What I did in my holidays (Part Seven Happy Hippies Going Greener)

Ah Northern Green Gathering! AKA Hippies Up North/Men in Dresses. What follows is a photoblog perhaps almost by default. It was yet again another unforgettable trip!

This year we were at Lime Tree Funny Farm for possibly the first time. Well I got to site, cost me 15 UKP in a taxi fare from Ripon, ho hum…. Managed to get my tent up. Not entirely sure why there are no pics from that first night. Anyway lets kick off with some of the lovely site art here in the Yoghurt weavers field.




Here is a close up.




Some more fabulous art, this I think for the main stage.



Nice close up of the head.



Another random shot



And another shot of the birdie in flight to the main stage I think.



Here is the Magic Hat horse and cart….. giving some rides round the site…..



Here’s Trailer Trash, a splendid firm indeed!



And for those who missed the mud at Crustymania…..



Here is the site moggie, thoroughly non plussed….



Now, the permaculture folk had a cunning plan, viz to sow some rye, and hopefully if we were at the same site next year, we could harvest it, bake bread and indeed break bread… so here on the manure heap is what Peter the farmer reckons is a wild sunflower.



Here it is in long view



Here’s the Knitting Knoras



Here they are in close up….



Forgive us our trespasses….



Here’s a general view of the craft area



Now, did I mention did agree to help with preparation in order to sow rye seed. In order to grow rye in order to make bread at next Hippies Up North. Well here I am, a revolting peasant hard at work, but dressed for the job of course lol.



Here I am again shifting the manure…



Herewith the field to grow the rye.



Greenies love their pottery!



Make Stuff Out Of Wood!. You know you want to!



Some lovely volunteer stewards!



Delivering firewood to the firepit via the magic hat haulage.



Some tents.



Solidarity!



And traditionally, we uphold tradition that Saturday night at Northern Green Gathering is Camp Ball.



And let’s have a cup of tea!



Inside the chill-out tent provided by the lovely sustainable sounds



Pray who is Craig David out of Bo Selecta?



A view of the main stage powered by the wind and sun with lovely organic ale bar.



Nice random shot forget where.



Give a Hippy a Lift! You know you want to!



Inside Sunny Jim’s Solar Cabaret!



Some more lovely stewards. The lovely Semra demonstrating that the fluorescent hi-vis jacket is THE must have fashion accessory for style conscious goths



More lovely lovely stewards in this case some lovely stewards from the most excellent team 3 after final shift. Yeah we did it!



Random wellies shot. Well had to have one, in this case Becky’s from welfare crew.



And Northern Green’s wonderful logo. Very clever, in accordance with magickal principals to bring lovely weather as well as promote a wonderful swish corporate image. Or maybe not.



And let’s encourage public transport, cycling, and of course car sharing and hitch hiking….



Good to see the magick Chip van again to wit Nomad. And of course Sue and Marks Sauna (SAMS) which really made Northern Green 2006 in my opinion when it was rained and mudded out. It made it again this year cheers dudes! And well done to all the lovely disorganisers, traders, crew and of course ticket holders who made it all possible, hope you all had a good one!

Merry meet, merry part and merry meet again!

Go Green!