Glastonbury 2009

Tickets secured! It's a long road but the journey starts here...


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A Missed Opportunity

People have been to festivals like 'V' and 'The Green Man Festival' recently and there is still a host of others and it got me thinking about Glastonbury; how can I get the £50 together for advance tickets in October? Have my photo's been selected for the Glastonbury photo comp? Are the cows safely back in their fields yet? and then it hit me, a missed opportunity! I wish I'd used the following tagline in my blog about Glastonbury

'The road to Glastonbury is paved with mud intentions'

RP


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A Fond farewell

As the last piece of litter is finally put away, and the grass starts to push its way through the trampled surface and the cows look to returning to their fields I will post these final fond images of our times at Glastonbury. They represent my memories which will aid the passage of time until next year's festival.

RP

Mu

Red Flag

Ruby Baby

A park Flower

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Life After Glastonbury - Ballard<>Lovecraft etc.

The Ballardian has an article about JG Ballard & HP Lovecraft. Now if only they could have gotten Masamune (Wikipedia) into the equation my triumvir of authors would have been complete.

These are the comedown days after Glastonbury; reading Dominion by Masamune Shirow, finding out about the new Cthulhu movie (jump from here), toying with the idea of reading another Ballard novel, watching Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex Second Gig...


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Trash City

Plane Heads

Mutant Drummer

Down Low and Dirty

I didn't buy a TV

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Stand Out Moment

G Stage

What was my stand out moment? There were so many; Steve Hillage's Mirror System, Dreadzone, The Glade at night, Way Out West at the Dance Village, Banco De Gaia at Croissant Neuf on Sunday night, the list goes on. But I won't forget hearing the distant strains of Chase The Devil by Max Romeo floating out across the Dance Village as I approached on Sunday morning and approaching the G Stage to find Don Letts DJ'ing. It got better. Dr Alex Paterson (The Orb) joined him on stage and then took over. From start to finish, it was a history lesson MPLA by Tapper Zukie, Uptown Topranking - Altea & Donna, Al Capone - Prince Buster, The Model by Kraftwork reworked and dubb'd - pure magic.

Don Letts - concentrates on old school reggae

Don Letts - the history lesson in effect

Don Letts & Dr Alex Paterson

Dr Alex Paterson - the doctor will see you now

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The Park

Memories of The Park - this was a great area with lots to discover and best of all Tea & Toast including vegetarian bacon rolls!

The Park Stage Banner

The White Rabbit

The View From The Park

Tea & Toast - a lifesaver

Santogold

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The Glade

This was my favourite venue. I saw Steve Hillage's Mirror System, Massonix & Dreadzone here...

The Glade

The Glade

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Mu

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And Then The Rains Came!

The sun had beaten down on an idyillic site, anticipation was mounting, tans were even starting to appear on faces - and then the rains came

It's only a trickle...

And as the damp flag surrenders to the heavens...

The symmetry of rain

An aftermath!

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Up in the Hills

Here be dragons

The view from here...

Green Crafts

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Up in the Hills

Wicker Structure

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On the move

Hats off

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Dance Village

Intent on Symmetry

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Dance Village

Spiky roof with flags

I loved this spiky balloon-type thing, it complemented the Dance Village perfectly.

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Dance Village

Dance Village flags

Flags Everywhere - flags gave voice to the breeze and each area had its own colour scheme. These were in the Dance Village.


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Dance Village

Underneath the Arches

The entrance to The Dance Village early on in the proceedings, look, you can still see grass! I passed under this arch many times and have fond memories of its droopy bits...


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A Rather Jolly Roger

Ahoy there...

This image pre-saged Dreadzone in 'The Glade' and playing an encore screaming 'Ahoy There...'


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In The Sun

A well earned rest

After a short drive but long trek with tent, sleeping bags, camping stove, food, clothes, rucksack and wheelbarrow through fields, winding pathways and uneven footing that would have tested the suspension of a 4x4 (the wheelbarrow, which it has to be admitted was probably designed for ferrying leaves from one part of the garden to another, performed admirably, it nearly broke my wrists but performed admirably), we finally reached the entrance.

We were tagged, but not in an ASBO type of way, they were so colourful (see above) and this was the beginning of a feeling of belonging. After a hiccough with getting through the gate with 'oversized' luggage we were in!

It was hot, and dusty and we had to walk around, past the gate to Worthy farm, before reaching the top of the hill, by the Worthy FM tent and the big, white spiritual tent to look down toward the Pyramid Stage past hundreds of pitched tents. This was Wednesday, about 15:30 and it was full! I expected myself and a handful of other people not hundreds of tents.

We walked down the hill, past tents on either side, past a large mountain of campfire wood with people foraging, gathering, wrestling it and down, on to the Pyramid Stage field which was vast. Seeing it in the flesh for the first time is a brilliant experience but it was capped by the need for a campsite. Halfway down the path past the Pyramid Stage field some grass presented itself on the left. 'Let's camp there' cried Mu, desperate offload the too much stuff we'd brought. I had to point out it was next to the men's urinals and although little used at present and with an excellent view of the Pyramid Stage, it would loose its appeal quite quickly. We treked on.

We had to pass through the village which again was packed with people ('I thought we'd got here early', 'we should have set off earlier', 'I told you we should have set off early') and it was getting stressful. By the time we had got to the bridge into what was the Jazz World stage field (we didn't know and didn't care by then) we were willing to camp actually 'in' the mens urinals. However, we pushed on a little further and turned right into a field that was full of tents but had some space at the periphery and it was a near periphery, a periphery that didn't require any more walking, it was a nice periphery.

It was the perfect site; near a pathway that led to a crossroad, even nearer the toilets and directly in front of 'The Diner' (more of that later) that was pumping out music louder than anything else nearby - what could be better?

I went on a little further up the field having dropped all out stuff and left it with Mu. I got through the field of tents, to The Glade and on to the field below The Park which again seemed full but full is a subjective word. With hindsight, I now know there were acres of space between the tents and we could have pitched in any of these but at the time I was looking for something that resembled 'Camping' magazine's ideal spot.

I made my way back to Mu with the news that there was more space, more fields but I was too late. She had started to pitch at our 'ideal site' and wasn't moving an inch further. I was glad I suppose (I was knackered) but I had a niggling suspicion about 'The Diner'.

Well, the tent was erected (steady) an the big pole was up (Ooh, err, missus) and we'd earned our rest in the sun. Yes, the sun!

Blue Fish

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Erection

Nice erection

What a big pole!

My pole's bigger than your pole!

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Arrival

The View From Here

Dazed and confused but inTent on a good time

You can stop smiling now!

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