So, I'm just back from my very first Bestival. It was FANTASTIC.
Yes, it rained, yes, there was mud, and yes, it got cold, but we totally expected it so we were prepared and ready for anything. This meant that in actual fact, a really good time was had by all, which bordered on the incredible :)
I won't go into all the details and the ins and outs of getting there, setting up camp and all that jazz, but I'll give you the edited highlights!
The festival was the best I have ever been to. The music was diverse, the set-up well thought-through, the grounds well-prepared for the downpours and the festival goers were the nicest I've met in a long time. The food was pretty standard festival fare, but not too extortionate. My top 10 Bestival moments were:
1) Being at the barrier for Gary Numan!
2) running through the mud in my green wedding dress
3) doing the Extreme Line Dance lessons with Phil at 2am on Saturday morning in the Come Dancing tent
4) The posh loos and the fact that they cleaned the toilets out properly every day!
5) The X-Box social tent - hurrah for playing Trivial Pursuit with a hangover in the morning
6) watching a man dressed as a clam dance the Waltz
7) all of the fantastic fancy dress outfits in the Saturday Parade - the family of Prawns and the Titanic were my favourites
8) the Gordon's Gin Sanctuary
9) free underwear and condoms being given away
10) Bestivalley, with all the glorious flags and hot coffee and crepes - and CLEAN GRASS TO SIT ON!
Definitely going back next year, regardless of who is playing because it was totally magical and surreal and drunken fun all rolled into one.
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