Thursday, August 16, 2012

Beautiful Days 2012

It's the 10th Beautiful Days Festival this year :-)
 
Festival Teletubbies : Po Joe, Tinky Winky Kazza and Dipsy Lisa...La La Danny with the camera...
THURSDAY : Rain, Rain, Rain...
FRIDAY : Sun, Sun, Sun.....with "Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs" at the Main Stage...
Hobo Jones...
Lisa and Joe dancing to 'Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs' playing American Idiot!
Banging out some beats....
New for 2012 - the Theatre Tent.  Mr Be lying on a bed of nails...
Joe loves it.  Lisa is worried about the nails...
Mud, Mud, Mud....on the way to the Bimble Inn...
The Bimble Inn.  Lisa twirling...
Inside the Bimble Inn.  Joe watching 'Matthew and Me [Acoustic]'...
Friday evening we watched the children's fire show.  Lisa is going to join in next year...
SATURDAY : Joe was very keen to go back to the Theatre Tent to see Pinocchio...
Joe loved it.  He was riveted for the whole hour...
Lisa on top...
In the wood craft area me and Joe used a foot operated lathe to make a mallet...
Joe with his mallet.  '3 Daft Monkeys' playing on the main stage...
I went to see Billy Bragg do his Woodie Guthrie set.  With lots of 'Free Pussy Riot' messages thrown in.  Brilliant as ever.... 
Lisa learning to walk the tight rope...
Joe playing with Dragons and little girls...
That night I went out for a couple of Otters and to check out Public Image Ltd...
SUNDAY : Grinding flour to make bread rolls.  Joe, Lisa, Karen, Ian, Isabella, Deborah and Natasha...
Boyyynngg - free trampolines...
We went down to the front to see Bellowhead.  Brilliant celtic punk psycho folk rock.  I think my favourite band of the festival (apart from the Levellers playing 'Beautiful Day')...
Lisa dancing in the mud to 'Nelly the Elephant' at the Village Disco...
Big Wheeeeeeel..
Lisa with her hands up.  Karen with white knuckles...
Dancing at the Bandstand to Bangra Band RSVP....
Changing lightbulbs :-)
As usual The Levellers closed the festival.  With a monster firework display during their last number...
Yet another brilliant five days at the Beautiful Days Festival.  Can't wait til next year...