We got to Mount Ephraim Gardens near Faversham near Canterbury in Kent on the Thursday.
It was my third visit to this intimate Prog and Heavy Rock festival in the Garden of England.
Its a beautiful setting and a small festival of just 5000 revellers and two stages is just the ticket after Cropredy and camping and travelling about in England.
We arrived on a very windy evening and pitched our two tents next to a cluster of trees on the side of the cricket pitch. It was like being on a ship at sea in a storm and was very windy and the rained lashed it down that night.
Our tents survived the relentless weather and the next two days and nights weather was very calm and pleasant.
We only went for 2 days and 3 nights of the 3 day festival. I really enjoyed Curved Air, Tangerine Dream and finally got to see Dave Brock's Hawkwind. He is 82 and still space rocking away. They didn't disappoint.
Here's some photos:
J sent me this picture of a babies cardigan she knitted while I was away in Blighty. It's knitting season again. Flipping heck!
Curved Air and Tangerine Dream bring back many good memories for me. What a line up you saw at that little festival.
ReplyDeleteThey are still excellent Rachel. The Japanese lady with the violin in Tangerine Dream was mesmerizing A lot of the punters are over fifty but there are younger people. It's one of my favourite music festivals. I even found a cheap food stall again selling chips for 3.50. Myself and my friend kept going down a country lane to a local Asian off licence for food and beverages. I bought a big bottle of strong cider called Frosty Jack for 5.95. Apparently it's the only cider that's never seen an apple! It certainly did the job. Thanks Rachel.
ReplyDeleteSounds like that was the best so far!
ReplyDeleteIt was a great festival GZ. I love Kent.
ReplyDeleteDare I say it: blast from the past?
ReplyDeleteBetter than a Oasis concert Tasker.
DeleteGreat job by Mrs Northsider on the baby's cardigan. I could read something into that but it is sometimes unwise to jump to conclusions!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I will pass on your compliment YP. She gives them away to new mothers.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great concert. I like being at the smaller ones (blues and jazz for me). There are a few buildings in central London that have disused covered walkways like that which have become tent villages and mercifully seem to be largely left alone. There was one near where I worked but it was up some stairs where two buildings were joined across a busy highway so they weren't seen by most, and were off on a balcony thing to one side of the 'bridge'. All very clean and tidy. Harming no one.
ReplyDeleteIt's a fantastic festival in the Kent Hop fields and the grounds of Mount Ephraim House and Gardens TM.
ReplyDeleteI see so many homeless people on my travels. I only saw an odd tramp when I was young. Now there seems to be people of all ages and gender with no roof over their heads. It's very sad.