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All Together Now 2019
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Yeah, bit of a mixed bag all round. Traffic was just crazy on Friday. We made good progress till we hit that tail-back for the blue gate - even though we were headed for the red one. Lack of signage, no guards or stewards to tell people headed for the red gate to turn back, no signs to differentiate red from blue - it was just a nightmare in bumper-to-bumper traffic in that heat with a little one.
By the time we got the tent up after a couple of runs to and from the car and the airbeds up it was a few minutes into the Fontaines set - 12 hours after leaving home. They were great but really not worth all the annoyance and upset getting to that point.
The rest of the weekend was hit and miss. The kids area was great and we were there most of the time during the day but the bad weather sent us back to the tent both evenings except to come out for John Grant. With the cold and tired little one, we had to miss out on The National, who we love but I'm afraid the conditions pretty much beat us.
All in all...not cut out for this craic any more :-)
It's a young one's game nowadays...
The cans policy worked well, though. So, at least we weren't screwed for expensive pints to pile on the annoyance...
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Overall enjoyed the festival. We were blessed with the traffic, only a 40min delay getting in and Zero leaving. I'll definitely be back but might skip next year to see f they can get their act together.
It has teething problems and once inside, apart from the toilets, I thoroughly enjoyed everything. The layout, the vibe, the demographic are all right up my street. I found it like a great mix of EP and B&S all into one. With less shams, an ok amount of madouvits and nobody that messy.
I'm reluctant to be over critical of anything in particular but the PodPads Tepees were, for want of a better phrase, a rip-off. Having used the service at Body&Soul, this seemed like a watered down version, which cost more. The "tea and coffee facilities" - a small tent with a water boiler, a jar of cheap coffee and a dribble of milk in a carton. There were literally no staff, anywhere, apart from guarding the shower entrance. The campsite was over-packed with people and facilities in general were under-delivered. One drinking water station for everyone? Toilet hand sanitizer ran out on Friday and was never replenished. That's bad form. It a simple win and a bad management/planning failure for them to just ignore the fact they might run out.
Overall the festival size, demographic and ecclectic bunch of madsers was really up my street. I can't think of a festival layout and crowd that better suits my idea of what I want from a festival. I left thinking I'd definitely go back next year and many more years to go, but I cannot make my mind up whether I'd take the chance on Glamping again, or go back to basics and bring my own tent. So much so, I'm contemplating not going next year to see if they can get their act together.
Highlights: Jon Hopkins; Kojaque; Bombay Bicycle Club; Al Gibbs; Stevie G; Cian Finn...and, the most craic....even though I've no kids, I thought the George Fitzgerald Kids Rave was brilliant. It was lashing rain, the kids were having a ball and he played a load of well known party anthems so everyone was in great form. So many smiles and happy faces, if anything the rain made it better 0 -
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