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I’m going with kidzfield

Glade announced today 🙂 edit: may have read this post incorrectly 😂

Music-wise it's solid and cannot complain about that at all. The demographic of the crowd is a little bit older as well, and a lot of Islanders use it for socialising. Also, If you're driving in, try and swing by a couple of places for fancy rations if you can: https://www.harveybrowns.co.uk/ - the most amazing farm shop with plenty of local scran https://www.woodfordandsons.co.uk/ - world's best sausage rolls. It's a PITA to park around here, but the sausage rolls are worth it https://www.facebook.com/p/Ryde-Bakery-100057369282694/ - The buns here are AMAZINGGGGGGG The food on the Island is top tier for sure.

I swore after last year never again, but I've been very very very tempted by Green Day... but not enough to go and faff about to the late night ferry on a Sunday.

Are you staying on-site for IOW? EDIT: I've done IOW a few times and to be totally honest it's not my favourite. You've got the Bembridge Red Trouser brigade and a lot of bored teenagers as well. My approach is usually staying at a cheap Air BnB in Ryde, then getting the shuttle bus there and back each day. Nice bakery on Ryde's Union Street. Otherwise, take as much as you can muster if you're staying on-site because it's pretty ruralish. You can't just nip to the supermarket etc.

Ooooh Vlure!

Echo have definitely played before. I think this may be our lot now.

That line up looks cracking!

100% this. Like I’m bouji in that we have a campervan but whenever I go to a festival that has like a VIP upgrade or some sort of upgraded campsite which costs as much as a house deposit, I get the ick.

I guess what I'm trying to say in a super weird and convoluted way is that we don't get to enjoy the little pleasures anymore because the money is all funnelled away by the super rich.

I chat to people about this and one of the best examples of this is, most randomly, flowerbeds in towns and cities. Like when I was a kid there would be lovely, well-cared for flowerbeds in towns. Now, there are all these cutbacks, there's meant to be more money and industry than ever, but its all being spent by silicone billionaires playing Star Wars against each other.

The first part of "operation make a duvalay sleeping bag without actually paying £500+ the actual duvalay sleeping bag kit" is in motion. The spare covers have arrived, and I've opened one and put the summer duvet inside of it. I've then rolled it and placed it into the large duvalay bag. All seems fairly straightforward and plenty of space for the chunky foam mattress that's on its way. Lot less space than our current matress topper/quilt set up in one of those big laundry bags that we are currently using in the van.

Ugh, that sounds so depressing. Like I get it, but it does make you realise how much everything you have a sniff of passion for nowadays always ends up being turned into a commodity to make someone else richer and buy a yacht.

That's the one!

Just seen on another thread that Superstruct are up for sale later this month. The cynic in me thinks that maybe they did the big drop to push a big spike in ticket sales upfront to tweak figures maybe? Probably overthinking that, but equally likely to be a bit "not sure what's happening next" vibe in either the Superstruct or Victorious HQ. I'll take my tinfoil hat off now