| (12:08:04) | ok, just woke up - not a great start to the live coverage, but i did have other commitments! Will rush to get down there soon. |
| (14:14:43) | Definitely a hot one out there today.. getting ready to go, slapping on some sunscreen, finding my baseball hat to keep the sun out...scorchio!! Aiming to get there in an hour.. |
| (15:46:17) | just got here - absolutely heaving! |
| (16:04:19) | seems a lot biggee this yeat, definitely more stalls - the place selling sunhats is doing a roaring trade! |
| (16:22:16) | enjoying a nice spot of jazz - see pic 3 - the sax is played by dave o higgins. there are 3 live music stages - the original music tent, this one where i am now, and a small one - not seen anything going on on that 1 yet. |
| (16:31:49) | just walking around the stalls near the entrance, henna tatoos, some fairground style games, raffles with money goin to good causes, stand selling bird boxes, fair trade and organic clothing.. |
| (16:40:55) | educational tent on solar energy, stalls selling ethnic food, indian, nigerian, lots of fairtrade and muffin stands. Theres a solar cinema - a big screen powered by a perhaps 8 sq metre solar panel. |
| (16:47:48) | caught a few minues of lively energetic african dancing - see pic 4 - che che le che che - the crowd is chanting along to the beat! |
| (17:33:57) | had a spot of lunch - had a mized meze plate - see photo - cost 3.90..taste could have been better.. |
| (17:39:27) | theres a project called capturing redbridge - people were invited to email in their photos of redbridge and theyll print and exhibit them at the event - they also intived people to print out and bring them along.i printed out two for display at the festival - turns out as of 515pm i was the only persom to have brought any in! They let me hang them up - their at the front of the tent to the left - a pic of val park clocktower and one of fireworks in the high road - if ur here see if u can spot them! |
| (17:40:50) | (smash, im pretty sure ive seen at least one of urs displayed for all to see - ill double check when i get back home) |
| (17:54:15) | dr blues and the prescriptions - pic 7 - seem to have a collection of some unusual groupies |
| (18:01:17) | ok best band here - way t go - are doing some excellent covers, smoke on the water, i feel good, the main singer looks 16, got a great voice, the drummer looks about 12, whole thing sounding very pro, not a duff note yet! |
| (18:35:42) | theres a band on after way t go that seems to share the same drummer - what drew me over was an ambitios cover of muses plug in baby- pulled off well, same with teenage kicks...tthey played a couple of their own, good stuff..now playing use somebody by kings of leon.. |
| (18:41:53) | now playing all the small things, smells like teen spirit..a very reserved crowd wants to break into moshing but waiting for the first to do so! |
| (18:47:46) | picture 9 is them |
| (19:12:04) | couple of indian ladies in saris near the front getting into their cover of metallicas enter sandman big time, clapping,cheering- so unexpected and unusual but great! :) now dont look back in anger. Band is called Blue faze fuze. |
| (19:29:36) | day over. Hope you enjoyed the live updates! |
Enjoy the pictures below.
