Loopallu 2009

[Dyceloon]

hi folks,

looking forward to my 1st loopallu and a return to the very wonderfull Ullapool where i,ve enjoyed the local hospitality on a few occasions ..hic...done t in the park and Bella so far this year and enjoyed both but a new festival is always a buzz and i,m hoping it will be the start of a long relationship !

Line up looks great to me and it will suppliment the most important aspect of festivals for me and thats the comaradery and crack of like minded folk .i hope folk give the View a chance.I,m no spring chicken and i,ve seen them a couple of times and theve been great .The band have been waxing lyrical on a couple of sites about looking forward to coming back over to loopallu and encouraging some of their , as some might see , more lofty peers, to get back to their roots and do smaller festivals like this .

Anyhoos , hope to get into some banter and beer with you all over the weekend !!

[Paul ™]

See you there

[Chazeboy]

hi folks,

looking forward to my 1st loopallu and a return to the very wonderfull Ullapool where i,ve enjoyed the local hospitality on a few occasions ..hic...done t in the park and Bella so far this year and enjoyed both but a new festival is always a buzz and i,m hoping it will be the start of a long relationship !

Line up looks great to me and it will suppliment the most important aspect of festivals for me and thats the comaradery and crack of like minded folk .i hope folk give the View a chance.I,m no spring chicken and i,ve seen them a couple of times and theve been great .The band have been waxing lyrical on a couple of sites about looking forward to coming back over to loopallu and encouraging some of their , as some might see , more lofty peers, to get back to their roots and do smaller festivals like this .

Anyhoos , hope to get into some banter and beer with you all over the weekend !!

[butchwade]

Just back from Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicester.

I took the opportunity to check out the Lightning Seeds for everybody!

They were absolutely SUPERB!

Lots of lovely joyous tunes, and all those half forgotten favourites that came flooding back to me.

I'd forgottten just how many great songs Mr Broudie has written.

They were so much better than the last time I saw them (admittedly many years ago!)

I reckon they will be cracking headliners at Loop

And no ............. he didn't sing THAT song!

[Paul ™]

And no ............. he didn't sing THAT song!

[Dyceloon]

great news re the lightning seeds being on form ..+1 that thinks theyll be perfect headliners .Just dragged out their greatest hits for a revisit on the ipod ! nice !

Edited August 17, 2009 by Dyceloon

[Dyceloon]

See you there, im guessing you come from not far away from us (Inverurie) judging by your username?????

[bryanb]

thinking of traveling Thursday late avo .is it still best part of 5 hour drive from our neck of the woods ?..

[butchwade]

Bryan, will our Janice be compereing again?

I do hope so.

[Paul ™]

4 weeks to go, whens the rest of the acts and the other headliner being announced?

Edited August 18, 2009 by Paul ™

[butchwade]

4 weeks to go, whens the rest of the acts and the other headliner being announced?

[Paul ™]

Interesting question, Paul.

I had assumed that the Lightning Seeds were the other headliners....?

[bryanb]

Bryan, will our Janice be compereing again?

I do hope so.

[Dyceloon]

I'm driving up from Portlethen, Aberdeen to Inverness can be done in about 2 and a half hours or less depending on traffic. Ullapool is 1 hours drive from Inverness

[Chazeboy]

cheers.thought ullapool was further from inverness but thats great.should still be some daylight left when we get there .

[Paul ™]

Pitch tent, then off for food and pub

[butchwade]

Traditional says we normally meet in The Seaforth on the Thursday night for some grub and drinks. They usually have a band on too on the Thursday night as part of the Loopallu Fringe

[backwards bar]

Traditional says we normally meet in The Seaforth on the Thursday night for some grub and drinks. They usually have a band on too on the Thursday night as part of the Loopallu Fringe

[butchwade]

Think I'm comin up on the wednesday noo. Are you campin at the same spot as last year. i take it I dont have to pre book a camp space and i can just pay for wed and thursday when i arrive!!

[oldbird]

Think I'm comin up on the wednesday noo. Are you campin at the same spot as last year. i take it I dont have to pre book a camp space and i can just pay for wed and thursday when i arrive!!

[butchwade]

We are coming up on the Tuesday. I emailed the site and they said no need to pre book. See you all there

[oldbird]

Congrats Oldbird!

Tuesday is the earliest arrival date so far on the forum!

[backwards bar]

We are coming up on the Tuesday. I emailed the site and they said no need to pre book. See you all there

[theampersanddevil]

Ok guys

I think I'm just looking for a bit of encouragement.

I don't want to seem like a sado but I want to go to Loop but no one I know can go so I'm thinking of going on my own.

Is there enough for me to do on my own?, are other people going on their own? Its a bit of a drive up on my own so I'll be going on the thursday and I've got the tent set up down to 15 mins. So is there much to do on the thursday?

I really like my festivals but have only went to Bella this year (not only in a negative way, it was brilliant) and I want to go to this one. But I've never done a festival on my own.

I just need talked into it. (but I've already booked the time off work so I'm nearly there..)

[theampersanddevil]

On the subject of the view, I saw them a few years ago at Glasgow New Year.

They looked like they were one shandy away from not being able to play a note....but because of that it felt like I was watching a real rock and roll band. They were really good.