The year that Glastonbury broke me

I am back, but very very broke. Am currently spending day 2 in bed with an ever evolving illness thats keeping me home from work and my very very important appraisal today (which I still passed somehow, despite not being there).
Glastonbury had quite a few highs, but sadly quite a few lows. There were tears (who else but me seeks out exam results whilst away!!), sweat and maybe the odd little tantrum or two. It was mightily hot and dusty, which made it difficult to do much in the day. It won't go down as the best but it had its moments.... moustaches in the NYC Downlow bar, salsa dancing at 2am, singing our heads off to the wonder that is Candi Staton and me lusting over Chali 2na (that voice......)

Just lets not talk about the Gorillaz, okay?

Photos when well.

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Favourite Glastonbury moments so far....

It will be my 4th Glastonbury this year, and as always, I'm very excited!!  I thought I'd share some of my favourite performances from my previous festivals.

Firstly, 2002
Difficult to find many videos. Highlights were definitely No Doubt, Nelly Furtado, Isaac Hayes, Groove Armada (At the River was stunning!) and sat outside our tent by a campfire listening to Rod Stewart on the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night.
Here's some Rod for you


2007
Amy Winehouse - Jazz World Stage.
We were right at the front, it was a great show (before everything went a bit downhill!)


Arctic Monkeys
Just brilliant - quite near the back but great atmosphere!


Seasick Steve
The first time we saw him, even though we only caught the very end of this set. He always plays multiple times at Glastonbury. Think we've seen him too many times now though, but he still rocks!


Paolo Nutini
I love him, thats all. And this cover is genius.


2008
Jay-Z
I don't need to explain! They don't show the video that he played first, but that & the first performance sent shivers down my spine! The bit where it changes from Wonderwall to 99 problems! Got to be one of the best performances ever!


Mr Doherty
A special little song close to my heart.


Candi Staton
This video does no justice to the experience of being there singing with everyone!


I'm sure there will be some to add to that list from this year. Looking forward to Jack Johnson, Ray Davies (ie The Kinks lead singer), Gorillaz once again, Florence and the one and only Stevie Wonder.

Only 3 sleeps left!!

Hello summer!

From Teo's Flickr

So, exam is over (at least for a few months..... it didn't go well!) and now I can enjoy my summer.  My plans involve:

* Glastonbury, only THE best festival in the world!!

* Watching the world cup whilst drinking beer

* Watching wimbledon whilst eating strawberries

* Eye-beef-ah!

* Long lazy dinners with friends

* Picnics on the common

* Lots of barbecues in the garden

Yey to summer!  And yey to no more revision, at least for a month!

Wish me......

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Its exam week.  I am hoping very much for third time luck, as its my third time taking this exam.  I have done an awful lot of work for this one, so fingers crossed!  Not sure that I could face it a fourth time!  My exam is in London on Wednesday and my husband is going to meet me afterwards.  I plan to buy most of Anthropologie, have lunch at Wahaca and then more shopping in the Westfield Centre.  And maybe a few glasses of wine if it doesn't go well - I have found that is the key to forgetting the questions and not reliving the exam in your head for hours on end!

Fingers crossed!

The White Isle

From Megandavid's Flickr

Today we booked flights to the other white isle, Ibiza, for the end of July.  My husband spent his 18th there, and we thought it would be kinda cool to spend his 30th there.  So now we have to find a nice, remotely affordable hotel in high season in Ibiza.  I have found some stunning ones, but am not spending £2000 for 4 nights!!  But am excited anyway!!!

Maybe more looking once my exam is over..... only a week of revision left!  

Lovely weekend!

I took the weekend off from study as it was my first wedding anniversary plus one of my good friend's weddings, in West Wales.  On Friday we drove over to Cardiff and had a look at the new shopping centre (pretty cool).  We also went for dinner at Jamie's Italian (overpriced and just okay) and treated ourselves to a night in St Davids Hotel, which is a 5 star hotel in Cardiff Bay.  The hotel was nice, but hadn't really got any 5 star fanciness and the room buzzed all night!  We then went over to Carmarthen for Nia and Adam's wedding.  Nia is my best friend from uni, and we both worked for the same team when we became doctors, so were terrified together!  (The day we found out we'd be working together, we literally jumped around hugging one another all day!)

Once again on 22nd May, it was a very beautiful day, although all the men were sweltering in their suits! It was a lovely ceremony in an old house then the reception was in a marquee in Nia's parents very large garden.  It was a lovely day, great to see all the girls again and I am very happy for the new couple!

My favourite pic from the wedding, as always, is a (semi) candid one, of Nia and I.  She looked stunning in her lace dress, very apt for a country wedding!

The girls and I left one another promising to be better at keeping in touch and meeting up, especially as there are no more weddings in our group currently, although we think Suzy and Hugh's won't be far away!

Love you, Mr B

Here's to many more happy years together, we've had a great first year of marriage!


(This was the main song at our wedding, it was playing as we signed the register and as we left the ceremony room. We had Bill Withers Lovely Day for me to walk into. And we didn't really do the whole first dance thing, but the reception music was all done by us - we spent hours perfecting it. The last song of the evening was Groove Armada - At the River.)