6:10 AM Eugh. Early.

9:28 AM Bumped into Hendry at the services. Probably the last i’ll see of her all weekend…

9:51 AM Queueing off the M5, its like glasto of old. 5 hours 10 mins till kick off.

11:56 AM Beer o clock.

12:20 PM Definitely considering sacking off the queue for the nearest pub with a tv.

12:38 PM I don’t mine spending time in the traffic queue. Its just when there’s people i know who left later and got further that i get annoyed.

1:25 PM M5 #fail #glasto

2:04 PM Fuck. 9 miles away.

2:19 PM Queueing: 5 and a half hours. Time till KO: 45 mins.

2:58 PM Retreated to the last pub before glasto

3:25 PM That, was liquid football.

It turns out I did see Hendry later that day.

Thursday 24 June

1:33 PM Glade bar now does herbal shisha!

7:16 PM This is beautiful. #glasto

10:30 PM – 11:30 PM | 3 Daft Monkeys | Avalon Cafe

11:09 PM Why hasn’t anyone done dubstep folk?

Friday 25 June

1:50 PM – 2:40 PM | The Stranglers | Other Stage

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Mumford & Sons | John Peel Tent

8:14 PM Binging on fruit pastilles after an over long evening nap.

8:45 PM – 9:45 PM | Hot Chip | Other Stage

9:02 PM How can such a bunch of geeky looking brits sound so good? #hotchip

10:07 PM Small world syndrome.Lasses from borrowash that know james gent.

11:15 PM – 12:15 AM | The XX | The Park

11:41 PM xx

11:56 PM I think you need a girlfriend to really appreciate the xx live.

xX PHONE DIES Xx

1:00 AM – 2:00 AM | Annie Mac | The Hub

3:00 AM – 4:00 AM | Skream | The Hub

Saturday 26 June

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | The Dead Weather | Pyramid Stage

5:17 PM Glad to hear the pyramid stage is back to full strength

8:17 PM I’m looking forward to my double dose of dreadzone tonight!

8:30 PM – 9:20 PM | Editors | Other Stage

8:33 PM Favourite flag so far- ‘clunge’

8:56 PM Are you ready for dread pon sound!

9:00 PM – 10:10 PM | Dreadzone | The Glade

10:15 PM – 11:45 PM | Muse | Pyramid Stage

10:46 PM Muse

11:05 PM First headliners i’ve watched on the pyramid stage for a LONG time.

11:16 PM Is it not fucking crazy but brilliant that 100k people are brought to one place at one time for the sake of music?

11:46 PM Where the streets have no name . #muse #u2

1:00 AM – 2:00 AM | DJ Doorly | The Rabbit Hole

1:49 AM Waiting for second dose of dreadzone. Dad getting crash course in dubstep.

2:00 AM – 3:00 AM | Dreadzone | The Rabbit Hole

3:26 AM Just seen security nab some thieving little scally bastard.

4:00 AM Crowdsurfing in the telecorp lost luggage dept

Sunday 27 June

3:00 PM Watching england

3:33 PM Should have watched the temper trap.

3:50 PM “goal line technology” soon to be trending on twitter.

7:19 PM Has adopted centre stage for faithless this evening. Since when was there a barrier before the front?

7:29 PM People have camping chairs in the goods circle #hardcorefestivalfail

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Faithless | Pyramid Stage

10:00 PM – 11:30 PM | Orbital | Other Stage

10:22 PM Its been 6 years but orbital are back on the other stage with avengence. 25 mins in. No break.

10:35 PM Oh my. Dnb remix of satan dropped live by orbital.

10:41 PM Orbital bringing their 04 set up to date with some genre hopping. Respect.

11:18 PM If orbital drop a dubstep version of the box i will wet my pants.

11:21 PM Dr who cameo orbital glasto

11:30 PM – 12:00 AM | The Levellers | Glade Stage

12:49 AM Silent dubstep. #filth

1:00 AM – 2:30 AM | Silent Disco DJ’s | Silent Disco

Monday 29 June

1:25 PM Hmmm. No breakfast, queue moving quickly past fast food vans. Should have made a pack up.

1:54 PM I don’t think i’ve ever waited for a buffet cart announcement with such anticipation.

5:04 PM Yay! Rush hour!

6:18 PM It took all of 5 mins at rush hour on our wonderful underground public transport network to transform me back to an angry londoner. Sigh.

However now Glastonbury excitement has ARRIVED!

Cue me trying to find out who’s going and the creeping sense of panic as I start to worry about getting in and pitched before the England vs Slovenia game on Wednesday at 3pm. This should be a spectacle to behold. I was at Glastonbury when Euro 2004 was on and the showed the England vs Portugal semi-final on the big screens on the Pyramid Stage (see photo below). It was pretty immense – apparently there were more people gathered watching the game at Glastonbury than there were at the stadium itself.

Aside from the footy there’s also a good bunch of people going this year. I’m just not sure who you all are! If you are going to Glastonbury then give me a shout. I’ll probably be doing my best to text a few peeps I’m not camping with this year, but as usual a text in the morning will arrive sometime that night.

Fear not I have a plan! Keep an eye out for the flag – a relic from my teenage years – its ten years old this Glastonbury I think. Its a turquoise with a green anarchy A in the middle. If you see that, then I’m likely under it so come say hello. If I’m not under it then make friends to the man/lady who’s holding it, I’ve probably just gone for a good bounce or to the bar.

If anything this is for my own reference, but this is who I managed to see whilst at The Great Escape this year.

Thursday

Gaggle @ Concorde 2
Crystal Fighters @ Digital
MAY68 @ Brighton Coalition

And a failed attempt to see Ou Est Le Swimming Pool at Jam.

Friday

General people watching with to the likes of Think About Life @Digital and watching our overpriced cans of Ref Stripe vibrate across the window sill to some Jamie Woon @Digital also. But that was just because we were waiting for the main event:

Darwin Deez @ Digital
Chew Lips @ Digital
Delphic @ The Corn Exchange

Saturday

Rubber Kiss Goodbye @ Digital (was actually trying to see Wild Palms, but they were running late)
The Joy Formidable @ Brighton Coalition
Detroit Social Scene @ Hectors House
Band of Skulls @ Hectors House

And then lots of queuing and not getting in to the Corn Exchange for Groove Armada. Ah well.

Part of the LCD Bounceathon 2010

This was my favourite photo that I took at Get Loaded this year. You can see the rest on facebook.

I also took some videos, some of which I probably won’t upload but the ones of Orbital’s opening number and Chime, I already have done!

Fun!