second best weekend of 2007

...it was trumped by my dad's birthday weekend, don't think we can beat that one this year ;)

but this past weekend davoud, nick, val, harriet, chris and i all made our way down to minehead in somerset (down south) for the music festival all tomorrow's parties. it was held at a butlins resort, which is a extremely bizarre british summer resort for families that has a fun fair, waterworld, sports centre, go karts...*and* it's right by the sea. it was great to be amongst 6000 like minded people for the weekend and we lucked out by having a 6 berth chalet with very comfy beds, a toilet, hot shower and a kitchen. yes, only the grill in the oven worked - and badly at that - and the toaster was broken too, but we were still able to cook up some breakfast and heat up pizza.

oh yeah, there was also a pizza hut, burger king, fish and chips place and a stupid amount of bars on site. three indoor venues hosted a range of musical acts, which seemed like a bonus.

it was really the company, the sun, sitting on the grass in front of our chalet, frisbee, basketball (although i did slightly sprain my ankle), bottles of becks, in depth conversation and plenty of laughter, that really made it such a great weekend.

i think this might become an annual event because the accomodation, company *and* the music was excellent. i have to say my personal faves were spiritualized, yann tierrson and cat power.

oh yeah! and the wildlife. there were scrappy seagulls and several ducks and canadian geese who weren't afraid of anything. the goose would even come poke it's head in your window if it was open. one thing about british windows that i've noticed...no screens due to the lack of black flies and mosquitos.

spent today recovering, napping and cleaning the house, but i think that was the first official weekend of summer.