Sat 19th/Sunday 20th July 2014 - 40th Anniversary Lambeth Country Show at Brockwell Park

[ohmyliver]

Well, my daughter and my nephew loved the camel racing. It induced dramatic pointing and shouting in amazement at the camels. That's good enough for me....

They are 16 months and 19 months old though.

 

[TopCat]

Great to see everyone. My daughter thought our chums were great. The rain, well my Kndle is borked, I have never been wetter. Cheers to Eastender for the loan of clothes. It was a terrible decision after a lot of chucklehead to buy a bottle of brandy. I am paying a high price right now.

 

[Rushy]

Disappointed to have missed the show - I was on holiday. I almost convinced my gf to drive through the night so that we could make it in time for an earlier ferry and be back in time for Sunday afternoon - sounds like it was a good job that I didn't...

Well done to all the hardy wet folk!

 

[geminisnake]

oh and, in what appears to be turning into a tradition, the picnic blanket got abandoned *again* as there were people huddling under it... dunno if A.N.Other urbanite has picked it up again?

It's currently in EastEnder's bath drying. I ended up using it as a cape. It's still wet!

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Ive never been so wet either! when it first started it kind of added to the debauchery, a bit of rain wasn't gona stop us, but after a while it got freezing and I could barely see in front of me with rain. It was quite funny hiding in a portaloo, 4 of us squeezed in and could hear the funny conversations of neighbouring portaloos where people were doing the same.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The rain yesterday mucked things up a bit didn't it? A bit surprised they abandoned it as it was over after a while. I had to hide in a portaloo- good job there was so many of them and so clean. all my Rizlas were bloody soaked!

If someone got hit by lightning whilst standing under a tree, no doubt someone would try to sue Lambeth Council

 

[Crispy]

The rain may have stopped but the ground would have been saturated. Glastonbury's equipped to deal with that sort of situation, but the country show isn't.

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

but i did persuade some strangers of the righteousness of the hamlet.

Pretty sure that was me

 

[leanderman]

Disappointed to have missed the show - I was on holiday. I almost convinced my gf to drive through the night so that we could make it in time for an earlier ferry and be back in time for Sunday afternoon - sounds like it was a good job that I didn't...

Well done to all the hardy wet folk!

What kind of crazy fool leaves Brixton in July? Best month!

 

[Rushy]

What kind of crazy fool leaves Brixton in July? Best month!

And for campervanning in Ireland, apparently. Like I had any choice in the matter anyway...

 

[Orang Utan]

Not til 7 though. I think it will be a fine day. Intermittent sunshine and lower temperature than yesterday. Perfect.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Pretty sure that was me

at the bus stop in crystal palace?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I did think about your comments whilst standing there with my umbrella, smug in the knowledge that I anticipated rain between 10-1.00pm (didn't happen) and around 4.00pm

 

[Lazy Llama]

We left just before the rain came down.

Didn't see anyone I knew but did manage to appear in a FB photo by a friend who I haven't seen in 10 years!

 

[T & P]

I was glad to see the 'strictly no alcohol other than that purchased at the site' rule was royally ignored by just about everyone.

£10 for a pint of Pimms... megalulz.

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

at the bus stop in crystal palace?

yep - hello!

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

I was glad to see the 'strictly no alcohol other than that purchased at the site' rule was royally ignored by just about everyone.

£10 for a pint of Pimms... megalulz.

yes that rule turned out to be a lie put on the website in the hope of increased bar sales. Pint of Meantime I saw was £5 each, which is shocking. It was a bit tricky keeping beers cold for more than half an hour though unfortunately!

 

[el-ahrairah]

yep - hello!

hello! good to have met you!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Great to see everyone. My daughter thought our chums were great. The rain, well my Kndle is borked, I have never been wetter. Cheers to Eastender for the loan of clothes. It was a terrible decision after a lot of chucklehead to buy a bottle of brandy. I am paying a high price right now.

I hope someone got a photo of you dressed in eastender's clothes.

 

[EastEnder]

I hope someone got a photo of you dressed in eastender's clothes.

Everyone looks good in beige.

 

[Greebo]

Everyone looks good in beige.

Yeah, say it often enough and somebody might even believe you.

 

[fortyplus]

The rain may have stopped but the ground would have been saturated. Glastonbury's equipped to deal with that sort of situation, but the country show isn't.

People just get muddier at Glastonbury because it's further to go home. Never ceases to amaze me how well Brockwell Park drains. But that was something else. Many rivers to cross on the way home.

 

[Manter]

Worried that I made absolutely no sense to whoever I talked to on Saturday afternoon
- a gallon of Chucklehead making me so incapable that I crashed at 8pm, having stealthily fled a friend's house post-show, leaving my family behind with them.

You not only made sense, the Northerner thought you were charming

 

[friendofdorothy]

Sorry that you missed everyone, but relieved that it wasn't just me (in spite of spending 4 hours there on both days). The only urbanite I saw over the park was friendofdorothy (lovely hat BTW), although I came across Manter just about to enter the park as I was on the final stretch home yesterday.

Lovely to see you too - sorry I was a bit faded with the heat by the time I saw you, despite my biggest hat.
I saw CH1 on the Brixton Society stall on saturday but missed all other urbs.

I got a brockwell park badge.

Oh yes forgot that and 2 'I love lambeth' badges that I definitely didn't want and have no idea what to do with...

 

[leanderman]

You not only made sense, the Northerner thought you were charming

Not as charming as Badgers, who charmed my friends!

 

[tarannau]

(((Aswad)))

I, for one, blame them. For no good reason really it has to said. I have never been so thoroughly soaked, and I say that as a Glastonbury veteran of too many years to mention. Honourable mention to Tippa Irie, who managed to keep much of the crowd in place with some fine toasting despite the ridiculous rainstorms. Frankly I kept dancing and smiling until well after everything became foolishly wet.

Third time lucky? I'm not sure I care enough about Aswad to risk them again. Fine band they may have been, but after all that anticipation and biblical build up they'd have to channel the spirit of approximately 32and a half Bob Marleys to make a suitably triumphant delayed appearance to the Country Show stage now.

Many thanks to R+K and the loan of some clothes and some fine hospitality. Made the whole experience far more pleasant it has to be said.

 

[geminisnake]

Not as charming as Badgers, who charmed my friends!

Badgers is indeed charming though

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Some owls.


P1020481 by redspotted, on Flickr


P1020515 by redspotted, on Flickr

 

[Badgers]

Not as charming as Badgers, who charmed my friends!

Badgers is indeed charming though

Don't blow my cover

 

[geminisnake]

Sorry