Reviews
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Hard Rock Calling 2010 Review
Hard Rock Calling 2010 – Reviewed by: Clairem
What was the weather like?
Really good
How old were your kids?
9 months
Arriving and setting up camp:
Got a train and then tube. Easy to get to! Day festival so no camping.
What was the entertainment like? Kids Activities / Line up etc,
Line up good. No children’s activities. My son enjoyed Read more…
V Festival Staffordshire 2009 Review
V Festival Staffordshire Reviewed by: Claire
What was the weather like?
Good weather – not too hot or cold!
How old were your kids?
I was pregnant! Read more…
Popblast Festival 4 Kids 2011 Review
Review by Karon Louise
What was the weather like?
Scorching, 30′ hate to say it but a little too hot… only a few gazebos for cover in main area and was on concrete… not soft ground, but there were lots of picnic benches! No water facilities except drinking water in toilets but first aid crew were great with overheated kids!
How old were your kids?
4 and 9
Getting there:
No camping as it was a dayfest over 2 days, not well signposted at all, Read more…
Wychwood 2011 Review
What was the weather like?
Mixed rain and sun. Campsite very flat so no problems with flooding!
How old were your children?
4, 5 & 7
Getting to the Wychwood 2011 and setting up camp:
We were there early but friends of ours had to queue for ages to get in – there seemed to be some confusion from the staff as to which route the cars should take – also the family camping wasn’t particularly well sign-posted so people were finding it hard to find the right area to camp in.
Read more…
Camp Bestival 2010 Review
2010 Camp Bestival weather: Warm in the day and a little chillier at night but not really cold cold.
Review by: Lorraine (with 4 kids aged 10, 14, 15 and 17)
Getting to the festival and setting up camp:
We got there about 10.30 am and still had quite a queue to get in. We hired a cart to take our stuff into the camping field which were quite expensive. Didn’t have a problem getting a space as we were early but it filled up quickly and people were squeezing into any available gap by mid afternoon.
Had been very dry in the few weeks before so was very dusty and hard to get pegs in the ground, make sure you take robust ones!
Read more…
Playfest 2011 Review
Playfest 2011 – Jester’s review
Yesterday we attended day 2 of East Anglias newest festival, Playfest
Set in the grounds of New Eccles Hall School, in Quidenham, Norfolk, Playfest is in a beautiful setting, lots of trees and little coves of trees.
Getting there:
We knew where we were going as we live about 20 minutes up the road, and it was well signposted off the A11.
Upon entering the carpark (an empty goose farm field) we were told to park to our right and then the steward muttered something else, as I drove off another steward shouted at me “put your hazards on” in quite an aggressive manner! That must have been what the other steward had said that I didn’t hear. (I noticed the car in front didn’t have hazards on nor did a few other cars that came in, she didn’t shout at them!)
Harvest at Jimmy’s 2010 Review
Review by: Tess (with 2 kids: 4 and 5 years old)
Harvest at Jimmy’s is the best weekend as a family we have ever had. From start to end it was an amazing experience and we are all counting down for this year and are bringing friends. Read more…
Larmer Tree Festival 2010 Review
Our friends at LittleStuff.co.uk have kindly let us share this great review of Larmer Tree Festival 2010:
The Larmer Tree Festival Review – what we really thought
by Emma, on behalf of Littlestuff
When Laura asked on Wednesday if I wanted to take her place at the Larmer Tree Festival for five days she didn’t have to ask twice. I imagine she chose me because I had easy access to four enthusiastic children. What she might not have considered was my previous experience working at numerous festivals in the past, delighting children with a huge inflatable bouncy dragon, and more recently taking my own children to experience the fun for themselves.
Hard Rock Calling 2010 Review
Hard Rock Calling 2010 – Reviewed by: Clairem
What was the weather like?
Really good
How old were your kids?
9 months
Arriving and setting up camp:
Got a train and then tube. Easy to get to! Day festival so no camping.
What was the entertainment like? Kids Activities / Line up etc,
Line up good. No children’s activities. My son enjoyed Read more…
Popblast Festival 4 Kids 2011 Review
Review by Karon Louise
What was the weather like?
Scorching, 30′ hate to say it but a little too hot… only a few gazebos for cover in main area and was on concrete… not soft ground, but there were lots of picnic benches! No water facilities except drinking water in toilets but first aid crew were great with overheated kids!
How old were your kids?
4 and 9
Getting there:
No camping as it was a dayfest over 2 days, not well signposted at all, Read more…
Camp Bestival 2010 Review
2010 Camp Bestival weather: Warm in the day and a little chillier at night but not really cold cold.
Review by: Lorraine (with 4 kids aged 10, 14, 15 and 17)
Getting to the festival and setting up camp:
We got there about 10.30 am and still had quite a queue to get in. We hired a cart to take our stuff into the camping field which were quite expensive. Didn’t have a problem getting a space as we were early but it filled up quickly and people were squeezing into any available gap by mid afternoon.
Had been very dry in the few weeks before so was very dusty and hard to get pegs in the ground, make sure you take robust ones!
Read more…
Playfest 2011 Review
Playfest 2011 – Jester’s review
Yesterday we attended day 2 of East Anglias newest festival, Playfest
Set in the grounds of New Eccles Hall School, in Quidenham, Norfolk, Playfest is in a beautiful setting, lots of trees and little coves of trees.
Getting there:
We knew where we were going as we live about 20 minutes up the road, and it was well signposted off the A11.
Upon entering the carpark (an empty goose farm field) we were told to park to our right and then the steward muttered something else, as I drove off another steward shouted at me “put your hazards on” in quite an aggressive manner! That must have been what the other steward had said that I didn’t hear. (I noticed the car in front didn’t have hazards on nor did a few other cars that came in, she didn’t shout at them!)
Larmer Tree Festival 2010 Review
Our friends at LittleStuff.co.uk have kindly let us share this great review of Larmer Tree Festival 2010:
The Larmer Tree Festival Review – what we really thought
by Emma, on behalf of Littlestuff
When Laura asked on Wednesday if I wanted to take her place at the Larmer Tree Festival for five days she didn’t have to ask twice. I imagine she chose me because I had easy access to four enthusiastic children. What she might not have considered was my previous experience working at numerous festivals in the past, delighting children with a huge inflatable bouncy dragon, and more recently taking my own children to experience the fun for themselves.
V Festival Staffordshire 2009 Review
V Festival Staffordshire Reviewed by: Claire
What was the weather like?
Good weather – not too hot or cold!
How old were your kids?
I was pregnant! Read more…
Wychwood 2011 Review
What was the weather like?
Mixed rain and sun. Campsite very flat so no problems with flooding!
How old were your children?
4, 5 & 7
Getting to the Wychwood 2011 and setting up camp:
We were there early but friends of ours had to queue for ages to get in – there seemed to be some confusion from the staff as to which route the cars should take – also the family camping wasn’t particularly well sign-posted so people were finding it hard to find the right area to camp in.
Read more…
Harvest at Jimmy’s 2010 Review
Review by: Tess (with 2 kids: 4 and 5 years old)
Harvest at Jimmy’s is the best weekend as a family we have ever had. From start to end it was an amazing experience and we are all counting down for this year and are bringing friends. Read more…