lord13 wrote: . . .that's just me.
lord13 wrote:Some good points there.. I'm not going to 'copy/paste' everything so I'll probably miss a few out...
Anyway...toilets ..I've never had a problem with the toilet facilities at Billing, they're just like any other campsite toilets, and yes, sometimes there are a few issues, but on the most part they are pretty fine. MH toilets on the other hand were more akin to a boozed up music festival, terrible *Bleep* soaked floors, and the 'ladies' toilets were absolutely abysmal, I couldn't let my daughter in them for fear of her contracting cholera or something... absolutely disgraceful.
Autojumble... well it was pretty rubbish at both events to be fair, not much at all ( i think you may recall I struggled to find a fan belt at MH this year)
Shade . . . buy a hat! but seriously, the layout at Billing is far superior and the trees do help to provide some shelter from the sun, the whole layout at billing is better, good flat fields, actual roads around the site, MH is what it is, a field on the outskirts of Leicestershire.
What is there to do? .. What you say is all well and good Fred, there is the agm and everything else....but I prefer to keep myself to myself at these social events, so I just float around on the outskirts. I'm not good in social situations of more than about 2 or 3 people...I prefer to be a faceless voice on here to air my views...I'll put my hands up to it in public if that is required but put me in a room of people and I'm pretty quiet . . .that's just me.
Also the 'entertainment' is not really to my taste at MH, I mean live music? nope I don't want that, Billing was chilled, and if I wanted to go to gig I would... but to be forced into it? nope. That's why I wont camp at MH. Too damn loud.
Now that paints me as being an old 'fuddy duddy' ( so does that phrase i guess;) ) but I assure you I ain't, I play guitar, bass, and I sing. I've played live at many venues, and the music I play is loud, obnoxious, noisy and screechy for the most part ( think early Mudhoney, John Spencer, Unsane, Dinosaur jr, and many other city slam/blast first/sub pop/AmRep style bands ) so I'm no stranger to live music...I just don't want it forced down my throat.
I just like Billing I guess.... MH is a cop out, the V.B.O.A. should get their act together and book a proper venue, and we as a club should not put up with second rate facilities for our national show. We should be moving forward not backward.
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