It all started in the Mud and the rain… but then the sun came out to play again.
Wow what a weekend – I’m just starting to feel a little more normal again two days back from Splashy Fen, getting in was a bit of a nightmare after sitting behind 2 km’s of cars on a muddy road I realized that leaving the evening before would have been a good thing.
Wow what a weekend – I’m just starting to feel a little more normal again two days back from Splashy Fen, getting in was a bit of a nightmare after sitting behind 2 km’s of cars on a muddy road I realized that leaving the evening before would have been a good thing.
As it turned out though we managed to avoid such a long wait, and ended up driving into Splashy in a 4x4 instead of our beat up old 1300 corolla (she’s been to many Splashy’s – about 10) which was a good thing because I don’t think we’d have made it in otherwise with the condition of the roads.
The Rain that was pouring down on Friday very generously stopped long enough for us to set up a hasty camp, make a quick meal and open up a drink to ease away the stresses we’d just endured getting to our little camp on the hill, before opening her taps again, by then though we were attired in boots and waterproofs and didn’t mind so much.
Unfortunately there were a few Bands I missed, that I would have liked to have seen, but the new ones I saw made up for it.
We stepped into the Music tent in time to hear Don Clarke’s starting an encore of his Splashy song which set the key for the weekend, time to sit back and enjoy the music and soak up the atmosphere. Friday night we were wowed by “Zoe and Somebody’s child” “Dan Patlanski” (the dude can play) and “Goldfish”.
We stepped into the Music tent in time to hear Don Clarke’s starting an encore of his Splashy song which set the key for the weekend, time to sit back and enjoy the music and soak up the atmosphere. Friday night we were wowed by “Zoe and Somebody’s child” “Dan Patlanski” (the dude can play) and “Goldfish”.
Saturday we woke a little fuzzy from the night before, but with the sun shining, so decided to take advantage of the weather and take a swim in the river – Trudging along in our Gumboots the morning was spent wandering around stalls and visiting friends camps and generally passing time. The Line up for Saturday was looking Good, and we knew we needed to be at the one Stage when “Roly Struckmeyer” (love his stuff) he was followed by “Cabins in the Forest” “Vana” “Guy Buttery” and then “Josie Field” All awesome. Then in the evening we were blown away by “The Arrows”, “The Rudimentals” “Southern Gypsey Queen” and “Tree 63” (Who really are an amazing world act).
Sunday was a day mostly spent relaxing for us as we were playing that afternoon, so I didn’t spend too much time watching Bands. The Nerves were running freely when the band stepped onto the stage, but that’s whay you reherse, so instinct takes over, as usual the set passed by rather quickly for us, but we had a lot of great feedback, and earned ourselves some new fans. The songs went down really well, especially “Splashy Fen’s coming Back Around” which we were asked to do an encore for.
Sunday evening was a time for us to kick back and relax one final time before the long haul home on Monday, Fortunately on Saturday And Sundday there’s been enough Sun to dry out the roads, leaving us with a clear run. I got home took a long hot Shower and cuddled up next to my already sleeping lady for a restful nap… ...and joined her in her dreams of music and people dancing.
