Keltfest

The night before Keltfest, Myr and me enjoyed Myr's dad's birthday BBQ. I drank probably a little too much wine. This was apparent when cycling home and I cycled for a long stretch with no hands (something I haven't dared do since I was about twelve) and greeting passers by and then later the almost falling asleep whilst cycling!

The next morning we woke up not so fresh and rested at around 6am. I had a shower and got my stuff together. I wore a long black skirt and a purple strappy top. I would regret this later! We were on the bus at around 7am to get to the train station and we were sat on the train with Judith and Sipke, clutching at cups of hot coffee.

After about three changes and meeting up with an Anneke, we were finally at Dordrecht where Keltfest was held. The day was bright and it was hot! We had only factor twelve sunblock with us but Myr smeared it into my shoulders and I hoped for the best!

It was really a beautiful day but all the shady places were taken and you had to wait about 30 minutes just to buy an overpriced drink. I was very happy that we had the foresight to take our own water with us! We sat on the grass for a while with some friends we met there and listened to the music and I tried my best not to think about how much I was baking. After a short while, Myr decided she too was too hot in the glaring sun so we went to buy a nice skirt for her. She first tried on what she thought was a skirt but instead were sort of clown pants. I'm not sure of the correct name for them! They weren't really for her so she tried on another skirt which was very pretty! It was sort of mostly red but lots of other colours mixed in too.

The group soon split up with Sipke, Judith and Anneke going off to look at stalls and whatnot and Myr and me trying to find some shady places. We sat near the birds of prey for a while but I found it a bit zielig and also there was suddenly a family with young kids beside us so we went to find somewhere else. You had to pay to use the toilet unlike Castlefest and the queue was a bit irritating. But then we found a bale of hay to sit on which was the most comfortable thing we had found! We spent the rest of Keltfest listening a bit to the music and watching the Highland Games. We looked half-heartedly at the stalls too but it was much too hot and by the end I was so tired and drained that it was a relief when Sipke said he would like to go home! The only bad thing was I didn't get to try the highlander BBQ but Myr tells me it will be much cheaper at Noorderzon so i'm looking forward to that!

The way home was more annoying than the way to because I think we had four changes and we had to stand up on one train but finally we made it to Myr's parents who very kindly gave me some much-needed after sun and a lift home! My back was very much burned but luckily I had a green hood thing that Maaike had given to me for my birthday last year that covered my shoulders and upper back so there was no nasty peeling. But the pain lasted a good three days and next time it's factor 50 please!

Sorry Myr, I know it's vervelend how much you want a brown girlfriend and instead you have me ;) Pale and mysterious is the way to be!

Keltfest was fun but I enjoyed Castlefest more because it was less hot I think, and more places to sit in the shade too. Also I have the feeling there were more drinks stalls, but I'm not sure anymore.

This year we will be unable to make it to Castlefest or Elf Fantasy because our loved ones keep deciding to get married on those days! So we will have to make do with Midsummer fest in July :D