Beautiful Days 2011
Friday 19th to Sunday 21st August 2011Escot Park, near Fairmile, Devon, EX11 1LU, England MAP
£110 for adult weekend tickets (including camping), teenager (14-17) £60, children £30 - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 13,500
A bit of a gloomy misty morning; we were treated to a choir practice in the Redwood area; CBBC were filming part of The Big Performance, taking 10 shy children who love to sing and teaching them to perform in front of an audience. They had to do quite a few takes of 'Scarborough Fayre' and in the pouring rain after a while, but it made for a really entertaining breakfast, which we had to have sheltered under a tree out of the rain.
The increased capacity was really noticeable today in the main arena, 5000 extra bottoms meant the arena got quite cramped, proving very difficult for those with buggies trying to navigate the arena, where even the usual access route up to the camping/dance tent got blocked in the evenings. The additional capacity perhaps also contributed to the litter problem not usually seen at Escot, where bins were often overflowing.
As the sun went down we settled in the main arena for Afro Celt Sound System, and they opened their set with haunting pipes, which mellowed everyone before launching into their afro-celtic drumming. You couldn't help but jump around or toe-tap and sway to their deep drumming and chilling pipes; its the second time I've seen Afro Celt and they really are mesmerising.
Taking my daughter back to the tent, my husband went out exploring the late night entertainment; with bars still open for several more hours, the beats of Dreadzone Sound System and bass of Trolley Snatcha up at the dance tent kept him out for a few more hours.
review by: Sandra Pitt
photos by: Andy Pitt / Danielle Millea / Karen Williams
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