Searched for a thread but only found mine from last year. Anyone going, fancy meeting up for a beverage the Saturday night? We are mostly just doing day passes at shows this year but we love this one! We will be in family camping, look for the red oxide bus ( 'if it's blooming working)
So here's the High lights and low lights of the show starting with low - much of this is not the fault of the organisers who work blooming hard Nearly knocked myself unconscious on Ollie and was left with scraps bumps and bruises ...then we broke down.....when We got there we noticed a difference in atmosphere straight away.....so here we go In the main ring you would not have known it was a Dub fest at all , most strange, a few craft and food stalls, nothing dub There is only shows on the Sunday Family field was not well policed this year leading to people playing loud drum and base till after 2 in the morning Not many auto jumble stalls at all The whole place had been rearranged , which we knew and had to be done however with the main ring where it is now made it hard for the wheelchair at the entrance. Being taken over by some ravers who would not know what a dub was from a Bedford, messy loud, rude ( nuff said) The littering by people was horrendous Not enough room for show and shine Nowhere to buy milk, baca etc.... High lights Apart from the crowd mentioned above genuine , nice , friendly folk with a love of Dubs Great selection of music Brilliant and beautiful venue Even the toilets were not that bad Good selection of food stalls and coffee stops ( well my favourite Malaysian was there) lil dubbers offers lots for wee ones Free climbing wall Brilliant circus acts Good clean up everyday (above litter) Some beauty's of Dubs Birds of prey If you are after a mini festival this is what is has become, it's different in the way most people attend in Dubs , needs more Dub impute , parts, curtains, things for the dub , camping stuff, Dub crafts and a different central show everyday etc....... Despite this would go again
Totally agree with @Row comments. It's the first time we've been to DATH and it won't be on our list for next year. We've were in the Family Area and the late night noise was ridiculous. I too had the pleasure??? of listening to Drum and Base until the early hours of Sunday morning . The 'crowd' this show attracted and atmosphere generated wasn't what we've experienced at other shows. For me, this detracted from the hard work the organisers had obviously put in. On the plus side, I thought the music line-up was excellent and food stalls were good with reasonable prices.
Some @StevieJD camp at breck farm then drive up. It's such a shame Jason and his team work so blooming hard. I love this show and it is still my favourite , whereabouts in the family field were you ? The drum and vase came from two T4's behind us , nice chaos shane about the music ....
We arrived around 5pm on Friday so about 3 rows in from the entrance and 6 pitches up. Near to a bright green T5 and a green Bay with colour coded Eriba Puck.
