Torchlight - Heather Small

-

 Another lovely nights sleep then I got up with Misty before we settled in for pfaffing. No rush today as nothing began till 2.30. I made lovely sausage and egg sandwiches while Ian did his back exercises, after which Ian went in search of an elusive Elsan point. There are several on the map but we haven’t managed to see one in the wild yet. He returned triumphant and took the toilet away to empty. He also poured the grey waste (mucky water) in the woods as directed. We both chilled a bit, literally in my case as the weather had changed and I was freezing, before having a spot of lunch then wandering up to see Fake Kate Bush. She was excellent and I managed to belt out my rendition of ‘Wuthering Heights’ with gusto.


Fake Kate

We returned to Dame Shirley again, and after a while Ian went and fetched us a lukewarm pizza and some chips. The food hasn’t really been much cop here. 

Next up was my favourite act of the weekend. Toyah. She was brilliant and had so much energy, she is 66. She did a mixture of her own songs and festival favourites, playing right into the crowds hands. We also managed to worm our way really close to the front.


The Amazing Toyah


In the mosh pit again.

Another little break for us before the last act. Heather Small. Not quite Toyah but pretty good, she also had loads of energy and left us with a great rendition of ‘moving on up’. 


Heather giving it all

We were soon back at Dame Shirley and off to bed.

We had to leave by 12 the next day so plenty of time for pfaffing. Then it was all go packing up and moving on out. We had had such a good weekend. Comparing it to Clubfest, it is much smaller so not as much going on, but we were much closer to the action. The weather was much better here though. 

We will definitely come again!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Carsington Water - Saint Monty

-
Image
 If you recall, we closed the door on Monty’s confused face and went off to bed. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock soon after and it was 8am! I had heard nothing during the night or early morning. No children, no birds, no Ian going to the loo, and most importantly no Monty. Ian got up to make coffee, and there he was, his lovely confused face looking back at us. Ian fed him and took him out while I made coffee and battened down the hatches in the bedroom. I had fetched a big blankie to cover the bed so he could jump up. But sadly (happily in Ian’s eyes) he cannot manoeuvre enough to leap up. So there he lay at the bottom of the bed just being good. After a lovely long pfaff I made the first day Full English, Monty didn’t even get under my feet (much). Full English We then pfaffed a bit more before setting off on another walk, this time to the visitor centre down the other end of the lake. The weather was a bit cool for the hot spell, so I dithered about what to wear, finall...
Read more

Baltic Wharf - The Run

-
Image
 No more car alarms in the night but I did manage to knock over my water. Only my magazine got wet though. My turn for Misty so I fed her and put the kettle on before we walked over to the dog postage stamp. As it’s near the gate I was able to see that there were already stewards and cones I place. The run will go right past the site on the opposite side to the wharf. No exit or entry here till 3pm. Chris and Ian were in full race mode from moment one. All stretching and porridge. Tape, bandages, gel and sun cream were all applied with vigour. There was more stretching and lots of trips to the loo, until about 10am they were ready to depart.  Good luck boys They would be meeting Vicky at the start, if she is real and not mythical. Chris,  being quick, would be in the first wave. Vicky and Ian, being slow, in the last. This has been a real bone of contention as Ian feels he must have put down the wrong expected time and should be in wave one too! Not that Chris has been ma...
Read more

Abbey Wood - A New year in Dame Shirl

-
Image
 Sadly for us, it was early April before Dame Shirley saw her first outing. Happily for us, the reason was our Ruby wedding cruise. Over the winter Ian had prepared a new shelf to go by the sink. It looks very nice. The heating had  broken, but Ian was able to mend it with the help of Olaf on utube. And Chris had got me a lovely new light for Christmas. Gorgeous new shelf The reason for the trip to London was that Ian was running the London Landmarks Half Marathon in aid of Alzheimer’s Research, and also to check out The Caravan and Motorhome Club Abbey Wood site. This is the nearest site to central London and very popular. Ready to run Although we were all locked and loaded, our plan to leave around eleven was scuppered because Ian had to take his mum to the doctor. She had a chest infection and, he reported, was in a prickly mood. Still, with her all treated and settled back home, we were able to leave around midday.  It was great to be out on the road again. It was red...
Read more