Crazy Squirrel
Active Member
I wholeheartedly agree with all the comments about boomtown; it was great (despite the weather), the music and other entertainment was fantastic, and the place was just beautiful. Also having less ketamine zombies was nice, and maybe it was a more pleasant crowd to previous years.
But... better (and more) loos were definitely needed, we had to practically launch a dirty protest in trenchtown camping before they finally brought us some more portaloos on the Saturday. And paying £35 for the posh loos/showers (zooloos) wristband didn't seem to help, by all accounts they seemed to keep running out of soap, hand towels, hot water, and then were closed on Monday, with varying excuses depending on who you asked.
And when the water point lost pressure on Saturday and had a 30 deep queue, the traders nearby responded by raising their prices for bottled water... Wrong!!
The bar queues were annoying, especially at the bad apple... I missed the whole of the Skatalites waiting for drinks :-( If they want people to not smuggle in their own booze then they need to make it easier (and a bit cheaper) to buy it there.
So, festival = great
All the money grabbing bastards trying to make more money off of festivals = shit.
But... better (and more) loos were definitely needed, we had to practically launch a dirty protest in trenchtown camping before they finally brought us some more portaloos on the Saturday. And paying £35 for the posh loos/showers (zooloos) wristband didn't seem to help, by all accounts they seemed to keep running out of soap, hand towels, hot water, and then were closed on Monday, with varying excuses depending on who you asked.
And when the water point lost pressure on Saturday and had a 30 deep queue, the traders nearby responded by raising their prices for bottled water... Wrong!!
The bar queues were annoying, especially at the bad apple... I missed the whole of the Skatalites waiting for drinks :-( If they want people to not smuggle in their own booze then they need to make it easier (and a bit cheaper) to buy it there.
So, festival = great
All the money grabbing bastards trying to make more money off of festivals = shit.