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Back From Glastonbury

What a time!
We got suntanned (well I got sunburned to be technically correct), Mu lost her shoe in the mud, I danced, I sang, we ate Tea & Toast, we walked (miles), we slept (little), we saw the Pyramid Stage 'Shaken', we saw Pigeons Detected, we found a special type of gold, I went uptown top ranking and we found Green peace --- just a few of the delights I'll share after I've cropped the photos, washed the mud from my boots and caught up on a little Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Sorry, just dropped off there.

Love The Farm, leave No Trace --- we didn't take any trays!?

p
RP


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'I'm On My Way'

RP Happy

And the T-shirts are ready

Glastonbury Sun


GREEN ORCHARD Camouflage

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00:00:00:00

They're Here...
The gates have opened at Worthy Farm, I caught a glimpse of some sun as I pulled back the curtains and even as we speak, people are making their way to Glastonbury. The media are still wittering on about Jay-Z, x number of tickets still left to sell, the mud. Show a little backbone will you? Accentuate the positive!

5 days of not using the car (and not having to park it), 5 days of not going to work, 5 days of music and 5 days of sun (well, 3 out of 4 ain't bad!).

Look for me below...

RP


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Are We Nearly There Yet?

We've watched the DVD, and checked the webcams and packed the rucksacks and kept an eye on the weather (everyone's a weatherforcaster although 'mainly dry' is my kind of consensus!) and it's 00:08:22:22 and counting until the gates open.

One final check; Tickets, Money, Beer. Yep, we're ready...


RP


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Intent on a good time...


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Well, Well, Wellington!

model wellingtons*

I'm hoping we don't need these...


*Mu's model wellies - work in progress


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Roll On Wednesday 25th

all rolled up

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With A Rocksteady beat

And now Prince buster! Speachless!


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HAWKWIND!

Well a bit of it anyway. Just picked up on Virtual Festivals site that Nik Turner (who has reportedly attended every Glastonbury festival) will be at Shangi La. I'll polish my Silver Machine and dust off my Orgone Accumulator and ponder why space is dark and so endless.

That's another one to add to my impossible list.

Oh, and I've just seen flags up at Green Fields from the webcam. Well, they're exciting aren't they!


RP


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Someone Had To Go And Mention The Toilets Didn't They!

'This is Wiltshire's' SOS for festival-goers might just save some souls...

(sounds a bit girly to me, what the hell's a facial spritz? But I agree about the keeping clean and not smelling bit - biodegradable wetwipes have already been purchased...)


RP


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And Yogurts, Don't Forget Yogurts

Yeo Valley, I like their site...


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The Man, Not The Milkshake*

Shakin' Stevens article by The Times


* I like the milkshakes too!


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A List Of Possibles

Live Zion Train Dr Alex Patterson DJ Way Out West Sound System Banco De Gaia Massive Attack DJ Donna Summer (aka Jason Forrest) DJ Eddie Piller Northern Soul Hexstatic Steve Hillage's Mirror System Barry Ashworth Dengue Fever Dreadzone Don Letts DJ Live & DJ Dub From Atlantis Daisy Riots Seal Cub Clubbing Club DJ Simian Mobile Disco Stanton Warriors The Verve Live System 7 DJ Cicada Groove Armada MGMT Holy Fuck Crystal Castles DJ Fatboy Slim Jimmy Cliff Live Hot Chip Booka Shade Fun Lovin’ Criminals Roisin Murphy Massonix (Graham Massey - 808 State) Spiritualized Candi Staton Shakin' Stevens Pete Doherty Live Does It Offend You, Yeah? Shakin' Stevens CSS Live The Grid Battles Tunng Mungos Hi Fi Vs Don Letts Dub Cartel The Levellers Neville Staple Tofu Love Frogs Reverend and The Makers Live Roni Size Reprazent The Paddingtons Tony Benn The Beat DJ Dub Pistols Sound System British Sea Power Pigeon Detectives DJ Dave Seaman


making the impossible, possible


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More than a Matter Of Life And Death

And in the midst of the preparations for Glastonbury, an unassuming little mail popped into my in box this evening announcing 'Good news! Your tickets have been despatched' for

IRON MAIDEN

scream for me Twickenham!


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The List

decisions, decisions...

There's method in the madness. You see it's colour-coded, there a purple for Thursday and the yellow is a must see and, oh,well you get the picture. If it looks a little blurred then that's because your brain can't handle the enormity of it or maybe you need to drink a little bit more beer (please enjoy this blog responsibly).


RP


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Portents in unlikely places

push

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Rain, Rain goaway!

There's rain on the webcam at Glastonbury! But never mind, it's a week away...


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Webcam at Glastonbury

Only a week away!

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Glastonbury-inspired Birthday Card

make camp

*Note - the sun, no overcrowding, the private toilet!


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Oh! This is intolerable...

I've just found the times for all the dance acts at the dance village on the Mixmag website. I'm updating them on my list, which I'll have to photocopy again.

And that's not all! I've spent the afternoon being introduced to a whole host of new music which I'm somehow going to have to blend into the mix.

I've just gone to Way Out West's Myspace - they're on the list now!

You know what this is leading to don't you? I'm going to be throwing the sheets of my list into the air and then divining who to see like some scryer with a set of bones - you know? That's not a bad idea...


RP


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See, this is just what I mean!

No sooner have I got my head around a list of bands to go and see, another one pops up on the Glastonbury website!

Tunng - playing on the Park Stage - Sunday


'that's another one for hi-lighting on my list. Which colour though? Keep it coming, I've got plenty of hi-lighter pens, just keep it coming...'


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Kinda Scientific, Sort Of!

'and so I went to the website and there was this massive list of bands playing . So I look through and see some bands and say, hey! I'm going to see them. And then I come off but go back on later and see a load more bands that I must have overlooked the first time. So now, I'm juggling names around in my head. This is repeated another couple of times and the last time I went on new bands really had been added to the list so now I'm a master juggler with new balls being thrown into the mix at every turn! And now, I've printed a list of the list and bought some hi-lighter pens and I'm starting to hi-light the hi-lights (if you get my drift) and when I'm finished, there's going to be this list, from my list, of the list. The list is somehow going to mastermind my festival days...'

Kinda scientific, sort of!


RP


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They're Here!

The tickets have arrived!
The tickets have arrived!

Here they are, in their little envelope, all colourful and waiting to convey us to the land of green fields and music and maybe some sun but hopefully not too much rain...


RP


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Webcam

BBC's Glastonbury webcam


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Weather Update

Weather Report

Official sources close to this reporter suggest a sunny outlook for Glastonbury!


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Gentlemen, start your engines...

The tickets are coming! The tickets are coming!

My daughter has just received hers, ours must be oh so nearly in the post... :-)


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Pre-Festival Soundtrack

Massive Attack - Collected karmacoma
Groove Armarda - Soundboy Rock website
Groove Armarda - goodbye country (hello nightclub)
808state - quadrastate website
Banco de Gaia - Welcome to Ferengistan
Dub From Atlantis (and go to free music downloads)
Dreadzone
The Orb & MySpace
Zion Train (MySpace)
Steve Hillage's Mirror System (MySpace)

Dave Seaman DJ'ing

RP


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Level Pegging

tent peg

Tent peg, biodegradable of course. Just hope they don't biodegrade before I've finished using 'em!

From Greenstake, available at Millets under biodegradable pegs.


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Excess Baggage

pull to eject

Tent check, bag check, now what else do I need...

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