Bestival

Sorry haven't written for ages. Seem to be running around frantically. I'm really hoping that the boat will enable me to have some chilling out time.

Spent the weekend at Bestival on the Isle of Wight. Have had a total of about 14 hours' sleep since Thursday so feeling pretty spaced out, which is appropriate because "outer space" was the theme of the festival!

I went as Venus, goddess of love. Bought some fab red heart-shaped sunglasses that flash.

The festival was totally packed to the rafters with people in fancy dress. Surreal. Oxfam had a tent where they would dress you up and take your photo for a donation. J & K were Elton John and Kylie.

Saw F's mates Fight Like Apes who were BRILLIANT. Best band I've seen for ages. Really interacted with the crowd and got us going. The singer said "Ok, this is our last song" and the crowd started booing. She said "brilliant! After we play this song, you're going to really want to clap, but don't. Boo instead. I want you to chant 'Fuck you apes! Fuck you apes'". So we all did. It was hilarious.

Kraftwerk were also pretty cool. As F said, more like an art installation than a band to go mental to. But perhaps that's because I was so sleepy by that point...

Here are some pics.

Festival!! Or not?

Should I go to Bestival?

"Yes" because:
- I like dressing up
- It's probably the only festival I'll go to this summer
- I can go with people I like
- It was fun when I went 2 years ago

"No" because:
- It was fun when I went 2 years ago (i.e. I've already been)
- F isn't going
- It might rain
- I might go a festival in Malawi in October, so I could save my money for that (see below)
- The ticket alone costs £140, not counting transport, food, drinks etc etc etc