very heav
We’ve had very heavy rain witch has turned the green field of Glastonbury, in to river and rivers of mud. Cafe tango had a new water feature in it (witch did take out the AP for a while), but other than that we have had a stead stream of uses in the wifi cafe. Are back stage link is up and running and in us. We have the full affect going for over three hours 5 nodes four field, 48 different macs on the private side, over the past 24 hours.
I’ve spent the day wandering around the site and think I’ve probably walked around it twice. It’s a big site. And it was pouring it down off and on throughout the day. So I’d walk for a bit then duck inside a tent while it rained. So this morning I watched jugglers in the circus field tent, Big Beat in the Cabaret tent (drums from various bits and pieces and really good music), then some interesting poetry, then I just walked and looked at things. Ended up down at the John Peel stage in time for a Finnish metal band – very loud. Then the cinema field where I saw most of An Inconvenient Truth. And finally to the Avalon stage where I was waiting for the one act I’ve been trying to see since 2004. First though there was a very good boogie band and that was fun.
So in 2004 Joe and I had headed to a stage advertising Chumbawamba acoustic, but no one seemed to know what was going on and they never came on. So a few months later I saw a concert of theirs advertised, but then couldn’t get tickets. So this year, at the Avalon Stage today was Chumbawamba acoustic and third time lucky – I was there, Joe was there, Olly was there, and Chumbawamba was there. Playing old and new folk and protest music. Hooray! And they were wonderful.
In all a very good day indeed.
Frog Blog
At Glastonbury at last. Finished work at 4 yesterday and headed for the train. Went much better than I expected so I was put on the 4.30 train. That stopped in Reading and the managers were saying ‘if you are going to Castle Cary and standing you must get off this train’; that would have meant a yet another change at another station. So I slunk away from the door and on into the train where a nice man, who had been standing by me at the door, jumped up and said there was a seat next to him. That was lucky as later there were signal failures (good ol’ railway in Britain) so that train was quite late in.
Having said that, once at Castle Cary everything went easily – no queue for the bus, for the entrance, everything was just walk on. So once on the site got ready to find the Greenpeace field only to find Joe had come down to meet me. So off to the tent (it’s a long walk from the entrance gate to the Greenpeace field). Saw ActionAid people and Greenpeace people, had dinner and a very short stroll, sat by the fire, then sat in the big wooden seats in the garden trying to keep the idiots from pissing on the tents. What is it about people that they will by pass a loo to wee against a wall?
Up far too early this morning and am getting ready for a stroll around. First thing I really want to see is this evening. Otherwise I’m just going to wander around and see what there is to see! The fun of Glastonbury.
Frog Blog
To days the day, it actually opens, line was very slow this morning so we took the classic option reset the switch then reset the router.
Yesterday was very busy and very stressful, hope to day is quiter. It rain most of last night so a wet and muddy field but if thats it it will dry out by afternoon.
