Monday, 7 July 2014

Les Fest Part One – By Rowena


After having really enjoyed my first Scottish festival last year, Les Fest 3 had been in my calendar pretty much as soon as the dates were announced.  Last year's line-up for me was fantastic and with the change in venue I couldn't wait to see how much better the organisers had made it this year. After having really enjoyed my first Scottish festival last year, Les Fest 3 had been in my calendar pretty much as soon as the dates were announced.  Last year's line-up for me was fantastic and with the change in venue I couldn't wait to see how much better the organisers had made it this year.  For 2014 the organisers had made the decision to change venues, with this year's festival being held at Wiston Lodge, South Lanarkshire.  For those not in the know it's a short 45 or so minutes from Glasgow so easy train commuting.  From there it's a bus journey to the village, though to be honest, if you don't drive you are best grabbing a lift as it's a bit of a walk otherwise as the site is deeper into the countryside than last year. Given that the festival was due to start at 11am on the Friday and the extortionate rail prices I opted for the overnight sleeper bus and so arrived in Glasgow well before 7am (thank God for coffee).  As I mentioned it was a short train ride over to Lanark station and happily the organisers had arranged a pick up for some early [...]

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