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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Toledodude1973 on 25 August 2014, 20:11:05
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My 17 year old son has just returned from Reading Festival minus the tent,sleeping bag and fold up chair.......at least his home!
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Quite common. Must have been a very difficult weekend. Stuff the tent, leave it, turns into muddy rags anyway. :y
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17 is a good age to "do" festivals. I used to go to Reading when it was the National Jazz and Blues Festival. There were few motorways and I used to hitch hike ! Nobody with any sense would do that today, not that I had any sense back then ::)
I still do the occasional festival now but not Reading. I absolutely do not camp, strictly comfy hotel room nearby :y
It's a bit strange that Reading is the one that is always in the headlines, Leeds is just so much better and nicer. Reading is packed into an industrial estate that is a dustbowl when it's dry and a mudbath when its raining. Leeds is in a country estate with fresh air and loads of space.
Abandoning the camping kit is pretty normal these days. It's usually useless after a few days anyway. Some festival have a camping recycling schemer where tents and bags etc are sent off to the third world, like Liverpool.
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Ah to be 17 again.... ::) :y
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Ah to be 17 again.... ::) :y
No thanks ! My best time probably early/mid 20s . . . . . and now !
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17 is a good age to "do" festivals. I used to go to Reading when it was the National Jazz and Blues Festival. There were few motorways and I used to hitch hike ! Nobody with any sense would do that today, not that I had any sense back then ::)
I still do the occasional festival now but not Reading. I absolutely do not camp, strictly comfy hotel room nearby :y
It's a bit strange that Reading is the one that is always in the headlines, Leeds is just so much better and nicer. Reading is packed into an industrial estate that is a dustbowl when it's dry and a mudbath when its raining. Leeds is in a country estate with fresh air and loads of space.
Abandoning the camping kit is pretty normal these days. It's usually useless after a few days anyway. Some festival have a camping recycling schemer where tents and bags etc are sent off to the third world, like Liverpool.
With you there Rog. 100% :y
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Attended the 1971 Reading Festival - Arthur Brown days
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He showed me a picture of destroyed tent with someones brand new wheelbarrow in the centre of it......kids have too much cash!!
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I still do the occasional festival now but not Reading. I absolutely do not camp, strictly comfy hotel room nearby :y
With you there Rog. 100% :y
Ah . . . . . . I'd forgotten about the "Reading Appreciation Society" sub-group within OOF members ;D