Yes we got Glasto tickets (though technically Neil got them as he managed to get the page open) then straight after up popped the page on my PC and away i went getting tickets for random efesters including one lot whose address had no vowels in the whole thing!

This year as we got tickets the radio was playing Boogie 2 Nite so we got up and leapt about to:

Hope ya ready?

Hope ya ready?

Hope ya ready?

Are you ready?

'cause i am

said I'm ready to party

yeah (yeh)

Grab your coat, get your keys

Cause whatever you're drinking

It's on me (It's on me)

Stand if you want to,

stare if you want to

But I gots to party, I needs me a party

Came here to get ya, but I can't wait

To grab me a partner and cut a rug up tonight

I found a place (yea)

Where we could boogie,

(boogie)

I found a place (yea)

Where we could boogie,

boogie tonight

glastonbury obviously!

Managed to get some sleep this year for a change, i think going to the Exeter Food and Drink thing helped on Saturday loads of local delights on offer for free - particularly like duck dogs (duck sausage hot dogs) a market at festivals surely? We bought our weekly shop there before sampling the beers:

Barum BreweryPilton -Barnstaple

Breakfast - great as usual 5

Original - nice pint tasty 4.4

Firing Squad - yesshhhh misshus! 5.3 glorious

Branscombe Brewery Branscombe - Seaton

Branoc - dissappointing 3.8

Draymans - 4.2 (really tasty)

On the Rocks didn't try this one, not enough time 4.1

Clearwater Brewery

Village Pride 3.7 (untested)

Cavalier 4 (only ever see this here very nice)

Olivers Nectar - top choice winner! lush flavours 5.2

Exe Valley Brewery Silverton exeter

Dobs 4.1 (usual suspect - form pint)

Spring Beer a bit young though 4.1 wasn't bad

Devon Glory - another favourite rather heady 4.7

Otter Brewery Luppit - Honiton

Otter Bitter - Mrs favourite what can i say on form as ever but week at 3.6

Otter ale - choice pint at Beautiful Days 4.5 and lovely as ever

Otter Bright 4.3 - my usual tipple so went untried on the day.

Green Valley CiderClyst st George

Dragon Tears - 4.7 Sparkling verging on perry a clean drink for the snobs

Farmhouse Dry - 6.5 now we're talking cider rather lovely. Also in sweet format for the kids.

St Austell BrewerySt Austell cornwall

In bottles this year and not allowed to be opened, annoyed the staff by opening it!

Tribute - winner as usual

Proper Job - mmm Rebellion re-badged surely?

Some wheat beer - wheat intollerent no thanks

Heron Valley Loddiswell - Kingsbridge WINNER!

Heron Valley mulled hot cider - a train wreck after a pint! Fantastic stuff - please sell this at Beautiful Days!!!

Heron Valley farm cider - oh god the best cider here by a way! Luverly!

also available

Bee's Organic ale in bottles lovely! -4.5 - Arkell's first organic ale - and was voted 'Organic Ale of the Year' by The Soil Association. Honied but fantastic - especially delightful when made into snakebite with Heron Valley farm cider!

another ale - also nice but too smashed to know what it's called! Moonlight i think 5 has a plane on it - made me take off or could have been the snakebite see above.

wines also available

all of the reds were horrible! I don't do white. This country is rubbish at wine, better off buying cheap foreign stuff that tastes less like paint stripper.

Did i mention the Heron Valley mulled hot cider? Bloody lush!

and then after getting tickets, i went off to the first outdoor shoot of the season at archery and shot 6 golds in one go at 40 yards - before moving up to 50 yards and the wind getting up. Excellent i can compete now at ye Grande Tourney which is the day after my birthday. Which incidentally clashes with 2 beer festivals:

Double Locks (only 23 ales) - taxi home or camp? nicer pub, may day celebs! click

or

Imperial (60 ales) staggering distance home, less good pub. click

Votes appreciated!

Reminds me nearly time to vote for a Grateful Dead shirt!!!!

oh and I'll put this here for easy future finding:

1. the shmangle

http://www.shmangle.com/

which is waterproof but less a poncho you wear more a sit down on blanket with a hood

or

2. the honcho poncho

http://honchos.lemontest.co.uk/

which is more of a poncho or garment of clothing - it's more fleecy but slightly less warm - but easier to wear arms free. As worn by 5co77ie at a festival near you

both come in a bag.