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Glastonbury 2003. Dialup user note: many large pix
Here’s a few snapshots from the Glastonbury, UK, 2003 festival.
Overall, I wasn’t too impressed with my photographic skills, I didn’t go out of my way to get good photographs, I just pointed and clicked. After all, I was inebriated one way or the other most of the time. So, I know some of them are crap and I know this camera is capable of much better things, but still the pictures stand as a reminder of one weekend in time when I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
This was to be my eight or ninth visit, I first went in 1981.
My friend Roy and I met at the Cutty Sark pub Wednesday lunchtime where he introduced Barry, an (almost) 20 year old soldier, who apparently was coming with us. Turns out Barry was the son of one of Roy’s friends who was working away and gave Roy £50.00 to buy him a birthday present. There was a spare ticket, so his birthday present was a trip to Glastonbury Festival. He had his 20th birthday at the festival, which was cool.
We set off with John, Dianne, their children Jack & Stella following, were diverted round Stonehenge because of a road accident via Salisbury, which added about 100 minutes to the journey.
Arrived on site around 6pm, blagged the vehicle into the Theatre backstage camping area and set up the tents. Access to this area and also the backstage Accoustic Tent area, was gained through knowing people and receiving complimentary passes. Big advantage of Theatre area is the Marquee restaurant, which served good, cheap food round the clock in comfortable surroundings.
Advantage of gaining access to acoustic tent backstage area is that the bar stays open all night, as far as I know the only bar on the whole site to do so.
I spent a lot of time in the dance tent, often comatose in a very nice state of Trance cos I don’t dance an awful lot, just kind of sway a bit. Very enjoyable. I didn’t see half as many bands as I intended to but it didn’t matter, the vibe was enough. I didn’t want to come home.
As ever, the event is made or broken by the weather and apart from a few hours rain Friday early afternoon, where I watched Echo & The Bunnymen on the Pyramid Stage, the sun was gloriously hot.
Summer, sunshine, the vale of Avalon, hippies, freaks, stoners, weirdos, all types of English eccentrics came together peacefully for a long weekend of celebration. It was good.
And on to the Photos. They’re all here in the order I took them, starting Wednesday evening and finishing Monday morning. This is the first one I took, Wednesday evening, outside Accoustic Tent bar, Barry & Roy:
The Green Field:
Crafts:
Crafts:
Crafts area:
Flags:
Dance tent:, Thursday, not yet happening:
The Rainbow Bar:
Theatre Restaurant Marquee:
Dance Tent Mixer. Area shown is for the lights, below that is the sound mixer:
Here’s a few snapshots from the Glastonbury, UK, 2003 festival.
Overall, I wasn’t too impressed with my photographic skills, I didn’t go out of my way to get good photographs, I just pointed and clicked. After all, I was inebriated one way or the other most of the time. So, I know some of them are crap and I know this camera is capable of much better things, but still the pictures stand as a reminder of one weekend in time when I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
This was to be my eight or ninth visit, I first went in 1981.
My friend Roy and I met at the Cutty Sark pub Wednesday lunchtime where he introduced Barry, an (almost) 20 year old soldier, who apparently was coming with us. Turns out Barry was the son of one of Roy’s friends who was working away and gave Roy £50.00 to buy him a birthday present. There was a spare ticket, so his birthday present was a trip to Glastonbury Festival. He had his 20th birthday at the festival, which was cool.
We set off with John, Dianne, their children Jack & Stella following, were diverted round Stonehenge because of a road accident via Salisbury, which added about 100 minutes to the journey.
Arrived on site around 6pm, blagged the vehicle into the Theatre backstage camping area and set up the tents. Access to this area and also the backstage Accoustic Tent area, was gained through knowing people and receiving complimentary passes. Big advantage of Theatre area is the Marquee restaurant, which served good, cheap food round the clock in comfortable surroundings.
Advantage of gaining access to acoustic tent backstage area is that the bar stays open all night, as far as I know the only bar on the whole site to do so.
I spent a lot of time in the dance tent, often comatose in a very nice state of Trance cos I don’t dance an awful lot, just kind of sway a bit. Very enjoyable. I didn’t see half as many bands as I intended to but it didn’t matter, the vibe was enough. I didn’t want to come home.
As ever, the event is made or broken by the weather and apart from a few hours rain Friday early afternoon, where I watched Echo & The Bunnymen on the Pyramid Stage, the sun was gloriously hot.
Summer, sunshine, the vale of Avalon, hippies, freaks, stoners, weirdos, all types of English eccentrics came together peacefully for a long weekend of celebration. It was good.
And on to the Photos. They’re all here in the order I took them, starting Wednesday evening and finishing Monday morning. This is the first one I took, Wednesday evening, outside Accoustic Tent bar, Barry & Roy:
The Green Field:
Crafts:
Crafts:
Crafts area:
Flags:
Dance tent:, Thursday, not yet happening:
The Rainbow Bar:
Theatre Restaurant Marquee:
Dance Tent Mixer. Area shown is for the lights, below that is the sound mixer:
