Bearded Theory 2012

[greenfairy43]

Yes about the same as the temperature on the Keld camping weekend

[outtolunch]

I've a feeling that weekend has scarred you for life!

[AnnaGrant]

Anyone got at Regatta 4 man dome tent? According to the internet Argos have them at half price for £34.99 at the moment and I was wondering whether to get one, rather than borrowing my son's quite expensive technical tent and risk damaging it.

Any comments/advice?

[rabid]

Exactly I had to go the extremes of buying Bert because I cant keep away from the area and tonight shall be camping out at Tan Hill for the Little Devils gig

[AnnaGrant]

I've spent the day deep in tent porn, looking round the internet and ending up in our local go outdoors lying in tents with my daughter.

Nearly ordered a Vango Alpha 400, which would be fine for me, but if son wants to go to Glastonbury next year we will need something to replace our aged Lichfield if we want to avoid water ingress.

So now I'm thinking a Vango Eos 350 will do for BT for me, and fit 2 for G next year.

I think the Eos is like the Beta, inside head height 135 and large side opening porch.

any wise words about the Eos/Beta?

[Buglet]

I must admit to not having read this thread, it all seemed a bit tent and lawnmower obsessed tbh, so appologies if this has already been covered, but has anybody got any idea about the 'special guest' slot?

I'm crossing all of my bits hoping it could be Micachu but can't really convince myself that that's likely.

[si_t]

where's the guest slot? is that the Wheatus one?

I too have been slowly losing the will to live with the tent chat.... *

* no offence intended

[AnnaGrant]

Sorry about the tent focus. I promise to restrict the tent talk.

Yes, I thought the special guest was Wheatus, but maybe there is more to be announced? There is already loads I'm looking forward to- Levellers, Damned, DR and the Medics, Chumbawamba, plus activities- cloud and nature stuff and the ballet class of course.

[rabid]

Sorry about the tent focus. I promise to restrict the tent talk.

Yes, I thought the special guest was Wheatus, but maybe there is more to be announced? There is already loads I'm looking forward to- Levellers, Damned, DR and the Medics, Chumbawamba, plus activities- cloud and nature stuff and the ballet class of course.

[si_t]

Yeah it's Wheatus, it was announced a couple of months back.

(BTW I would always go for a Vango, just pick the size that suits you best )

[AnnaGrant]

I would imagine that yurt building will be practically a compulsory activity.

[outtolunch]

save your cash, we'll just build an igloo when we get there

[Guest Flip]

Massive respect to our legal team who have successfully revistied the licence and agreed with the council workable soundlevels thru till 2am.

It was a long and expensive struggle but we have got there!! Dance tent is also now down my the waters edge firing up the slope [works better on all levels!! That along with raising the bassbins and pointing them down into the dancefloor and several other tweaks will ensure we have an enjoyable experience in the tent thru till the close.

We have also employed the leading sound monitoring and sound management team who will be working for us throughout the festival.

Its very dear to us that we are allowed to continue to provide live music at acceptable levels to an acceptable time....

[stuwilky]

Whats the score with ticket deliveries for BT? When do they start landing?

[just7]

Well done Flip and the rest of the team

I must admit, I , along with others in my group, were disappointed with the sound levels in the dance tent last year, so very encouraging to read your news.

After swearing we would give BT a miss this year , due to the problems with security/beer/camping/sound levels etc etc, we are now really looking forwards to this years as all of the issues seem to have been addressed.

You can't have perfection and I would never look for or expect that, always got to take the rough with the smooth, but last year was jus totally out of balance.

Anyway, thats enough of the past. Onwards and upwards, and , if the line up is anything to go by, I think we should be in for one amazing festival. Great dance tent line up, btw.

[Guest Flip]

Cheers Just7!!

Fully agree that sound levels were an issues between 12 and 2am on the Friday and Saturday last year.

We could have just given up and gone down the Silent Disco route [yuk! Not on my feckkin watch!!] but we all passionately believe its a fundamental right of the festival goer to enjoy decent levels until a decent time [2am for Bearded as we are essentially a family festival] with no detrimental effect to local residents...it was this clarity that we didn't have agreed from a legal perspective...we do now!!

[Perks]

Good work Flip and the rest of you guys, my first Bearded this year, am so excited....is the dance tent open the latest?

Edited April 11, 2012 by Perks

[rabid]

Whats the score with ticket deliveries for BT? When do they start landing?

[Guest Flip]

Good work Flip and the rest of you guys, my first Bearded this year, am so excited....is the dance tent open the latest?

[just7]

2 am will do nicely for me.......just about bushed by then, with time for a nice wind down chill out acoustic session before hitting the sack or a mug of coco first!

[Gnomicide]

I'm giving this some serious thought but can't really afford it. Can someone please post something negative about the festival to put me off?

[ivan]

I'm giving this some serious thought but can't really afford it. Can someone please post something negative about the festival to put me off?

[PastCaring]

Its in Derbyshire !

[ivan]

That's not negative - that's positive!

[PastCaring]

True! Fortunately, it's only a 5 minute walk from mine to the county border!