So it finally happened. After months and months of waiting and listening to albums and getting monumentally excited for the fact I was going to see Simon Neil and Alex Turner IN REAL LIFE; I finally made it to T in the Park!
After a little confusion and mix-up with our campervan, we set off all the way up to Balado in Scotland. The atmosphere was lovely; everyone was so friendly (you literally make so many new friends at festivals) and I even found myself adopting a slightly Scottish accent towards the end of it. We managed to get both extremities in terms of the weather: the Friday was blisteringly hot and the Saturday was cold and damp until it eventually bucketed in down in the middle of Calvin Harris' set.
This T was particularly special as it was the last time it would be located in Balado, and so at the end of the night on Sunday they had a man come on and play the bagpipes whilst fireworks went off in the background. It felt very sentimental, and I'm glad I managed to attend before it moved to it's different location.
Getting our faces painted, I'm the one on the right hand side not looking very impressed - but I assure you I did love my facepaint once it was done!
They made this skull out of all the rubbish left over at the end of one of the previous festivals, so I'm actually stood posing in front of hundreds of plastic bottles - but it looks super cool.
There were many selfies taken on this trip, however most of them are too horrific to unleash onto the internet unawares, so I chose three of the best!
The fireworks behind the famous big wheel after Arctic Monkeys set.
#byebyebalado
Although I had never even considered going all the way up to Scotland to attend a festival (it had been my plan to go to Leeds this year instead, which is only an hour away), I'm so glad I did. Like I said, the friendly atmosphere, combined with the amazing line up, the way everyone chants 'Here we, here we, here we fucking go!' at the bands and the fact it was the last one in Balado made it feel like a very special and unique experience, it's something I would encourage everyone to attend at some point in their lives, and it's safe to say I will be returning to T in the Park at some point in the near future!
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