Just a general comment. Festivals in parks for the whole summer.
I don’t mind this happening, great when it happens, don’t even mind the music levels. But what I do object to for the second or third year in a row in my local big park, there’s no signposting saying which part of the park you can use. Security guests and barriers (again don’t mind these but the guards always seem to know little or nothing or won’t tell you where to go).
Which means when I wanted to organise a picnic in an area of the park, no it’s for festival only use the other already overcrowded part of the park which isn’t being used!
It’s a money spinning exercise, the festival, acts and people going and ahem the council seem to be the only ones benefiting. I was at a local bar last night (wine and cheese/bread etc) they said they close after it finishes but also reminded me last year there were riots so a few bars/shops are closed for festival (basically all June and July).
It affects everyone, I do a bootcamp in this park and that’s bern moved. But also rubbish issue and we don’t want rodents around who appeared over lockdown.
Every other park locally seems to sign up to these festivals too!
A mum friend of mine told me this morning she was in the part of this park which wasn’t being used and before the event a huge crowd of people on their way to the festival were smoking weed, already a bit drunk etc and her daughter knew it was Pride but there could’ve been sights she didn’t want her to see (9).
Is it me or am just a fun sponge?