Send more sheeps....

Wales last Sunday...stop...send more sheeps...stop....grass is growing faster than the sheep can eat it..stop http://t.co/GLu3Vra5 -- Rob Shaw (@terragait)

No Direction Home Festival - 31st May - 2nd June

First festival of the year proper and what an expected surprise, the EOTR folks sure know how to pick a venue. After the 2 mile drive in down the Estate road you soon start to forget the hours spent on the M1. Welbeck Abbey is on the northern extremities of Sherwood Forest, with tree's at all points as far as the eye can see. The recent wet weather could have dampened our spirits but on catching 'Urusen' http://www.urusen.co.uk/ playing as a Threesome in the Rough Trade tent, it set the tone of the festival. They played a few tracks from their new album 'This Is Where We Meet' definitely worth checking out at the Boathouse Stage on Saturday.

So Friday we opted for Diagrams, Dad Rocks!, Django Django, a bit of Dirty Three and The Low Anthem. On wandering back we stumbled on Austra..... err not quite sure if they were being serious, bit too much arm waving for my liking.

 

Anyway Saturday, highlights were a few cups of tea at the Dish Cafe, followed by a Moorish Chicken Bourek, mmmmmmm the NDH Festival Ale was pretty good as well.

Urusen

Dad Rocks!

A Friend of ours Deej was running the Mural painting workshop, after a busy but wet day on Friday, most of the painting ran off with the showers, Saturday was a great day, with plenty of Artists!!!!  It slowly all went a bit mad with not a blank bit of canvas left, it ended up a Hieronymus Bosch, while i was painting another masterpiece a five year old behind me was painting the back of me, grrr pesky kids.

 

Oh the music yeah, our highlights were Laish, Ichi (weird or what), Other Lives, Urusen, Andrew Bird & lastly The Pyramids (AKA Archie Bronson Oufit) Sleeeeep ohh and once more into the Sirens installation.

 

Sunday SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

A lazy afternoon with Martin Carthy, love the Omlet song, unfortunately no time to stay late so back down the lane, past the BIG lake and home

 

Thanks for another great little festival... see you next year

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