Many of my friends have already been and gone to many festivals across Europe; Hellfest, Metalcamp and a multitude of others. However, having a little baby can be quite restrictive when it comes to things like that – camping in a field when Freyja is so young is just a no-go – so where we normally would’ve accompanied everyone, we sat at home cleaning up poo and sick… although I don’t think I know anyone going to Wacken Open Air this year due to it’s weakening line-up and shift towards poor music (Bring Me The Horizon, Bullet For My Valentine for example). However when it comes to Bloodstock Open Air, Hannah’s mum lives just round the corner! This blessing has enabled us to visit the festival grounds during the day, and travel home in the evening to see our gorgeous baby girl. Maybe next year we might be able to bring her with us – she’ll be about 16 months by then, but we need to find out if even ear defenders will be enough at that age… May not even be until 2011…
Anyway, this year I’m looking forward to seeing some great bands, including Carcass, Katatonia, Saxon, Apocalyptica, Blind Guardian, Enslaved, Amon Amarth, Anathema, Europe, Satyricon and Turisas. It also means I get to finally update The Metal Page!
