Woolcott

some new studio strobes.

This is a very expensive hobby…

I have tried to write this bloody post at least a dozen times now, yet every time I do and Tumblr assures me it’s saved to drafts, I return to find the whole effing thing gone. This is beyond annoying, given that I must have written the same several thousand words multiple times when I hate typing long-winded posts at the best of times.

A wise man would learn and save the draft in Pages, yet for some reason I have failed to do that. Instead I have taken the prudent measure of spending a good few hours or so swearing loudly and comprehensively at my computer and Tumblr. Alas, apparently lengthy posts make Tumblr fall over, so this will have to be a rather pared down version of my original intention when I set out to write this.

In short; 2000 Trees in Cheltenham is one of the best festivals to grace this lush green isle we’re lucky enough to inhabit, and here are a few of the reasons which validate this rather grandiose claim.

1. People are genuinely nice to one another. If you’re lacking a beer, there’s always someone to give you one; if you need to get directions whilst drunk, some lovely person will help you find your way; if you forget a hammer and are sobbing whilst attempting to secure tent pegs with a surprisingly floppy wellie, someone will lend you theirs. 
2. The music is amazing. I have found a good half a dozen artists who have already found their way into my top played playlist on iTunes, and given my obsession with John Mayer, DCFC and Imogen Heap, that’s a pretty impressive achievement in such a short space of time.
3. The food puts every other festival to shame. Great sausages, BBQs, pizzas and curries welcome the hungry and hungover festival goer; there’s even a decent slew of veggy and gluten, wheat, fat and everything-else free food which manages to avoid being flavour free. Witchcraft or a hefty pinch of MDMA(mazing) I say.
4. Frank Turner, Beans on Toast, Ben Marwood and Jim Lockey were all there. What else needs saying?
5. They actively encourage people to come and take photos/videos/recordings/notes. This is what festivals should be about; collaboration to have a shitload of fun and do some interesting stuff.
6. You met your music idols and then got to have a pint with them. How fucking brilliant is that?
7. Badger’s Bottom. It may have had beetroot and raisins in it, but it tasted bloody good and had quite the impact on the festival. Plus it came in 1000 litre dispensers; good effort.
8. Only 2500 people means usable toilets, plenty of room to camp and you don’t feel anonymous. 
9. SHEEPDOG TRIALS.
10. People walking around dressed as Oompa-Loompas were in the hookah tent; this made for much frivolity.
11. It’s only FIFTY ENGLISH POUNDS. For two days of brilliant music (or three if you pay out an extra tenner) I reckon that’s got to be one of the very best deals out there at the moment.

Put simply, if you get the chance to and you turn down going, you need taking ‘round the back of the barn and having a bullet in the back of the head. Seriously, what’s wrong with you?

still working on that review, it’s coming though.