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11.30pm.. We met up with a friend of a friend at a petrol station, waited around for a bit, before heading off towards Guildford in a 5 car convoy towards the party (a good half hour's drive)....We got a bit lost on the way, but eventually found the entrance....two blokes dressed in black opened up the gate and told us to switch to side lights so not to attract unwanted attention from the police - even though it was in the middle of nowhere. We had to drive down a muddy track and sat in a bit of a traffic jam for a bit.. eventually managed to squeeze my car down the track (that now had parked cars on it as well)...as I approached the party, I could feel the thumping bass-line...

I parked my car a few meters away from one of the sound system speakers! It was pretty dark when we got there - I think it was about 1am. It was in a small clearing in the middle of a pine forest, two sound systems had been setup - one playing techno/hard house and the other playing drum&bass - a small shop (back of a van) had been setup selling drinks....uv lighting & those lights you see in clubs with mirrors on them to direct the light had also been setup.

About 200-300 people were there when we arrived. and a lot of people were already on the dance floor (it was a bit uneven...being a clearing in the woods)...Police came along at 2am and checked up on us - they only stayed for five minutes - I thought I'd better get on the dance floor before they shut it down. by 5am I was pretty knackered so I sat down next to a fire, and listened to the d'n'b sound system which was now playing funk - james brown etc....the other system was still banging out techno...

Sat by the fire, chatted to a few people....went for a walk in the woods, the sun had just come up and was shining....everything was perfect.....until 9am when a police helicopter flew over us, and proceeded to hover above us for about 10 minutes - gave me a headache - glad we made them use up loads of fuel though....eventually made a move at 9.30 - the party was still going on - only about 50 people still there....top night out....

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