We haven't been to this festival for a few years so we thought we'd give it another go. Luckily we booked tickets early as, after we had booked them, we found out that this was to be the last UTS festival, which is a shame as it is in a lovely location on a dairy farm in South Yorkshire.
We were not allowed on site until 1700hrs on the Thursday, so we had plenty of time for the 125 mile journey. We thought we could divert to the National Trust property at Woolsthorpe (Isaac Newton's home) but it was rammed and we couldn't get in. Next stop was Boundary Mills for lunch and absolutely hours spent looking at shoes (zzzzzzz). We left there with time to spare to get to Cawthorne but then found the A1 was closed and we were stuck fast in searing heat for over an hour. What is it with that part of Lincolnshire that makes people want to drive into each other? There are always accidents there. Now very tired and in a foul mood we finished the journey down some narrow roads with challenging driving and, exhausted and thoroughly pissed off, we arrived and set up. This was despite Mr Finickity, who had no idea about how a motorhome works, trying to park us EXACTLY on a white marking on the grass. If he has just said "park on this white mark on the grass" we would have done it in seconds. Instead, we were backwards and forwards, backwards and forwards until he was happy.
The spaces were pretty tight so we hoisted our flags so we could find our bus amongst the thousands of others and wandered across for a couple of beers to try and relax a bit, hoping for better things in the morning.
Friday was a day of music, sitting around and eating and drinking in the warm sunshine, which made us feel much better. It was nice to relax.
On Saturday Morning we wandered into Cawthorne to have a mooch around this very pretty village before enjoying more music, food and beer for the rest of the day
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| Cawthorne Museum |
Sunday was a brilliant day for music and entertainment with some of our favourite bands and a hilarious performance from Bill Bailey. It was a great day, albeit the weather was a bit "meh".
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| A packed house for Bill Bailey |
On Monday we had a leisurely morning, packed up and headed up the road a bit to Hipperholme in West Yorkshire
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| Emptying out a bit |
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