Who's off to Beat Herder then?

[Shirl]

I will be there Saturday afternoon/evening. Anyone fancy meeting for a pint?

 

[sojourner]

I'll no doubt be seeing you there Shirl - I'll bring that book with me.

Can't come soon enough for me this - seriously need some time off from the world.

 

[Teaboy]

Sticky.

 

[Shirl]

I was only there on Saturday. Wolfie played some tunes, I drank too much and Paddy Steer was amazing as always. There was mud but it was doable and I saw sojourner and her bloke

 

[moonsi til]

I do so enjoy Paddy Steer

 

[sojourner]

Fab to see you there Shirl - sorry we sloped off and never reappeared, but Gary had mentioned brilliant drummers down at Stumblefunk, and then there was this fucking brilliant DJ rave set on, and then there was the Igloo, and the trees, and a big old whirl of dancing and laughing and smiling and then suddenly it was 3.20pm on the Sunday and we were still sat round yakking in the tea yurt!

Best Beatherder for a good few years this one. Proper loved up, loads of top quality folk, and the music... My god. The Igloo was 100% fucking amazing and we kept going in and losing hours in there. Toiltrees Friday evening - whoever was playing was the best I've heard in there in 8 years. John's set in the Perfumed Garden was banging, and the only real downer was being one of the many people whose car got broken into on the car park. All done same method, hole punched in beside the lock, central locking disabled. Satnav and driving glasses nicked, and spending half of the rest of my holiday on the fucking phone to insurance and plod. Oh, and seriously wanker security too. I actually saw them following round the vodka jelly man, forcing him to give it away cos 'it's not allowed' They were putting hands on people too, searching them. Not allowed, fuckers.

 

[Teaboy]

I also had a fantastic time, so much variety for a small festival and bang up for it crowd.

We managed to get our tents up before the rain came on Friday and it mostly cleared up by the time the arena opened so that wasn't an issue. I did think the mud was pretty bad though, it made moving between areas pretty treacherous but it was all good spirited picking each other up.

I can't really remember what I saw except a few minutes of a hilariously shit set by James and some great stuff in the Ring (the bass in there is as good as anywhere I've been recently). The only down side for me was the searches going into the arena, its just bullshit and really puts you off moving between the campsite and the music. It gives it a commercial festival feel. Thing is they were only looking for booze so they should be more explicit about the restrictions on their website. The website is all bit chummy but then security enforce with an iron fist.

Anyway that aside it was a fantastic 3 days. What I would say though is this one is not for the faint hearted, we were camped between some large groups of late teens / early 20's and they were bang on it from the word go. We got on well with them and it was all good natured but we had to have the right attitude for it because they were total chaos. This is a full on festival but well worth making the effort.

 

[Teaboy]

Fab to see you there Shirl - sorry we sloped off and never reappeared, but Gary had mentioned brilliant drummers down at Stumblefunk, and then there was this fucking brilliant DJ rave set on, and then there was the Igloo, and the trees, and a big old whirl of dancing and laughing and smiling and then suddenly it was 3.20pm on the Sunday and we were still sat round yakking in the tea yurt!

Best Beatherder for a good few years this one. Proper loved up, loads of top quality folk, and the music... My god. The Igloo was 100% fucking amazing and we kept going in and losing hours in there. Toiltrees Friday evening - whoever was playing was the best I've heard in there in 8 years. John's set in the Perfumed Garden was banging, and the only real downer was being one of the many people whose car got broken into on the car park. All done same method, hole punched in beside the lock, central locking disabled. Satnav and driving glasses nicked, and spending half of the rest of my holiday on the fucking phone to insurance and plod. Oh, and seriously wanker security too. I actually saw them following round the vodka jelly man, forcing him to give it away cos 'it's not allowed' They were putting hands on people too, searching them. Not allowed, fuckers.

Sorry to hear about your car. We didn't hear anything about it at the time but I've always thought cars at festivals are a bit vulnerable. Like with a lot of festivals these days security seem to spend more time hassling people who are not causing any problems rather then ensuring safety for persons and property.

 

[Teaboy]

Also why the fuck was the general stores in the campsites selling porn? Really? Was it some sort of Northern joke that I missed?

 

[moose]

driving glasses nicked

Really?
Sorry about your stuff and your car, that's a right pain to put right.

 

[moonsi til]

Porn really...

 

[Teaboy]

Porn really...

Yup. Top shelf of newsagent stuff but porn all the same. I know it doesn't market itself as a family festival but it was still a bit wtf? That's why I thought it must be some sort of joke I was missing.

 

[sojourner]

Sorry to hear about your car. We didn't hear anything about it at the time but I've always thought cars at festivals are a bit vulnerable. Like with a lot of festivals these days security seem to spend more time hassling people who are not causing any problems rather then ensuring safety for persons and property.

That's never happened in eight years of BH mate. Lots of folk thinking security was involved tbh, as they didn't give any shits whatsoever when people reported it. Bunch of cunts. Loads of women saying they got touched up too.

I've already said on the FB page that I want that carpark monitored in future. I've got a £200 fucking excess on my insurance that it's gonna cost me to pay now. Last thing I needed. A mate of mine had to write hers off, cos the cunts broke into her locked glove box and completely fucked the bodywork in doing so.

Also why the fuck was the general stores in the campsites selling porn? Really? Was it some sort of Northern joke that I missed?

Didn't see that. Not on, either.

Really?
Sorry about your stuff and your car, that's a right pain to put right.

Yep - I wasn't the only one either. I mean, come on, loads of pairs of glasses nicked?? Is that out of some twisted spite or what? They don't look like there's half a fucking ton of beak in there do they?! Made the drive home 'interesting'.