Self-confessed Twi-hard!!!!

So the wait was finally over as last week I ventured to my local cinema with my family in tow to watch the third installment of the Twilight Saga: ECLIPSE!! After months of drooling over the trailer (often watching it five times in a row!) on good old Youtube, I finally had my R-Patz fix and dose of Edward Cullen and boy was it good!! Action packed and better than expected (I'm no film critic) I thoroughly enjoyed watching this screen adaptation of the third book and thought that it certainly lived up to the hype. I could ramble on about my favourite scenes, all of which include Edward of course but i'm having a bad enough day/week as it is Robsessing and don't want to make myself worse......let's just say there's been a permanent grin on my face ever since I found out that Breaking Dawn will be not one but TWO films meaning us Twi-Hards have still got a couple of years yet of being centre of attention :)

Happy 40th Birthday Glastonbury!

Rolf Harris, Tutti Frutti cider and a whole lotta she-pees. There is only one place you will find these three wonders altogether on a sunny weekend in June......Glastonbury of course!! Long known as the BEST festival in the world, at the good-old age of 22 I finally decided to find out for myself just how amazing this field in the middle of Somerset is come Summer.

First off I have to say that I love Glastonbury simply because you have to register for a ticket. This therefore means you don't have the annoying problem of missing out and resorting to paying triple the price for a ticket on eBay just because a stupid tout managed to get hold of ten tickets when they initially went on sale! Me and the Rickster were of course Glasto virgins so going for the first time with a group of regular Glasto-goers certainly helped as they knew their stuff. Having only been to Reading Festival previously and camped for a maximum of four days, Glastonbury was definitely on another scale. Glasto fanatics don't pay £185 for a ticket to just watch bands all day long, this festival is about so much more than that. Infact I think it would be possible to experience the five days there without watching a single musician and still have a fantastic time, however I did not sleep on a paper thin camping mat for five nights to miss out on the likes of Julian Casablancas and Muse!

As typical as it sounds, the one and only downside to being at a festival in my opinion, has to be the toliet situation. I've gone to the extreme lengths that most females wouldn't resort to.....I've used the ladies urinals and peed in a bottle but knowing beforehand that Glasto was on a much larger scale than Reading Festival, I was sure the toilets would be a let down. Hallelujah, they were not!! Flushable, fairly clean and a spritz of air freshener every now and then, it was ALMOST like being at home (okay they weren't that luxurious!) So with the reassurance that my trips to the loo would be bearable, I was free to have the best five days and that is exactly what I did! I wish it were possible to see the entire festival from Wednesday to Sunday but it really is that huge that you've definitely got a good excuse to come back year after year!

The highlights of my first ever Glastonbury have got to be: seeing my new favourite band The Drums perform on the John Peel Stage (their album has not left my stereo since returning!), drinking two cups of cider (one Toffee Apple flavour, the other Tutti Frutti) and feeling like I had legs made of jelly and last but certainly not least, I have to say that a memorable part of Glasto 2010 for me was enjoying a set by Snoop Dogg on the Pyramid Stage on Friday afternoon!! Not only were the crowd amazing to watch, but his use of language and the fact that I knew more than two of his songs actually suprised me and had me bopping along with a Smirnoff Ice firmly in my hand!

Happy 40th Birthday Glastonbury.....you certainly impressed me as a Glasto virgin and definitely deserve the title for the World's Best Festival! See you next year :)