What a fantastic day! After a week of weather which can only be described as crap, the loss of various marquees and tents that blew away, and are probably in Oz by now, the clouds parted and the faithful were treated to a great day of music, art, beer, Yorkshire puddings and Gothic Morris dancing.
The festival had a great feeling which was probably along the lines of 'kids at play', big and little, and often together. That moment for me was captured by the little girl who spent the evening against the crush barrier watching the Wedding Present flanked by mum, dad, big brother. Not only did she not get effected by the forty-something mosh going on around her, she was lifted out of the pit by a security man to go for a wee. And then dropped back in for the last song!
Here's my video record of The Wedding Present in action. it's a bit impressionist to say the least, but captures the good natured but frenetic nature of their set. An experience which has complemented by the good natured moshing and my favorite moment when we manged to crowd-surf a teenage boy into the security pit! Before the police are called he was accompanying us and entirely willing. In fact he seemed to see it as a badge of pride when he was returned to us by a slightly bewildered, but very nice, bouncer.
Loads of stuff to come including footage of The Alice Charmers debut on the Busk Stage, but for now I'm absolutely knackered and going to bed. A massive thanks to Kate and Oliver for giving me the chance to be part of something special.
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