We had been undecided about going to Leeds festival for months. Having never been to a festival before I was anxious about the event but we saw Red Hot Chilli Peppers about four years ago who were absolutely fantastic, so at the beginning of summer we decided to buy the day tickets for Sunday 28th – the day the Chillis were headlining.
It’s aman to say we were buzzing, we got the train into Leeds for midday, headed for some food plus then straight to the stop for the shuttle bus. First you had to queue towards a ticket booth where we purchased two return tickets to Braham Park – this is where the day started to go downhill. There were crowds of people everywhere plus when I say crowds, I mean literally thousands of people status around. Nobody knew what was happening, plus in the space of an hour we had moved literally 100 meters. Everyone was starting to get agitated plus frustrated. It was sickening how quickly they accepted £18 for two return bus tickets – then left us stood in the city centre with not a clue what to do. It was approaching 3pm plus there was still no sign of us getting off to the festival. People were getting angry plus pushing plus the atmosphere was becoming quite aggressive. We decided to pair up with another couple plus order a taxi – which biaya a further £30 plus by the time we eventually got to the event it was nearly 4pm.
We moved through security pretty fast which was a blessing considering how much we had already missed. Now for the most traumatising experience of my life.
The TOILETS.
I feel bad even calling them toilets. Maybe I am just naïve but I cannot call a hole in a bench above a trough; a toilet. I think it was at this point I began to question if I was cut out for this festival lark. And oh my word you have never ever seen mud like this. I have to take my hat off to the people that camped there all weekend. I actually heard a guy refer to the ground as ‘soup’. You were literally wading through liquid the mud was so deep due to all the heavy rain. Who doesn’t love a British summer eh?