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[Spliffman]

Eh up,
      Could anyone tell me if there are any "sniffer" dogs at the gates
of Beautiful Days?

   Thanks ;-)>

[FunkyDenz]

There weren't any last year, but always best to err on the side of caution.

[rabid]

How many festivals do? Only one I can think of is IOW.

[Spliffman]

rabid, on 22 July 2011 - 10:50 PM, said:

How many festivals do? Only one I can think of is IOW.

My friend went last year and said that, there was a dog and handler on the gates.
Then when he went back to his car the dog had gone. Just wondered if anyone else could confirm this or not?

[Couchy]

rabid, on 22 July 2011 - 10:50 PM, said:

How many festivals do?

Sonisphere had just one.

[FunkyDenz]

Bestival had some last year.

[5co77ie]

GuilFest had dugz too - do Exeter's polizia even have any?

[Couchy]

FunkyDenz, on 23 July 2011 - 01:09 PM, said:

Bestival had some last year.

Didn't notice this but I did turn up around 9am.

5co77ie, on 23 July 2011 - 05:42 PM, said:

GuilFest had dugz too

Very surprised by this! As a family festival & a steward there last year on the main campsite entrance, I didn't see one all weekend.

[Spliffman]

OK thanks, I'll take it as a possibility. Will just have to be a little bit more careful. ;-)>

[outtolunch]

5co77ie, on 23 July 2011 - 05:42 PM, said:

GuilFest had dugz too - do Exeter's polizia even have any?

Yes a black lab called Murphy

[gjammer]

They had a whole bunch of police the second year stop and searching people under the bridge leading to the site and they had one at the entrance with a dog last year too.  Apart from that I can't think of any other times I have seen at that festival.  I didn't even notice the one at Sonisphere but they were doing bag searches there.

[Spliffman]

gjammer, on 24 July 2011 - 12:43 PM, said:

They had a whole bunch of police the second year stop and searching people under the bridge leading to the site and they had one at the entrance with a dog last year too.  Apart from that I can't think of any other times I have seen at that festival.  I didn't even notice the one at Sonisphere but they were doing bag searches there.

Is this Beautiful Days you're on about?

[5co77ie]

Couchy, on 23 July 2011 - 08:42 PM, said:

Didn't notice this but I did turn up around 9am.

Very surprised by this! As a family festival & a steward there last year on the main campsite entrance, I didn't see one all weekend.

If you'd looked across to the top of the car park you'd have seen the police vehicles parked up there Friday with dog pens in the back of their vehicles.

[5co77ie]

outtolunch, on 24 July 2011 - 09:12 AM, said:

Yes a black lab called Murphy

I heard Murphy had retired, and they were training up a spaniel:

[Flip]

Not been to BDs for a couple of years now but they used to stop people on the road in and dip for red diesel [I mean! Come on!!] and then as you entered the parking field they were taking random vehicles into the corner and searching with dogs..

[gjammer]

Spliffman, on 25 July 2011 - 09:13 AM, said:

Is this Beautiful Days you're on about?

Hi yes it was Beautiful Days and I'm pretty sure it was the second year.  I saw one guy in a white van get searched at the bridge and he was pulled over and searched again when he entered the site.  I have been a few years since and have not seen anything like that again

[swell]

Last year about 11ish on the Fri morning, was plenty of dogs and wagons when entering the car park. Remember turning a corner from the lanes on to the metal track and thought shit!. Thankfully they were only pulling over people with dread's or in a camper van or those with a dog tied on string. took me a little by surprise!

[quisling]

Can't remember if it was 2008 or 9, but our car was pulled over on entering the site around 10am.

There were several police cars and vans at the extreme right of the car park under the trees and there were certainly a couple of dogs, though they didn't bring them over.

The search they did on us was pretty cursory, I thought, though I was a bit peed off at having my glass jar of coffee confiscated.

[norms]

last year there was 1 each side of the gates as you walked in from the car parks also 2 years ago they were searching peeps in the camping area on the fri going around the tents exc,if you get worried as you get near theres always the the corn fields as you go down the lane 2 discharge if not too much on you

[Spliffman]

Right just to let people know, that there was a dog on the gate as we came in thurs. 2.30ish.

Plus the police had spotters in the car parks, looking for people hideing their stash before trying to

get in. We overheard police radio saying. That the person in question (brief discription of person) had

just put a bag in his mouth!

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