Bin an gon an dun it :-)

Music was suberb. Atmosphere was terrific. Staff were great. Organisation was dire :-( Everything from poor site access to disgusting toilets was blamed on the weather. This is England in April for heavens sake! If the organisers could not predict that there was going to be rain and allow for that contingency, they should not be running a festival.

No communication to the audience and campers apart from through Facebook and even then that was often wrong. What they had told campers (Arena open at 11AM on Saturday. Additional gate open at 7AM on Monday) was not passed on to security staff who would not let people into the arena until 12 Noon (when the first acts started) and did not unlock the extra gate at all as far as I can tell. Security staff were briefed to let no alcohol through the gates of the arena so painstaking searches of luggage and person added to the queues. The staff were not, seemingly, briefed to stop anyone smoking pot in the arena marquees though! No mention of any refunds for missed acts of course.

A taste of the news on the festival. There are plenty of others and none, as far as I can see, are exaggurated

Anyhow, believe it or not, I really enjoyed it. It's just that I cannot believe the level of incompetance achieved by the organisers. It was almost as if they were part of our present government :-D