My first Glastonbury

So I left on Thursday after picking the kids up from school and started the three hour drive to the site of Glastonbury 2008. Headliner Jay Z.
We had a smooth run (after a short whinge from my son that he didn't have his Nintendo DS) and queued for about an hour before being directed into a field for parking.
Then began the first of many long walks - about two miles - to the site carrying heavy bags to our tent. My hubby and brother had gone up ahead and pitched tents, something that had not been easy. Imagine having to walk back three miles because you left something behind.
A beer on the busy food field sorted out my slight fatigue, and I declined my brother's offer of strawberry cider as I'm not a fan of sweet drinks.
That night, in tents, the rain lashed down. The wind blew. And a boy and girl tried to pitch their tent. And people ran around drinking and shouting. Our tent was lovely and dry.
The next night, a group of young men and a girl pitched right next to us, and began a three day binge.
I got back to find they had rigged up a tarpaulin using my tent as stability, taken a couple of tent pegs, and helped themselves to other people's guy ropes and chairs.
I began removing their tarpaulin and a guy jumped out. Then my hubby came back and took over. The young man sort of had a hissy fit and said we were being unreasonable. We agreed to move our tent over and D sorted out their tarpaulin so that they had an entrance to their lair. We don't mind sharing but...
Music was good, saw Kate Nash and my kids' favourite, Lupe Fiasco the hip hop guy.
The next night in the tent was not good. They were on substances to keep them awake all night, before resuming drinking and smoking in the morning.
I think I got about 30 mins sleep that night.
We also found out that theft was a problem, my brother had £50 taken from his jeans and my wellies got stolen from outside the tent. (disaster in the mud!)
That apart, it was a fantastic weekend and I recommend everyone to go once - but don't take anything of any value!