At the risk of being boring and predictably English, I am afraid it is still the great British summer that occupies my thoughts yet again this week. It is now getting to the stage that I can't even remember the last day it didn't rain. Oh no, wait a minute! It was Thursday so only 3 days ago, but i think that was the only day of the week that was dry.
This weekend there is a music festival on here called 'World on Your doorstep'. The idea is really good – music from around the world, but by people who live in and around the region. As the weather was shit, we went down quite late yesterday and saw just a few acts, the highlight being The Ukrainians who do a mix of trad., original and cover tracks. Very funny in places, especially Anarchy in the Ukraine.
Food and drink (no alcohol) was in the form of Asian cuisine, West Indian BBQ (I think) and an organic fairtrade cafe, ran by floaty organic fairtrade hippies whose heads were obviously full of alfalfa sprouts thus rendering them incapable of serving anyone faster than snail pace. They were cute though and I loved the 'tour of the cakes'. Our mate got quite irate at their ineptitude and tendency to go off and do a spot of washing up when there was a queue of people waiting for coffee.
The muddy kids and dogs were enough to cheer anyone up though. A few toddlers had made an impromptu paddling pool amidst the soaking grass, and many a game was spotted which involved making your mates slip in the mud in interesting and amusing ways. Well, you might as well have a laugh otherwise you'd just kill yourself wouldn't you? It's like having our own mini Glastonbury!
This impression is further enhanced by the presence of a number of middle aged and elderly people in strange clothes with a tendency to partake in strange dancing and generally behave as if they are from another planet. It is a constant source of mystery where these people go the rest of the time. You may occasionally see them in the organic grocers but never in the co-op or anywhere else normal. Where do they hide?
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