Notes From a Small Island – Festival Time!
For us, the Isle of Wight Festival kicked off around 2pm yesterday when we parked in the VIP car park near the Backstage entrance and then queued up to collect our VIP wristbands. After showing our negative Covid passes we had our bags searched and then sauntered off towards the VIP area of the arena. However, although we could see the area through the fencing, there seemed to be no way to get there. We wandered along a fenced off corridor that seemed to run around the perimeter of the VIP area, and to our surprise found ourselves backstage with the tour buses and cranes. Security was a trifle lax, to say the least. Sam, …
