Today was my first VW event of the summer (I use the word summer loosely). It’s the third annual Mighty Dub Fest held at the very beautiful Druridge Bay in Northumberland. Not surprisingly it was very muddy under foot but I was wearing my knee-length Doc Martin’s and was invincible.
The very first stand we approached sold rustic wrought ironwork, but we had to scarper as Skinny Dog#1 ate the roast vegetables on the wrought iron kebab display. A few stalls along and Skinny Dog#2 squatted down in front of the pie and pickle stand causing a lot of “eews” and “urghs” from passers-by. So we high tailed out of the festival grounds to have a look at the vans in the camping area beside the lake.
We then felt brave enough to re-enter the festival as the dogs had by now shared a Northumbrian pie, snaffled scraps of food out of black bin liners and pooped for England around the lake. (please note we do collect the poo and dispose of it responsibly).
Probably because of the appalling weather not as many vans had turned up this year. So, the following photos are a mix from today and last years event. See if you can spot the difference.
This is Lulabelle, a van full of cakes…..scrummy!
A time for reflection.
Festival boots and paws.
I talked about herbs in my van in a previous post……so here are todays fresh bunch; oregano, chives and thyme. Not that we did any cooking today.
And finally, the test of a British summer festival; mud proof footwear.
Cool! Love the paws and boots pic!
I imagine mud is going to feature heavily this summer. But I’m prepared 😉
I always wanted one of those VW Vans!
They are a lot of fun. If you get the opportunity for some campervan living go for it.
and love the crochet’d rug!
My mother-in -law made them decades ago and was having a clear out. Sunny made the perfect home.
Oh, so much fun! I wish I were there! Love the puppy comments : )
Those poor dogs get dragged round all the shows. They get rewarded with pies though 😉
I bet they love it! The pies would definitely be worth it!
Wow – some of those vans look stunning! Am not at all jealous in any way 🙂
Instead of an artshed you could have an art van 🙂
Wow cool….I could smell the refer smoke in the air. 🙂
Hehe 😉
Paws and boots, herb bouquet and amazing pink VW cupcakes…what’s not to like!? Pity I haven’t sorted out my own mud proof gear or I could’ve gatecrashed this coolest party of the *summer* 🙂
Get those boots ready for walking ‘cos there are more cool parties to go to this Summer. 😉
Great pictures, and you got to see all the campervans, which makes up for the poo-collecting!
This is true 😉
I really enjoyed these photos 🙂
Aw thank you.
I want one !!! and I love the photo of your boots.. 🙂