I’ve never seen Star Wars either – not properly all the way through. But years after most people have gone through the rite of passage of a pilgrimage to Glastonbury or wallowed in the mud of T in the Park, I made it to my first festival – Kendal Calling 2016. Here’s what I learned: […]
A festival of things to worry about…
Advice for would-be family camper
At first glance, camping is wonderful. It’s cheap, it’s simple, it fosters adventure and togetherness and – if photos are to be believed – everyone doing it is grinning like an idiot. And, at some levels, this is true, but only if you do it right. Camping is incredibly complicated, stressful and unpleasant if you […]
A fine fellowship of women
Yes, and… let’s go to Edinburgh for the night
Edinburgh in August. Ugh! Crowds, idiots on unicycles and shouty antipodean jugglers. Why would you even bother? It’s a little bit like that if you’re trying to get somewhere around the centre of the city. Luckily for me, though, I don’t have to. It’s one of those viewpoints that speaks of world-weary got-the-t-shirt experience, rather […]