Camp Bestival - 30th July to 1st August

We got there at about 3pm on the Friday (sadly missing Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, who played before we managed to get the programme with the set times) and set up camp, and quickly realised nearly everyone there had brought children (and pushchairs, and cots, and wheelie thingys to keep the kids in). There was a kids wristband tent near the entrance, so parents could leave their mobile numbers permanently attached to their children. A glance at the programme also emphasised the kid-friendly vibe. Mr Tumble played three sets over the weekend, and The Gruffalo was performed twice. There was some child friendly stand-up one morning, and DJ Yoda played a set of Disney and Sesame Street songs (the morning after a storming AV extravaganza on the second stage). Everywhere you looked, an army of pushchairs and prams, and remarkably clean toilets.

We saw some good tunes and had a great weekend, and rounded off the whole thing with a very impresive spoken word turn from Scroobius Pip on his own to atent of maybe 200 people, which made up for missing the mainstage gig. But I think if we go to Camp Bestival again, we'll have to take a child with us. Does anyone have one we can borrow?