Friday The weather report for the Isle of Wight had told us to panic buy Wellington boots, and we envisaged to wear them for the entire duration of the festival. The outlook predicted 3 days of nothing but rain macs, soggy chips, and a leaking tent. Miraculously, we boarded a ferry in Southampton after […]
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Isle of Wight Festival Preview: Setting the Scene for 2017
Visiting the Isle of Wight is almost like a step back in time. A sleepy island of vast, jaw-dropping beaches, country lanes posing as main roads, and the nostalgic smell of antiquity (or is that rotting seaweed?), it’s a funny little place that has the power to whisk you away from the hum-drum metropolises of […]
Bestival 2016: Everything you need to know
The word ‘eclectic’ is often banded around whilst describing festivals and their lineups, however when it comes to Bestival, it couldn’t be more fitting. Taking place within the grounds of Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight, this weird and wonderful shindig, as curated by ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank, sees […]
Review: Isle of Wight Festival 2015
Isle of Wight Festival 2015, the new Glastonbury? In 1970, an excess of 600,000 people surrounded Afton Down, after the declaration that, given its commercial incapacity, the Isle of Wight Festival would be free. Hills were climbed, fences broken down, and authorities denounced by a new age of revolution and human spirit. But like parents […]