That's a shame.
We had a great time all weekend I have to say and actually thought it was good value, especially compared with other concerts and festivals of similar prices.
Food and drink was expensive but I expected that tbh - captive market and all that. Been to other big outdoor concerts and another festival and it was similar coats, though food quality here was very good. Some had long queues though. We don't drink much at this kind of thing so that wasn't too bad and the girls had little water pouches that they kept refilling with water.
My dd was 12y, as was her friend. They enjoyed watching the shows at the show ground, the silent disco, the monster truck, the zorbs and also the free activities such as the rugby area, the mini golf and table tennis, the army assault course, the football golf thing with the cars.
We would have liked to see more of the track cars but were busy a lot and the girls were wanting to be off doing stuff. We saw a bit more on Sunday when we let the girls go off on their own for an hour or so, so we got to sit and watch a while.
But most of time we spent together with the girls and enjoyed watching them have fun.
Most of the late afternoon/evenings we enjoyed the music mainly, finding a spot closer to the front to stand or sit on our ponchos. We all loved scouting for girls; dh really enjoyed simple minds. The girls liked the Lancashire hotpots. TBH though we liked most if the music.
We will definitely be trying to get camping tickets again as even dh loved it - and he was incredibly reluctant beforehand and hasn't been to anything like it before.
Was impressed with the cleanliness of the toilets and showers all weekend both on the campsite and on the festival site. Especially with the rain and mud in places.
Would have liked there to be somewhere to charge mobile phones like other places have. Would have felt happier giving the girls a bit more freedom had we had working phones for contact.
Overall though we loved it.