We travelled down on Weds morning, early.. hoping to avoid the crowds, no such luck! It took 2 1/2 hours of queing to get into the site but we did manage to get a camping pitch with ease after finding my friend Carol who we were going to camp with :) Pitching was hillarious and involved the use of small children lying on flysheets to stop them blowing away!
We mooched around in the Sun on Wednesday and the kids made friends with a little lad who pitched up opposite with his Mum, Aunty and Uncle.It didnt seem that warm so I was amazed when I got sunburned through factor 30!!
Weds evening saw us at the cider bus for a pint of proper Somerset Cider in the sunshine and Thursday was spent exploring the site, taking photos and window shopping around the great many stalls :) We discovered the 'Education Otherwise' stall which sadly I thought looked really dissapointing : given how exciting and diverse the home ed community is it was sad to see ( the whole thing needs updating!)but the kids had their piccie taken and Soph bought a hair bobble.
Sophie and Connor loved the greenfirelds and craft fields although sadly Connor refused to eat anything which was such a shame as the food ( veggie) looked and smelled amazing!
Chloe and Her friend Charlotte arrived on Thursday evening and a lovely policeman allowed Darren to drive right into the site to drop them off :) We had planned to watch "Back to the Future" at the outdoor cinerma but sadly as soon as we reached the tent ( quite a walk!) the heavens opened... it stayed that way all evening curtailing the fun so the girls decided to take themselves off to bed... They'd only been in their tent 10 mins when there was a wail and screech of "MUUUUUMMM!!!! The tents blown down!" slight overreaction maybe but nevertheless it wasnt really looking terribly stable and my efforts to re pitch it in the pouring rain failed!
So we all ended up in my tent, 5 of us in a 4 man tent and all the gear in the porch. Fortunately my tent was large enough to cope, it was slightly cosy but adequate and the sagging pup tent was repitched sucessfully on friday morning !
Friday saw the start of the bands, opening with Kate Nash and the kids just had a ball from then on...! We spent the weekend variously sharing children with The guys opposite who we formed a larger group with so everyone got to see what they wanted without me having to split myself in three! Chloe and Charlotte enjoyed the Ting Tings while Soph, Connor and their friend Brad saw the Hoosiers, Over the course of the weekend we saw Duffy,Newton Faulkner, Jack Penate, James Blunt, Scouting for Girls ( amazing) Neil Diamond( brilliant)The Wombats, The Fratellis,The feeling,Crowded house ( amazing!) Jay-Z.. ( not my cuppa at all Im afraid, I thought it was rubbish!) Amy Wino house ( as the kids named her) was dreadful, slurring, shaking, staggering and droning as her band covered her!
The absolute highlight for me as The Verve on Sunday night... absolutely amazing.. although I was sad to miss Groove Armada who were equally incredible ( saw them on the TV when we got back!) I stood listening to my brothers favourite song, Bittersweet Symphony with tears streaming down my face, turned to the girls and they were all sobbing too! What a moment!) BLUB!!! where was Connor ? ASLEEP! On a picnic rug on the floor, through this hugely loud performance, fireworks the lot!!! It all just got too much for him but we partied on until the end when he woke up and staggered back to the tent!
The weather was cruddy on Friday and it got really muddy but it was back to sunshine on Saturday and dry ground underfoot which meant lots of fancy dress, crafts and face painting between bands. The kids field is brill, the kids felt really welcome everywhere, accosted the police officers everywhere we went once they realised there were free goodies to be had. It was fab, so much was free that I spent very little indeed! The only cost really was food, Id taken some thanksfully but the food stalls were VV expensive! I was glad I could feed them on demand, all the walking anf fresh air certainly increased their appetites!
Ive added my favourite pics from the weekend here but will add a link to them all at the bottom..there are far too many to just pick one!
We dont know this bloke BTW, he was just too funny not to photograph!
The rest ( well worth a look)
http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/JenGriff_photos/Glastonbury%2008/
5 comments:
Glad you had a good time. My sister sent me a photo of the red flags but no explanation as to what they were. Now I know, lol.
Lxx
Sounds fab, you lucky lucky thing you!!!
Sounds amazing, I envy you, aah well, maybe next year!
What a brilliant time you all had. Elle
It looks fantastic. Lucky you.
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