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The Festival Season

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The Netherlands is a big festival land - there are events everywhere for pretty well everyone and everything, including our village's annual 'Boeruh Rock' (Farmer's Rock) which is 2 days of truck & tractor pulling, wheelbarrow races, throwing the WC pot, etc. and terrible music.

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I am providing sleeping accommodation for the festival's security staff, necessary as the country folk here can be a rowdy lot - especially after a few beers. But that's life out in the sticks!

As long as there is enough mud and beer !!!

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Looks like fun! Alcohol is served there? How late at night does it go until?
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Alcohol is beer, beer and more beer (almost invariably Heineken). :obscene-drinkingcheers: :obscene-drinkingfaded:

The music shuts down around 1.00 am and the security team returned to their beds here at about 4 am.

The festival site is about a half-mile from me (open fields) but luckily the wind was blowing most of the noise away, although when the big truck-pulling machines are running - you can literally feel the ground shaking and the smell of burning oil and smoking tyres carries a long way.

I'll be giving the team a cup of coffee when they wake up and will hear the stories about how it all went from them.

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A message on FB tells me that my teenage niece is at Reading Festival. Bringing back memories of the time I attended EXACTLY 40 years ago.

Where have the decades gone ?

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A friend of mine went to the 83 Reading festival. The stand out performers were Thin Lizzy and Marillion.. He was not impressed by Black Sabbath fronted by Ian Gillan. I note that Suzi Quatro was on the bill. We have tickets to see her in November.
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I well remember getting soaked at Reading '75'. :(
Went to see YES, they were supported by Supertramp and Thin Lizzy as well as a few other acts.

https://myvintagerock.com/2014/02/09/th ... gust-1975/
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Got soaked at the Deep Purple Mk 2 reunion, Knebworth 85. Swore I would never go again. Then I went to the 2016 Download mud bath to see Iron Maiden. NEVER AGAIN
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My two youngest are at Leeds together for 4 nights. Should be an education for them... 🤣
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I was at Leeds for Billie Eilish specifically but Imagine Dragons were very good

So well organised now unlike the previous times I went- the only queues were for food n drinks- drove straight in and out- unbelievable 👍🏼
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