man and woman, when I asked them if they'd had a good weekend, they grinned and said 'yes'.
Well done everyone, we did good there
More Pics...
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/dubversion/The Glade July 2007/
not many and they're not very good
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/dubversion/The Glade July 2007/
not many and they're not very good
mr steev
magic thought wizard
Just spoke to a mate who went... said he had a wicked time.
He went there on his own, pulled before he'd put his tent up, helped her put hers up and then had a shag... can't be bad!
He said Glasto was worse.
Got a text off another mate yesterday though, saying the only way he'd go again is if he played, and then he'd think twice! Bloody lightweight (unless he had a particularily bad experience)
He went there on his own, pulled before he'd put his tent up, helped her put hers up and then had a shag... can't be bad!
He said Glasto was worse.Got a text off another mate yesterday though, saying the only way he'd go again is if he played, and then he'd think twice!
Bloody lightweight (unless he had a particularily bad experience)
madzone said:My son was somewhere amongst that lot. Glad I'm not doing his washing
don't worry, only my trousers and boots are really bad, the rest of my stuff is just normal dirty, not silly dirty.
If your boy's a sensible lad he should be the same
