Elton John is apparently getting organised to be the closing act at this year’s Glastonbury, with invited guests such as Blondie’s Debby Harry and Cat Stevens helping him along the way. This is supposedly his last live performance ever. We shall see!
I read that the medical services at the festival have seen people queueing up for dental attention, mostly because they can’t get appointments at home! It seems that the medical services, including the dental clinic, had opened a month before the festival began for staff and construction workers setting up the facilities. “We’ve seen a lot of the site crew, people working here on the build, who haven’t had access to a dentist either because they don’t have one or they couldn’t get off to see someone,” said Chris Howes, managing director of Festival Medical Services which was founded at Glastonbury in 1979 and has organised the healthcare at every event on Worthy Farm since then. “We don’t offer routine check-ups or teeth polishing or anything like that – it is emergency dentistry that we do.”
In the early days they had midwives available, in case anyone went into labour. Nowadays they whizz such women off to hospital. Do these modern women feel cheated that they cannot say, “my baby was born at Glastonbury”?
Just imagine, though, going to a music festival and including a visit to the dentist in your festival activities. It seems, also, that the medical services are dealing with more sprains and broken bones. Falling on hard dry ground is not the same as falling into six-inch deep mud! There are also more cases of people suffering from asthma because of the dry, dusty conditions. Festivals are not what they used to be.
I also read that a largish group sheltering from the sun in a marquee were treated to Richard Thompson singing to his acoustic guitar, no microphone, no sound system, a whole range of his songs ancient and modern, ending with “I want to see the bright lights tonight”. Now that is something I would have liked to be there for.
And that’s Glastonbury over and done with for another year. They’ve had fantastic weather for it. Locally, we’re having fantastic weather for the Saddleworth Show, also known as Wellifest. It’s so called because it’s held at Well-i-Hole Farm on Well-i-Hole Road, Greenfield, and not because the people who camp there usually need their wellies!
I read that “Wellifest has gained a reputation for showcasing exceptional musical talent. The festival will feature a mix of local bands and emerging artists.
From indie rock to acoustic melodies, the Wellifest stage will pulsate with the sounds of diverse genres, ensuring a memorable experience for all music lovers.”
There you go. Our own festival!
A National Trust place down in Cornwall was planning a pick-your-own cherries event this week but they have had to cancel it because blackbirds ate all the fruit. Like something from a nursery rhyme! I wonder how you prevent that from happening. Presumably you need a series of nets over your trees.
Here at our house we have just re-instituted a bead curtain making a screen outside the back door to try to prevent flies and wasps and remarkably stupid bees from buzzing into the kitchen when we have to door open. The stupid bees usually get trapped in the window and are unable to find their way out even when you open the window as wide as possible. Ever since six year old Granddaughter Number Four was briefly trapped in their car with a wasp she has had panic attacks whenever anything buzzes near her. Hopefully the bead curtain will prevent that as well.
Summer problems!
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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