I’d have loved to have seen Carbon/Silicon again after shaking Mick Jones hand last year (I now realise guitar prowess cannot be passed on my mere touch alone) and we’re going to see The Levellers in August anyway so that was Friday out of the reckoning.

And Saturday was Blondie headlining; my mate was in the second row for that but who else played that night I don’t know.

But Sunday, oh Sunday… that was a different matter…

After we got to Farnborough North rail station we then realised the trains were not running. So they laid on a complementary/supplementary bus service which, after waiting an hour in the pissing rain, never came. I therefore had to drive to Guildford which meant no booze for me. So the half bottle of captain Morgan’s rum stayed in the car.

As soon as we got into the festival site we grabbed a cider and headed for the ents24 stage – Dreadzone were on and absolutely rocking it.

The Damned were next on the main stage and were rather good.

We caught a couple of tracks from the youngsters Enjoy/Destroy in the rock tent just before Senser came on and played an absolute blinder!

Back to the main stage and From The Jam (basically The Jam minus Paul Weller) were excellent.

And finally Australian Pink Floyd finished off the night with a perfect set.

I can’t say much more other than what a brilliant afternoon. If the girls had been home it would have been even better, but you can’t have everything can you?

If you’re ever down our way give us a shout and we’ll do the tour again… we can stop in The Three Pigeons for a pint of Timothy Taylor’s Landlord afterwards if you want…?