Sat at Dubs

Really needed a lie in. Sent this text to Ems: "You think the guy playing Faithless 'I can't get no sleep' really loud is trying to be ironic?"  I'm gonna have to get used to festivals.. ludicrously loud music late night, early morning and all the time inbetween. Very lazy morning, which was lovely. Wandered round the stalls for a bit till it tipped it down. Got a bargain Haynes towel, SW tin, and a bungee thing to attach flags to my pole thing. Also fell foul of the DATH merchandise stand. Oops. Hunger made me leave the shelter of a weird burnt wood stall. Sun back out by the time I sorted lunch.. can't be sunbathing with crisps and a good book! Wandered over the arena again later for a listen to the bands. Wandered back for tea, wandered back for the evening's boogie. P45 were good.. lots of jumpy ska. Acts after that were rubbish. Gave up and went back to Bumble when it got all drum and bass-y. Had a much better time with a hot chocolate and Sherlock Holmes 2 on iPad in bed hehe. I'm so old!

Top tip for the day was: "shorts and wellies is not a good look"

and the cool thing of the day was watching the ground steaming in the boiling sun after the thunderstorms.

Sunday morning I was awake and ready to get the E.E.B.s on ready for folks arrival. However, they checked the website for directions, and, just like with me and the Bus Stopover, they foundout it was cancelled. Strange how I was there and had no idea! Anyway, website said absolutely no visitors, refunding tickets etc. So I toddled off (made a change from wandering) to the info tent to check. Confirmed they were not allowing visitors, and there was pretty much nothing to visit. Everyone was packing up, show and shine was cancelled and to be judged on the campsite and the Star Wars club were not coming. So, no chance of winning 50 quid to pay for my weekend then. And I now regretted now going round the campsite taking photos on Saturday, thinking I'd do it at SnS. Shame I didn't get a pic of the yellow bay with Mr Men curtains, and the old Fiat camper whose owner had used gaffer tape to cross out the Fiat badge on the front, and make a VW logo on the bonnet instead.. genius! Wonder if that instantly makes it break down?!

I did take a photo of my own little camp on the Saturday..

So.. awning chucked in a binbag (wet, not thrown away) and a quick prayer before trying to get off the muddiest part of the site. Home in time for a shower and the end of the German MotoGP, roast dinner then tennis. Disappointed for Murray but glad I didn't have to sit through 5 sets of Dad calling him a pratt.