Bestival

This year it was the tenth birthday of Bestival, so we picked a good year to go, and it definitely lived up to expectations! I met the lovely Leanne, who I hadn't seen since last summer, and we travelled to the Isle of Wight.

 

 

With Elton John headlining, it was a weekend to remember.  He played Bennie and the Jets which made my weekend and finished with Your Song which was incredible. My favourite band in the entire world were also playing, Bastille, and they were absolutely amazing.  We also saw Disclosure, although my claustrophobia got the better of me during their set, DJ Fresh, Belle and Sebastian, Mark Ronson and Zane Lowe, who were way better than I thought it would be, Crystal Fighters, James Blake, Tom Odell and Franz Ferdinand.

There was so much other stuff to do as well- we wandered around the Ambient Forest, where hammocks were strung across trees, had a ride on a ferris wheel, bought headbands, earrings and a vintage dress I'm hopefully going to turn into a jacket, and ate crepes made by a beautiful French man.  We wanted to see some comedy but there just wasn't time... maybe next year...

 

I am also a huge fan of dressing up and the theme this year was HMS Bestival, so we were surrounded by sailors, pirates, and mermaids, and hence the mermaid-esque emerald green disco pants I am wearing... however the outfits went a little off course when I bought my amazing feather headdress, which covered up my unwashed hair- although dry shampoo is amazing, I can't believe I have got through the past twenty five years without using it! Leanne even sprayed her hair blue for the occasion :) Some of the outfits were incredible though, people really went to town.  We saw jellyfish complete with lights, SpongeBob Square Pants, old fashioned scuba divers, and even actual boats.

Despite a small disagreement with a pop up tent, the weekend was amazing and I didn't even care about the rain, although the campsite was like a swamp by the time we left. On the last night we had to be up at half four to go home, so we just didn't go to bed- as a result I slept for fourteen hours straight when I finally got home.