mr gumby
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Just saw this on Facebook. The tweet has now been deleted, and I'm not sure if StagedoorFM is known for reliability, but thought I'd mention it...
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8 hours ago, chuckles07 said:
Now I have seen the tent maybe I can spot you. Me and Mrs C are going to BD as well. Volunteering with Oxfam - is that who Mr G is with? Either way it would be nice to put a face to an avatar over a beer!
am looking forward to BD for first time. Hopefully the shifts work for us - alongside the usual suspects I am mad keen to see Richard Thompson. He played down the road for us recently, I missed him, and apparently it (he) was outstanding.
Cheers
I am indeed! See you in the oxfield later today. look out for an orange and grey 3 man tent, and come say hello!
It's my second time at BDs, last year was my first festival with Oxfam. Really enjoyed it, despite a fair bit of not dry stuff falling from the sky. Great mix of people, very friendly, and a nice size, too. Enough to choose from, but no 3 mile hikes to get between stages!
See you there!
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Morning all
Sorry not been about very much recently (real life blah blah blah...) Very much looking forward to seeing @Curlygirl later today for a catch-up, and @Quark sometime over the weekend. I'll not have mead, I'm afraid, but you're welcome to try my range of flavoured spirits! Must admit, I'd been feeling a bit meh about Beautiful Days until yesterday. I think, having had such an awesome time at Bearded Theory in May, with Curlygirl and @paddyclark, among others, I'd started thinking that hopefully it would be good, but couldn't possibly be as good as Bearded was. Having spent yesterday packing, though, I've finally got some enthusiasm building
Hope those who went to Boomtown had a great time, seen a few photos on FB, and it looked fab. Maybe I'll get there one year!
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3 hours ago, Kashkin said:
I saw this tweet at the time, but now I can only see the main two stages plus the Little Big Top on the tweet (and same on the website), and a separate tweet with the Bandstand. The Bimble seems to have disappeared completely, which is very frustrating!
That's weird. They're all on the festival's Facebook, though. Click on the BDs symbol in the link I posted above, and it should take you there.
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Splits and running orders are up
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I'll be there
i also went to Bearded Theory, and was blown away. That'll be a regular fixture in my year, now, as will Beautiful Days. Hoping the good weather lasts a few more weeks!
Most looking forward to seeing Vintage Trouble again, and Slow Reader's Club, Feeder and The Wildhearts. Plus, the Barsteward Sons of Val Doonican and Mik Artistik are always on my list if they're playing at a festival!
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On 7/25/2018 at 4:25 PM, H.M.V said:
Pernicious Anemia.
I know nothing whatsoever about the subject, apart from what you've said (and you have my sympathy regarding any kind of chronic illness), but what I would say is this:
Fuck me, that'd be a great name for a metal band!
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57 minutes ago, Quark said:
When do you find out your shifts at BDs Gumby? Be good to grab a beer if we can!
I'm sure we can meet for a beer at some point over the weekend! I'll get my shifts when I arrive on the Wednesday. Got pretty lucky with my shifts at Bearded Theory, only one of the three cut into stage times at all, and even that was daytime rather than evening. Hoping for something similar at BDs!
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Welcome back, @pentura
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56 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:
If I had an upvote left it'd be there. #InQuarkWeTrust
Done for you, vintage
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I was also on the Pyramid field team last year, second time I've done litter picking. I'd happily do it every year, in return for not having the stress of t-day, but it's not for everyone. I've always been happy to get to sleep not long after the headliners, and be up fairly early, so I don't feel like I'm missing out there. Of course, anyone who particularly likes the nighttime areas might struggle to do a 6 hour shift straight after. I can always have later nights Monday to Wednesday if I fancy it, anyway!
I volunteer through a charity called Small Steps Project, and £100 of my deposit goes to them, to help fund their work with families scratching a living on landfill sites, so as well as contributing to the festival, I'm also happy to be helping their work. I think a few other charities provide small numbers of litter pickers, but the majority of the recycling team are organised for the festival by Critical Waste. They're probably the best bunch to contact, if you want to get involved.
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12 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:
A cider festival at Pontin's in Weston Super Mare - in February!!! What could possibly go wrong with that heady combination!? Wow, would I like to be a fly on the wall at that one! Sounds great. In fact, greater than great.
To quote our Morrissey, what aret'n turmoil ' Caligula would have blushed '.
Happy, happy everyone.
It's got some great music on too, should brighten up a chilly winter weekend!
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Evening all
it's been a while, sorry about that. Hope everyone's doing well. Today I waterproofed our new(ish) tent, ready for camping in August, and booked a ticket for the In Cider festival at Pontin's in Weston super mare in Feb, along with (hopefully) the lovely @Curlygirl among others others
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2 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:
Hello Curlygirl,
I did look at the site to see if there was and couldn't find the ticket area for campervan passes. That's just probably me being inept though, so don't doubt you for a moment. I'll have another look. The thing is that her indoors says she'll only go if I get a campervan ticket, as she says she's too old to camp now. If I didn't get a campervan ticket then I was toying with going on my own, although we are all aware of how that went disastrously wrong last year at Glasto. That said, I did have to break our vow not to be apart late last year for the Equinox Festival. We were due to go with a friend (Jamie, who was at Bearded Theory), and then my wife pulled out at the last minute. Now this meant that I HAD to go. I say HAD to because Jamie would never have forgiven us had we both pulled out of the event. I gave the other spare ticket to another efester.
If you go to the ticket page, you can click on the 'skip' button if you're not wanting festival tickets. On the next page, there's a box to click on saying 'live in vehicles'.
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8 hours ago, Quark said:
Saw Mik for the first time last year on that scorching Wed afternoon. Unvelievably for an act that's there every year (several times) he was one of my absolute highlights of the festival!
I've seen Mik and the lads a fair few times at Glasto, but the set on the woodland stage at BT was the funniest, no question. You know how some people hear a joke on Facebook or whatever, and reply with an over-exaggerated 'I'm literally dying!'? For once, that wouldn't be far off! I was doubled over with laughing, and seriously struggling to breathe. Tears streaming and everything!
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16 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:
Hello mr gumby,
I never had you down as being lanky. In fact, in my minds eye I had you down as being quite the opposite. Oh well, you live and learn. I'm not very tall myself, so was wondering what's it like up there? What can you see?
I can usually see the stage, which is handy!
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On 5/29/2018 at 12:08 PM, paddyclark said:
Do it Yog.. Just been for the first time and cracking weekend.. Way more going on than festivals of its size, excellent food and the woodland and its bar is excellent in itself. For an early Bird price of £100 hard to see anything better. Good mix of music and a good audience.
Pity you couldn't get rid of that weird lanky bloke in the loud tie-dye shirt, though!
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59 minutes ago, Quark said:
Cheers G, would much rather you'd concentrated on getting twatted than replying to me!
I suspect I'm going to have a few questions that aren't covered by the FAQs on the BD website, so if you don't mind I'll DM you a couple later. There'l be a cider in it for you when you're off shift!
No worries at all, ask away!
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On 5/24/2018 at 3:38 PM, Quark said:
So what do I need to know about BD then Gumby? Is it similar to Glasto with stuff going on into the night on a reduced scale, or is lights out and back to the tents after 11pm?
Sorry about the slow reply, Quark, I've been getting twatted in a field all weekend!
I think it's just the Little Big Top (dance tent) that goes on late. As I recall, they go until 2a.m., followed by a silent disco. The other stages finish by midnight. Any other questions, give me a shout!
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Hi everyone
i concur with what @Curlygirl said, Bearded was superb! Quite a trek from Somerset, but we'll worth it. The crowd was so friendly, the sound was great, the range of acts was excellent. I'm only just beginning to function like a normal (ish) human being again, but I'm already convinced I'll be paying many more visits to Derbyshire in the years to come!
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3 hours ago, guypjfreak said:
I love my queen....
Agreed, Hammer To Fall is a Chooon!
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7 hours ago, Quark said:
And finally, woohoo! Beautiful Days tix booked
Taking my brother, he's never done a camping fest before and the only one he's done at all is Download with a hotel room. It's my first BD but obviously got more of an idea of what it's going to be like from Glasto. He's really gotten into the outdoors and looking after mental wellbeing over the last couple of years, so properly looking forward to setting him loose
Whoop! See you there!
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7 hours ago, Quark said:
And normally clutching a bottle of mead
No mead this year, Quark, but I will be well stocked with no less than 6 home infused spirits!
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