heres my take on the night.
arrived on sat night and blagged way in, parked down near the rigs.
gate people seemed intent on only cash, offering them a visa card they just told us to head down to the site. on getting past these poors souls i realised there were no other marshalls/security/site helpers/first aiders!!
Each rig had set up pretty well considering and all credit for this must go to them and not the event organisors. lack of hardcore was a bit of sour point for me. no techno, no DnB :hopeless:
3 chillouts
1 hard house tent
marquee with bands in
1 housey housey tent
1 reggae tent, by far the best system at the event. stonking bassline.
1 bar made out of a 2 man tent!!
a stall selling utter market shite but did have nice glowing lights to help the munted part with their cash(flashing always does the trick)
and a caravan cafe which i thought was the highlight of the event. good to meet up with a few old friends. also mate went asking to get a set for a known producer/DJ he was told by the rig owner ‘ were fully booked’ (WTF lol) after asking someone else who then snapped at him saying something along the lines of ‘i organised this event and dont need the stress blah blah blah’ err yea ok!! to much trouble was it, arrogance is the answer!! having no general problem with the rig owners as all of them was doing their best.
but the organsition for the attendees was very poor. (see list)
i find it incredible no one was managing parking at all, which in turn meant the entry was blocked off to emergency vehicles(how stupid!!) no toilets and things like that is just plain wrong!! cant be arsed to carry on moaning so just see list and make your own minds up.
if you think im just trying to slate them then your wrong. ive got previous experience in this field and find it amazing if no court cases come of this regarding numerous breaches. take this as criticism or take as knowledge to put forward to the future, it matters to me not.
1. no real parking
2. no designated camping area
3. no first aid area
4. no first aiders
5. no marshells on site
6. no security
7. no toilets
8. no rubbish/waste collection point
9. no recycling units
10. no childrens area
11. no visible water supply
12. no counselling/support/advice unit
13. no safe lit area
14. no designated fire marshalls or fire spots
15. no hardcore
16. NO EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS!!!!!
16 being one of the most important!
also i heard on a news story on the radio ( ill try n find it) that a body of a 15 year old was found in the woods at the event, heard them say it was drugs related.
also a friend has had his car damaged whilst at the event. a pole from one of the marquees fell and hit his car, smashing the windowscreen and denting/scratching 2 panels on his car. his insurance have asked him to obtain contact details of the events public liability insurance so the matter can be resolved.i dont have a myspace account so cant leave a message on the website.
Also, anyone that paid to go are officially members for 1year, which should mean you are entitled to see the figures/monies raised at the event. they should have the all the figures of what was spent, what is paid and what is profit and then they should allow all members to see where their donations are being in reltion to this members club, it cant be a members club if they hide the info from the members.
see you all next year…..
