80s / 90s Festival.
80s / 90s Festival
Another example of us being lucky in our choice of friends comes in the form of Rob and Joanne who have (with Rachel) been organising a grown-ups weekend away to an 80s/90s festival. The line-up looks like something out of a ‘Now That’s What I Call..’ sleeve with a few firm favourites of mine on there and one highlight for Rachel, Chesney Hawkes!
We get instructions to head there before 4pm and as we arrive, it’s a bit of a melee with tents pitched wherever there was space. People have clearly been arriving for hours and it takes a few minutes before we find a space big enough for both tents.
Before long, we’re completely surrounded and there are guide wires everywhere ready to leg-up any unsuspecting or (..more likely) drunk revellers passing by.
Once we’re set up we head off to get our bearings, something to eat and see who’s on the bill. The first day is a bit of a chill but the second is fancy-dress day and as Rachel and Joanne appear looking like they’ve just walked out of a Cindy Lauper cloning facility, I waddle through the crowds carried aloft by Luigi and come face to face with none other than Slash from Guns and Roses! One thing is clear. Rob has clearly put far more thought into his outfit than me! One thing he hadn’t factored in though is the chance of nice weather, so Slash occasionally goes bald only to reappear a few minutes later with a full head of hair. I on the other hand can’t really get out of my outfit and as the night wears on, my Luigi waddle starts to look more and more like I’ve had an accident, especially when the low light prevents people seeing my actual costume! Good fun though!
As for the main events though, we’ve managed to befriend Phatts & Small after their set but Chesney got through his set without spotting Rachel in the crowd and proposing on the spot. Which, were the sun not in his eyes he would have obviously done.