My first Bestival post was a bit of a thank you to Echo Falls who invited me along and to all the girls who I spent time with that weekend. This time I'm going to share what I got up to and who I managed to see at the festival.
I left Cardiff early on Thurday and met Sarah at Porstmouth Harbour ready to catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight. I'd not been to the island for years and I'm easily pleased so I was really excited by the ferry. As soon as we arrived on site I was blown away by how beautiful it was. Josie Da Bank really does a great job as creative director of Bestival. There are so many flags and beautiful decorations on site. I loved the Bollywood Cocktail Bar, fancy dress and Ambient Forest. It's such a unique festival.
I met up with team Echo Falls at blue camp which was supposed to be quiet... There is a much nicer vibe on the campsite compared to festivals like Reading and V with a older crowd choosing to go to Bestival which made for a more fun and relaxed atmosphere instead of a GSCE results party.
I was surprised at how well I ate all weekend. Festival food is normally dodgy and from a van but I had a Wagamama veggie katsu curry and an amazing Byron Burger (may have had two... they were so good!) There were lots of cute stands with names like Crumpets for Strumpets and Tea and Toast but my favourite place on site was the Time For Tease tent where you could enjoy a spot of afternoon tea accompanied by burlesque.
My final shot is of the backdrop to the last song New Order performed. Hearing 20,000+ people singing Love Will Tear Us Apart was a beautiful moment. I really want to relive Bestival again next year, who's with me?!
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I LOVE your flower headress with the trailing ribbons, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time!
Miss P xx
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Again i'm super jel. The food looks amazing for a festival! At leads I bassically ate out of date birthday cake and chips for 5 days. XXX
ReplyDeleteAfternoon Tea! This is amazing!!!
ReplyDeletex
Looks like you had a fab time! afternoon tea and burlesque sounds like my perfect afternoon!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks amazing ! hehe love how you can get afternoon tea at a festival :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Dreams
So lucky! I also felt quite uncomfortable at Reading with all the younger people with their arse cheeks hanging out of their shorts! Looks like you had a great time :)
ReplyDeleteGah, this sounds like so much fun, I wish we had festivals this cool on the east coast in the States. I looooooooooove New Order, they are one of my favorite bands of all time, did they play True Faith?! You look stunning, I love what I see of that white dress you are sporting. Afternoon tea and burlesque? That is too fabulous for words.
ReplyDelete<3Honeysuckelle
This sounds amazing i am so jealous! :(
ReplyDeleteMaria xxx
see, this looks like my kind of festival - i can't really be doing with massively dodgy food and rowdy 16 years!
ReplyDeletelooks like such fun, i'm really jealous ^_^
Rosie xo
so so jealous you got to see new order! silly bernard, be nice to moz! love the poster you got too. you look so pretty in your floral headband! xx
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