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After another couple of late shifts it was soon Wednesday and time to head to the airport to meet with Morten and Maart. We were soon checked in and boarding the airplane and it was a short flight to London. We had our first taste of English food with lunch in an airport pub before catching a train first into London, then connecting to a train to Derby. By the time we arrived it was after 5pm but it was easy to catch a taxi with 2 other festival goers outside the Derby station and we were soon dropped off near the festival. We had loaded Morten’s bag up with beer as he had one with wheel but this soon proved tricky when we had to navigate through mud getting into and inside the festival. Once inside I phoned Martin that I met at Roskilde last year from Sheffield (another Martin.. how confusing!!). He had saved us a spot and it was really close to the village, choice as! So soon we were a happy camp of five including his friend Robbo and once we had all the tents up relaxed and cracked open the beers. We went shopping for a gazebo and chairs, checked out the village, ate yummy Chinese noodles and sausages with chips and then went looking for the parties. We ended up in a tent with Rock karaoke, it was not what I expected. People were getting up and singing with a full band behind them. The tent was packed and was a good little party. Afterwards we never really found anything interesting so we headed back to the guys big tent and played drinking games until the sun started coming up.

We are on our way..!

Happy boys =)

We're here!!

Puurdy..

This shop did not contain what I hoped ;-)

Steak pies with mashed potato and baked beans.. yes please!!

The first night in my little tent was very cold so I welcomed the morning when it was a bit warmer and slept in. We then went looking for breakfast and I was very happy to find a little stall called Strumpets with Crumpets. The ladies were dressed in frilly saloon girl outfits and made yummy crumpets for me with crème fraich and plum jam and strawberry jam with clotted cream, mmmmmmm! After a slow start to the day we drank vodka red bulls and headed into the village to watch some comedy in the cinema tent. Then we went back to camp and met with Martin and Robbo and walked around visiting other camps. We first headed to where we saw a Danish flag but were disappointed as they were English guys and just randomly had picked that flag. But further on was an Aussie and a silver fern flag. This little party had kiwis and aussies and we spent the rest of the night hamging out, talking and drinking beers with them.

Inside the Turborg bar was going off.

Outside it was even crazier.

Maart looking tough?

Giant yorkshire pudding stuffed with sausages, mash and onion.. yes please!!

There were lots of sparkly rides.

They played rock music =)

Woooah, Ghost Train.

Some of them looked pretty damn scary!

Me with the Carlsberg man.

Morten wanted some hugs.

The ghost train looked pretty scary.

Robbo and Martin were looking forward, pity it was the crappest ghost train ever.

The next day the sun came out, yay! It was a nice relaxing morning but soon time to head to the festival arena!! We were surprised at how long it took us to walk to the arena as it did not look that far away on the map. We felt like sheep joining the thousands of other people pouring into the site. But once in we were soon rewarded with the fantastic view down the sloping hill of the main stage and the massively impressive AC/DC stage. After sorting out drinks we headed to the main stage to watch 36 Crazy Fists followed by Killswitch Engage. Both bands were good although the sound was affected a little from the wind. We had some time after that to get some food and I thoroughly enjoyed the chips with cheese and gravy. Then it was time to head to the front for Them Crooked Vultures. This was another amazing performance. What an awesome day already and followed off by AC/DC. They sounded amazing, the stage was awesome, the effects, Angus, the girls flashing there boobs on the big screens and then all topped off by fireworks.. very impressed!

Morten's mancave.

Brushing your teeth festival style.

First view of the Main stage and ACDC stage.

Second stage.

Morten had a big night..

36 Crazy Fists.

The crowd for Killswitch Engage.

The awesome AD/DC stage.

Dave Grohl in Them Crooked Vultures.

John Paul Jones.

AC/DC!!

Saturday was again another sunny day. It started off slow with the three of us getting breakfast and some shopping around the village but once back at camp we got stuck into the beers with the boys. We soon joined some Norwegian girls that had turned up across from us and were having so much fun I could not convince anyone to head to the festival to hear Volbeat. So by the time we got there Megadeth were well into their set. This was followed by Deftones and then we were all very excited for the main event Rage Against the Machine. They were very good and it was a highly energetic and fun concert. We all walked back to camp very satisfied.

It's getting messy around camp..

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We made some friends.

Rage Against the Machine!

Massive crowd for Rage.

Frontman Zach de la Rocha.

Sunday we didn’t hang around camp long as this was going to be another epic day of concerts. Cinderella were playing when we got there and we relaxed in the sun a little before making our way up front for Slash. His show was really good and his guest singer performed the songs really well. What a legend! Then there was not much space before Billy Idol played. I chose not to go up the front and was quite happy about that because it soon started pouring down. What a pity! I spent most of his performance huddled under a clothing rack in front of a stall. I was supposed to meet the guys at our meeting spot after but they were not there and I shopped for a rain poncho. I then got the call that they had run back to camp as some of them were just wearing t-shirts and they brought back our wet weather gear. It was a relief to put on my gumboots as the ground had soon turned to a sea of mud. Thankfully it stopped raining though and we enjoyed listening to Motorhead before heading to the second stage to see Airbourne. I did not know who these guys were but Martin was enthusiastic and we were glad we went as we were treated to a fun, energetic rock show. This was highlighted by the singer climbing up the rigging at the side and playing his guitar at the top of the stage before security pulled the plug on him. We headed back to the main stage and caught the end of the Stone Temple Pilots set and headed in to the front for Aerosmith. It was a joy seeing the legends that are Steve Tyler and Joe Perry play and an awesome way to end the festival. After that we headed back to camp exhausted for an early night.

Crumpets!! Mega yum!

Breakfast time in the village.

Cinderella, nice way to start a Sunday.

Followed by Slash, second time I'd seen him play in 2 weeks.. sweet!

The legend.

Airbourne rocked!



Singer Joel O'Keefe is a legend.

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Aerosmith.

Steven Tyler.

It was an awful night to try to sleep. The campground was very rowdy with people packing up to leave all night and stupid drunk guys running around whacking tents. I was sure some guys were going to fall on me and therefore did not get much sleep. It also rained but had thankfully stopped when we got up to pack up. We then walked to where we could get taxis and had a little wait until we were thankfully picked up and took back to Derby. We picked up our train tickets and headed to a takeaway bar for a yum brunch of mince pie with a cheesy baked spud. Then it was back on the train to London and then Gatwick. We had some time at the airport to shop and got some sausages and cheese from M & S and stuff from Boots. It was around 8:30pm when we landed back in CPH. My bags were much heavier than when I left and I trudged back from Kongens Nytorv to dump my stuff and eagerly hit the shower.

Leaving in the mud.

A picture says a thousand words but most importantly.. yum!