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Electric Picnic 2017 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales**
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Was my first picnic and must say I'm so glad I went! Stayed in Oscar Wilde as a group of our friends were there since the Thursday evening. However, got there at 10.00 in the morning and place was already crammed! This meant that we couldn't pitch our tent exactly how we wanted to but we managed to do it in a way that lasted throughout the weather anyway! Must say though, our stretch of land was like a disaster zone by Sunday, all tents around us caved in/flooded (I assume due to the fact it was difficult to pitch tents properly because of the lack of space), a gazebo thingy blew over almost onto our tent and rubbish just abandoned everhwhere which was disgusting. We ended up picking up rubbish around our tent from others as we didn't want to stay in a landfill, will most likely stay in eco if we camp in general campsite again. Apart from this, our neighbours were friendly and didn't actually cause too much noise which meant we could get some decent sleep at least.
The security were lovely, chatty and up for a laugh but we're pretty casual about checking for anything. There were times I wished I actually slipped some drink into my pockets because they were so lax! Haha
There were only a few acts that we really wanted to see but it meant that we could just go with the flow and listen to new music which was lovely and also meant less stress. All music was very enjoyable, atmosphere was great, and we found everyone we met were so friendly and chatty.
We met a guy in the trailer park who came up to us and introduced himself as "Tommy with a T" whoever you are, you were so funny, he told us three jokes/riddles and said he was the quizmaster hahahah. There was also a primary school teacher we met while eating food from kinara, she was on her own as she said her friends were staying at the campsite a lot, she was also so nice, interesting and chatty, she shared her food with us as we were sharing a meal that for some reason was a very small portion compared to hers. Her name was Grace Campion, I told her I'd post this so I hope you're reading!
Thanks for the chats, food and recommendation for attending a mental health talk on next week
I have so many highlights from the weekend I won't list them all, most people on here already have . One thing I have to say is, the Friday night, my sister and I were roasted in our tent!! Maybe because we made sure we kept our tent well insulated with foam mats and all hah. Could not understand the majority of girls wearing next to nothing, I have no problem with it, each to their own but I kept thinking are they not frozen!! Also the effort they all went through to have perfect hair and makeup, fair play like. My sister and I looked some states with oil skins on and rain jackets, next to no makeup and messy hair, so if you saw ginger twin girls looking like that, that was us! Were too preoccupied roaming around to bother looking decent hahah.
Like I said, think we'll stay in eco campsite if going again. We're up for the craic and all but prefer a space that would be cleaner and away from the chaos that we saw in Wilde.
Thank you Pablo for the app, used constantly. And thanks to everyone for their advice on here, was a godsend.
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Totally agree, don't know how I managed before without it. Brilliant! And yes, it was a bit unstable & kept crashing! However, if I 'gave it a rest' or didn't 'work it too hard', it would be ok. Temperamental wee thing! But pure brilliant.PabloAndRoy wrote: »Stillill42 wrote: »Pablo, I never thanked you for the app. Very remiss as I based my whole weekend around it. God bless you.
Very welcome I do appreciate all the thanks. About 500 downloads, which is the same as last year. Ye are a loyal bunch. Am I they only one that it was crashing on?
Oh yeah, the fecking Three network was totally rubbish this year after being excellent for the last 5 years at least. wtf?
Mobile network coverage was rubbish.
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Enjoyed this year but had to leave Sunday evening so didn't get the full weekend.
Purely from a personal point of view, I have to wonder WTF do people be thinking not checking the weather forecas??
I know it's not always 100% accurate but this years weekend was pretty easy to forecast.
The number of people I heard complaining about not being prepared for the cold Friday night or the rain Saturday was a joke.
OK OK not everyone is a weather nerd like me but surely if you are heading camping in a field for a weekend you check the forecast!
I saw people putting on sun lotion Saturday morning and saying the rain will miss us, like WTF!
Sorry rant over.
Tabloid media and rags such as Joe.ie and Spin jumped on the initial forecast several days out of 3 dry mostly sunny days - ME tweeted as such and Facebook pages dove on it.
Most people (especially younger people) A) don't watch the weather on telly or
don't search online for forecasts.
A sunny, dry three days that required sun cream as said on Facebook several days out was as much of a forecast many I'm sure had seen. I don't recall one of the above media pages back track and repost an article at a later time saying expect a solid 10 hours of rain overnight Saturday.0 -
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_feedback_ wrote: »Back at work this morning. Oh golly golly gosh what a slap of reality
Same here. Sitting in the car park wishing I was 20 years younger and didn't have to do this **** job.
Said to the wife at the weekend" what if this could be the heaven you could choose" I'd go now lol!0 -
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Like others i'm just about back in one piece after another great festival. For various reasons i wasn't able to do the usual full frontal attack on what music i wanted to see this year but a few highlights included:
Friday:
Young Fathers, London Grammar, Bicep.
Saturday:
Madness: Excellent as always
These Charming Men: As tribute bands go, top notch.
Tribe: Made people who said they weren't headline material look silly.
Public Service Broadcasting: The rain and the delay put a bit of a dampener on it but they were worth the wait.
Sunday:
Dublin Gospel Choir: As usual brilliant pick-me-up for the Sunay afternoon.
Bear's Den: Only caught the last 10 minutes of these but they sounded good
Pretenders: Their set varied between decent and exceptional. Very underrated vocalist is Chrissie.
Chaka Khan: The woman's a force of nature.
Elbow: Were ok, thought it was a bit flat tbh.
Duran Duran: You always have to take Duran with a huge side order of cheese but i enjoyed the **** out of that set
Shoutout to the guy in the Russian style furry hat right in front of us who was absolutely loosing his **** during Ordinary World!
Also have to say the sound on the main stage was probably the best i've ever heard it all weekend, especially for Duran Duran it was incredible. And BYEco camping brilliant again, couldn't do the weekend without you.
Only real negative was the noise bleed from the corporate installations, outside Jerry Fish and that triangulation between the 3 tower, Logic & Casa Bicardi was ****ing ridiculous. But other than that thought it was a great weekend with a great crowd. Still raging i missed RTJ & Soulwax thou!
I got chatting to one of the pub owners on the Monday afternoon and he was saying that according to Garda figures there were over 65,000 people on the site for the festival, you could tell too as there was very little empty space in the main area.
He also said that the word in the town is that they are going to apply to have music on site from the Thursay next year.0 -
Different security there this year. They seemed friendlier. Glad the brought the family camping route back. Last years was a disaster. A lot of people getting wrong change (in favour of the barman) last year at the bar. Any mention of that happening this year.?
Thats so funny,happened to me twice in my favour,,i'm a tenner up woohoo:) 0 -
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