Less than 2 weeks now until North Cornwalls' fastest growing festival breaks cover. It's set in a lovely little valley somewhere between the quiet land-locked village of Week St Mary and the roaring seas and towering cliffs of Crackington Haven. The very contrasting line up this year consists of, amongst many others, The King Blues and their distinct brand of punk polemic and the increasingly starward-bound Eliza Doolittle, who is currently Number 3 in the Official UK album charts and Number 8 in the singles chart.
I've been to every single one since Leopallooza started 5 years ago. In the slightly less 'legitimate' days, stories would abound of 'incidents'. One involved a hotwired tractor. Another involved a girl stuck in a hole for 6 hours until she was found by a man having a wee-wee. Fortunately, since then the tractors have been removed, portaloos introduced and the holes filled. Strict safety guidelines are now followed to the letter. What it lost in mortal danger it has totally made up for in feelgood factor.
I'm going again this year (I kind of have to, I'm part of the crew...) but I'd recommend it to anyone - young, old(ish), rockers and ravers, surfers and emos. It's a cracking party. Tickets are still available online or from us here at the Bude Gul Store, or from our colleagues in Padstow, Newquay, Truro and Plymouth. £20 a pop.
