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[hopping-mad]

Dear levellers, could we please have a quiet camping area for people without kids, who like to go to bed late (without screaming, singing or arguing) and get a decent nights kip with the possibility of a lie-in in the morning. The main camping area was so noisy last year we had to move the whole camp to the family field on saturday, which we felt guilty about cos we dont have kids. Trouble is, family camping areas unsurprisingly get started pretty early in the morning so no lie in  
Now I know I sound like an old fart (I am) but Im not normally the sort to complain about noise and i appreciate festivals are going to be pretty loud but last year took the biscuit. Ive been going to BD for years but last year the main camping area felt more like reading festival at times. I can usually sleep anywhere, through anything (especially boring work meetings) but last year even i struggled. Actually fell asleep in the middle of the pogues set i was so tired.
So please can we have a quiet non-family camping area.
thankyou

p.s. liking the line up so far

[Karlhippy]

hopping-mad, on Mar 15 2010, 10:48 PM, said:

Dear levellers, could we please have a quiet camping area for people without kids, who like to go to bed late (without screaming, singing or arguing) and get a decent nights kip with the possibility of a lie-in in the morning. The main camping area was so noisy last year we had to move the whole camp to the family field on saturday, which we felt guilty about cos we dont have kids. Trouble is, family camping areas unsurprisingly get started pretty early in the morning so no lie in
Now I know I sound like an old fart (I am) but Im not normally the sort to complain about noise and i appreciate festivals are going to be pretty loud but last year took the biscuit. Ive been going to BD for years but last year the main camping area felt more like reading festival at times. I can usually sleep anywhere, through anything (especially boring work meetings) but last year even i struggled. Actually fell asleep in the middle of the pogues set i was so tired.
So please can we have a quiet non-family camping area.
thankyou

p.s. liking the line up so far

ah, bless

[JManning]

All festival campsites are noisy. There really isn't anything you can do aside from staying at a nearby hotel and getting day tickets.

My solution to a good night's sleep can be found by clicking here.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

JManning, on Apr 9 2010, 10:56 AM, said:

All festival campsites are noisy. There really isn't anything you can do aside from staying at a nearby hotel and getting day tickets.

My solution to a good night's sleep can be found by clicking here.

Not necessarily. There are loads that do manage to seperate the noisy and quiet elements as well as keeping an area for families etc.

[planetcat]

hopping-mad, on Mar 15 2010, 11:48 PM, said:

Dear levellers, could we please have a quiet camping area for people without kids, who like to go to bed late (without screaming, singing or arguing) and get a decent nights kip with the possibility of a lie-in in the morning. The main camping area was so noisy last year we had to move the whole camp to the family field on saturday, which we felt guilty about cos we dont have kids. Trouble is, family camping areas unsurprisingly get started pretty early in the morning so no lie in  
Now I know I sound like an old fart (I am) but Im not normally the sort to complain about noise and i appreciate festivals are going to be pretty loud but last year took the biscuit. Ive been going to BD for years but last year the main camping area felt more like reading festival at times. I can usually sleep anywhere, through anything (especially boring work meetings) but last year even i struggled. Actually fell asleep in the middle of the pogues set i was so tired.
So please can we have a quiet non-family camping area.
thankyou

p.s. liking the line up so far

Me and a mate are thinking about Beautiful Days this summer and were just talking about this today. As I am no longer 18 and able to party all night I would like exactly what you describe! I don't mind kids but my days of being woken at 6am by them are long gone! Maybe we'll all have to invest in ear plugs? Or create our own quiet non-family camp for people who still want to have a drink and a laugh but preferably in bed by 2am!!