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Hard Trance Europe head to Weston-Super-Mare for our 2024 weekender! 3 Nights - Indoor & Outdoor Stages - 75+ DJs/Artists - Amusement Park - Beach Tickets https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Bristol/Grand-Pier/Hard-Trance-Europe-Weekender---On-The-Pier-/36392932/ Flyer Map

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The Tidy Summer Camp is to return with a BANG this year! We have a new venue, an awesome line up and so much sugary creamy fun it'll rot your teeth. 2005 sees us relocate to the shores of the east coast, Hemsby on the Norfolk coast. The site is minutes away from golden beaches, it has a huge swimming pool, a crazy golf course and only minutes drive from the Norfolk Broads if you fancy having a tidy outing! After Tidy Weekender 7 sold out in record time we are pulling out all the stops to ensure Summer Camp 2005 will be the best summer holiday you've ever had! Even though the typical English weather pissed on our chips and our Roadshow at Summer Camp 2004 we are going to brave it again, fingers and toes crossed! Dust off those sombreros, grab your bermudas and get ready to sweat your knackers off... Forum Topic Flyer

https://www.skiddle.com/festivals/tidyland-weekender/ We proudly present the next chapter of the Tidy Weekenders; Tidyland 2023! In 2022 Tidyland Weekender reignited and redefined the 'Weekender' experience - many people hailed the event as 'the best Weekender ever'. With a summertime setting, outdoor stages, the biggest line up to have ever been hosted at a Weekender and a 3 year build up, it will go down in history as one of Tidy's biggest & best parties. There was an overwhelming call to throw another 72 hours off from the world and somehow pull off the feat topping this year's event. After much deliberation and consideration, the next chapter of Tidyland is set to head to Pontins Holiday Centre, Southport for the next summertime seaside adventure! Southport is synonymous with 'Weekender' events. The venues are able to offer a new dynamic to the Tidyland experience (more arenas, bigger production and easier accessibility for travellers and day passes), so this is bound to make 2023 an even bigger and even better Tidyland party. The Tidyland Weekender is all about peace, love, unity and having fun with your chosen family. Set against the backdrop of banging music supplied by the world's best artists, get yourself to sunny Southport this summer for 3 days and 3 nights of Tidy magic!

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So then, finally, the weekender for Bournemouth was here ! I woke up at around 11am(ish) woke James up; we had to be out of the house soon ! There is nothing better than not being in work and over indulging your self with lots of sleep ! We aren't THAT lazy. Honest ! We look out the window and to our surprise, WOW, the weather is looking as LUSH as ever, not one cloud in the sky and the sun was just a nice shining star in the sky. HORRAY ! We never had the best of the weather last weekend when we attended GKGG, but this weekend god was on our side. It was all about the sun, the seaside, meeting ClubTheWorld members from the board and also, BEER. WHEY ! So we dash up, have a shower, pack out bags with some clean clothing, towels etc. Due to having some bad rainy weather during the previous week, we honestly thought, that, the sun wouldn't stay no longer than a few hours. How wrong we were. We decide to wear jeans and a t-shirt and pack nothing more but clean trousers/jeans for the day after. Again, thinking it would probably rain. Sheesh - read on grr We leave our current location, jump in the car and off we go ! It was around 12ish the time we left, so we got some petrol and then headed for the M25. Which was a disaster ! Anyway, we get to the M25 - cruising with the roof off the car, enjoying the mini heat wave that we had now discovered would be staying for the whole weekend. Yup, that's right. It wasn't going to rain, as we switched the radio on, we heard it stated that what we were driving in, was a mini heat wave that was to stick around for the rest of the month ! Oh great ! We have packed no shorts in our bags. I wander what look we will get from the sunbathers on the beach. Walking around in jeans - we are going to look soooo cooool ! NOT. Right then - we get further into the M25 and boy, by this time, the sweat was dripping from us. It was absolutely BOILING ! The heat was pretty unbearable, but we managed it ok and appreciated the sunshine, as we hadn't had much of it during the last few days ! The traffic starts to build up and suddenly comes to a halt on the M25. No word of a lie, we were crawling up the motorway, to which took us at least and hour and a half to actually escape the motorway. During our time on the M25 we switch on the radio for the traffic report, to which, to our surprise, there has been some accident at the top end of the M25. GREAT ! Don't mind me, ill just sit here and burn in the sun. To which, I did My poor shoulders. Never mind. [censored] happens ! People should take more care on the roads ! grr FINALLY, after arsing around on the motorway, almost dying in our own sweat, we come to a junction that is the turn off for us. HORRAY ! This road was a nice clear road, no traffic jams, no diversions etc this was the road that was taking us, to, BOURNEMOUTH! As we drive nicely through the breeze of the motorway, we decide to give Kev / @CreamyC a call and see how he is getting on with his journey. Kev, the most dedicated traveller of the lot, had to endure an extended coach journey, to which I think took him about four hours on the coach, in the blazing hot sunshine, in HEAVY traffic on the motorway. I'm not sure how many people were on this coach with Kev, but i'm sure it was VERY hot and stuffy to which poor old CreamyC had to shut up and put, with! aww. Anyway, he hadn't arrived yet although he was closer than James and I were so I gather he would be directing us, as always, when we get there. We stop at the services on the way to Bournemouth, as it was high time we got a drink and a nice ice lollypop to cool us down. Not forgetting that we were both in jeans and trainers and were almost melting away into nothing ! These services that we stopped at was pretty dam packed with all sorts of people. Families, couples, OAP's etc all taking advantage of the gorgeous weather we had today ! Going to have some food like a KFC or a MacDonalds was out of the question. The queues were huge ! I mean, come on guys, you want something nice and cold down your throats, it's too hot for hot food ! hehe We get what we want and then a quick dash to the cash point to put some cash in my back pocket for the weekend ahead. Sorted ! We head back outside the services for some shade to sit and relax before we hit the road of torture again. We sat in a well nice spot, on some picnic tables, in a forrest-like location, and it was great. Was nice to be out of the sun for a bit but then it was nice to get back init ! So we head back to the car and carry on driving for the few miles we had left. Within this time we had already spoke to Kev for a second time to which he was already there enjoying a nice pint of ale with the others at the pub. James and I just can't wait to get there ! B&B is all booked so all we need now is to get into Bournemouth and get settled then it's out on the town we go ! So, we get into Bournemouth's Town Centre. We have spoken to Kev and we are now driving to the meet up point where he will then direct us to our B&B. Before that though, we drive around the Town Centre. It was none other than bloody lovely ! The sun was still shining so we decided to drive down by the seaside before meeting Kev. Oh my, what a sight we saw. The sea was lovely, the beach was PACKED but lovely, the location was lovely, the pier was lovely EVERYTHING, was, can you guess ? LOVELY ! We just need to wash and change, get settled then join the punters in Bournemouth. We eventually meet Kev who was waiting for us in his lovely yellow taxi that he had already tracked down. Was ace as ever, to see Kev again. Just seeing him and speaking to him for the odd few minutes before heading to the B&B, I just KNEW, this weekend was going to be HILLARIOUS ! We get to out B&B, which was called The Marvin Hotel, based on Watkin Road (highly recommended !). Looked very nice outside and just couldn't wait to get in there ! And so in we go, couldn't see anyone, the place looked deserted. Everyone was out enjoying the blistering hot weather ! So, we see the lady of the house. And what a nice lady she was. She didn't know us, but she was pleased to see us, got talking for a few minutes about how far we travelled etc, paid our deposit then she gave us the keys to our room. On we go up the stairs, and this place looked great. Pretty modernised but all the same, you just felt comfortable as ever. The room was lovely. Based on 3 sharing, James, myself and Kev. This is going to be fun. We had an on-suite with shower, tea facilities, a nice sized wardrobe, bed side cabinets, mirrors, it was lush. We couldn't have asked for better accommodation. The bonus of it all, though, was, that we could come and go as we pleased ! As long as we were fairly quiet though, as she had a young boy. You can't argue with that really can you ! So then. We are settled. Time to get outside and share the sun with everyone else ! We decide that we would walk down to the Bournemouth beach and all the pubs down that way. So, we got down by the beach, took a few pretty photos (check the gallery), and were looked upon by many people in shorts, bikinis, and there was us, Kev in trackie bottoms and James and I in jeans. WHEY ! How silly we looked ! We weren't prepared for this kind of weather at all. [censored] happens people ! As we got there, we meet up with some members of the CTW: @Ginge, @tommy, @ElsxBells, & Daredevil_Tony. It was good to meet up with these guys as it isn't very often you can meet up and have a few laughs around a table of beers. So it was all good baby ! The first pub we ventured was where we all met. Wetherspoons Moon, in the square. This pub was great - served food and any choice of beer / wine / spirit. It was pretty packed as everyone was coming in to cool down from the heat outside. Me, James and Kev decided to tuck into some food so we had some energy to carry us through the night of fun and frolics that lay ahead of us, and boy, that food was delicious ! And not too expensive either ! After staying an hour or two in Wetherspoons, we decide it is time to hit anther pub. A pub where they played some music ! Wetherspoons didn't seem to have any pumping sounds and none of us could sing so the next pub we decided to venture in was a pub that really caught our eye ! Although I cannot remember for the life of me what this pub was called but it had pumping music and was full of people having a good time. We decide to venture in; only, Tony (daredevil_tony) got refused entry ! The bouncers on these doors had decided amongst themselves that Tony had had a bit too much to drink, but the guy was sober ! He may have looked slightly tired as he had attended Slinky the night before, so, he didn't get in, so we did the right thing and left to move onto another pub. The next pub to be graced with ClubTheWorld's presence, was, Bliss. Now, this pub indeed was a very CLASSY pub. It was full of attractive ladies and also attractive young men. So if you are down that way and decide you want to have a night on the pull, then this classy bar is for you. But hang on, let me define classy for you. All sorts of women in this place were dressed in skirts, very nice classy tops, nice shoes, all hair done nicely. The men, dressed in very smart trousers, nice classy shirts, and nice shoes and classy hairstyles. We showed them all up. We were far too classy for this pub. We were dressed in such a classy manner, we stood out, like a sore thumb. Our dress code went something like this : Jeans, tracksuit bottoms, baggy jeans, t-shirts that looked like they hadn't been ironed, trainers, rucksacks hanging over backs. I think the only one out of our group looked classy, was Kev. He was kitted out in trousers and shirt and shoes. Fair play. DON'T make the same mistake us pikeys made. Make sure you dress nice. You wont get looked at the we did then Anyway, enough about the CTW pikeys, let's get into the layout of the pub ! It was lush - it had a spiral staircase that took a lead downstairs, where you could eat in a fancy restaurant area, with waiters at your call to assist you with your meal. They also had a nice sized dance floor for the punters, but it wasn't so full down here, but it was nice all the same ! We were seated around these nice huge round tables to which we got later ordered to move as I think they may have been reserved for other people. People who had taken a keen interest in the restaurant. Ho hum. So we moved over to the bar where we had some fun and Mr_Ginge decided to show us what kind of things he could make with a thousand straws and let them hang from up his nose right round to sticking them in his ears. He was, by far, the clown of the show! Tis all good ! Elly and Tommy had to leave us to go and get their car where they parked it in a car park which was due to be closed at 9pm - so off they dashed and parked up else where and rejoined us. Careful you don't make that mistake if you venture down to Bournemouth ! One funny thing happened at this pub, to which we still look back on and make a little joke out of it. At this pub, Tony (Daredevil_Tony), was in need for a call of nature, so off he went to go to the toilet. By this time I think he was a tad drunk, so he decided that the mens toilets were in the KITCHEN. You know, where they cook the food etc hahaha poor lad walked straight in. I guess it was good that he wasn't THAT drunk, as he may have just found the nearest bin in the kitchen and wooped it out and pee'd. lol. He was directed to the appropriate place to pee by one of the kitchen attendees hahaha Ok - so it's time to bugger off from here and go else where and see what else Bournemouths night life has to offer ! So, off we go, to YATES's. This place, from the outside, had the "come on in" feel. It was lit up so well in bright colours and was rammed with men and women all enjoying the nice warm breeze outside. So we decided to go in and see what the inside was like. Yes yes, we do know what the inside of a pub looks like, but let's see how many people are in here and what tunes are coming through the speakers ! WHEY ! In we go and in here, too, was packed with loads of people. We head straight for the bar, lots of squeezing through the crowd but we got there in the end ! This place was great. A lively atmosphere, friendly people, and a bunch of girls, that seemed to be on a hen night, dressed up as play boy bunnies (i think). One of the girls was carrying around a large vibrator, to which Kev decided to walk right up and have a "touch" of it, to which the girl replied "[censored] off!" haha classy bird ! lol. We decide to go outside and catch the breeze as it was FAR to HOT in this pub. Lots of people out here, and even the bouncers on the doors of this pub were pretty level headed and easy to talk too. Some bouncers are just up their own arse to which im sure you will agree ! I think by this time we are all slightly pissed, so, I think it's time James gets his camera out and take a few shots of us all. One spectacular picture taken that always makes me laugh every time I look at is, was Kev and Mr_Ginge. All had bit of "tree" shoved down there t-shirts and was covering their face. How can I explain - they looked somewhat like Julius Ceaser ! It was hilarious to say the least ! There was also some other guy, came out of the pub and went into the corner, trying to hide from everyone (altho it was not discreet to say the least !) taking off his trousers as he was far to hot to keep them on, and enjoy the rest of the night in his boxer shorts ! Didn't get a pic of that one sorry girls ! After having lots to drink at YATES's, we decide to move on and have another look around - although it was getting kind of late at this time and some of us were getting a bit tired. Especially after the bugger of a journey down and the sun draining you so much you don't realise it until it hits you ! Off we go on another wander, we spot a net cafe. hahah it would be so rude not to go in there and sign onto CTW and rub it in to all the pull outs who never attended. We were all pissed by this time, so we made CTW forums an interesting night. Especially for those who were sat in, on this Saturday night, logged onto CTW, and sitting there continuously hitting the refresh button on their browsers, in hope that someone would entertain them. We saved their day ! hahaha It was fun. We decided to go grab some food at one of the take-aways and James being the random photographer that he is, decided to take a few perfectionist shots of the menu in these take-aways hahaha take a look in the gallery if you want to waste some time ! It was getting late by this time so James, Kev and I decided that we would turn in and get some sleep as we had the whole day in Bournemouth tomorrow so we had to sleep our pissed states off and grab some sleep to enjoy more sun tomorrow. So, we said our good byes and left the rest of the gang to it ! ADIOS ! We got back to our lush B&B and had a few laughs before we went to sleep. Not realising that Kev had asked Tony and Ginge to come back to our B&B as they would have had to go straight back to Northampton, Kev thought that it would be OK that they came back to ours to stay. Bearing in mind that they would have to sneak in our rooms and possibly get caught and for them to pay a bill that they probably couldn't afford, they turned up outside. They rang the door bell thinking we would answer but we didnt ! "We didn't hear the bell ring" honest ! So the only thing that they could do to get our attention was phone James or Kev's mobile to get us to come down and open the door. But they couldn't get through. The truth has to come out here guys ! - we told them we had no signal, but hey, we switched our phones off ! hehe. But in any case, they found a place to stay, they slept on the beach ! It was time for some sleep now ! Crossing my fingers and praying to the good lord above that Kev doesn't snore or even break wind in his sleep. This would call for a kettle of COLD water over his head if he did. But alas, he was a good boy and slept like a baby. Comfy beds, a cool room which was situated at the front of the hotel so we had the breeze fed through our room all night. You couldn't ask for more that that ! Ok so we woke up at arund 10am the following morning without a hangover. The plan was, get our arses in the shower (although not together, but it would have been nice. NOT. ) get dressed and then down the beach we go ! We paid up our bill - which was £25 a head at this wonderful B&B, which is a bargain if you ask me ! We put our stuff in the car and managed to squeeze 3 of us in James' 2 seater car. We get to the beach and then park up. This car park btw, was £6 - REDICULOUS ! But, it had to be done. All parked up we decide to walk along the beach in search for somewhere to eat. As early as it was, the beach, yet again, was jam packed with fit totty and fit men. If your single of course ! We find what the beach is most famous for, a fish and chip bar ! So in we go and get some scran. Nice and cool in here so we stayed in here for a bit as djtommy was on his way down to Bournemouth beach to meet us and spend a few hours with us before we headed back to our own locations. djtommy is from bournemouth (lucky bastard) so if you need to know anything about that location, than tommy is your man ! We later decide to go in the arcade and waste some money. I guess Kev came out the luckiest of us all. He won some cash on the 10p machines and filled his pockets with silver. He thought he won the lottery ! bless him haha. We all decide to take our seats on the racing cars and all challenge each other, to which Kev came first, twice, I came second, twice, and James came first, once. That doesn't prove that women are [censored] drivers, OK ! After spending lots of money in the arcades we decide to go for a walk on the pier. Only 40p, and it won't break the bank. It over looks the packed beach and right out into the sea. Lots of boats, fishing boats, and jet skis were all in full motion over the lovely sea to which we watched for a while and by this time I was getting even more excited about venturing on the beaches of Ibiza which is only a few weeks away ! We take some pics on this pier to which you will find in the gallery. It was LUSH !! We decided to walk around the attractions and was watching a band in progress, pleasing the crowd and making this the highlight of their day. Watching them march up and down with big drums and all kinds of musical interments playing all sorts of theme tunes. It was nice to just stand there for 10 minutes and watch them perform. Although, they must have been sweltering hot in their massive coats and trousers and hats. But it was profession. They had to do it ! Sadly, when they finished their "march", an announcement was made over a loudspeaker, that a family had lost their 6 year old daughter, Which wasn't very nice as this place was packed, and the thought of trying to find your missing child in the hundreds of people that were down here today, you would think that you would never be able to find her. I just hope she was found The day came to and end for us now Kev had to be at his meeting point for his coach home and James and myself had to head home also. It was a bit gutted for us to leave, because it was such a nice weekend, the weather was on our side and we had to end it and go back home ! So we said good-bye to tommy and headed home but we had agreed amongst us, that we will most DEFINITELY be making a return to this wonderful location again, and it will be a long weekend for sure ! It was great to see everyone again and have so much fun, but things have to come to an end James and I left the location and headed back up the M25 to which was not so bad as it was on the way down to Bournemouth. The weather was still pipping hot but we loved it all the same. If you decide you want a break from the norm, then I'm going to agree and tell you that Bournemouth really IS, the place to be. You got everything you want right at your feet. So do yourself a favour, and get your arses down their and enjoy yourselves ! You wont regret it. @Maria Photos

Friday Well, well, well. After months of anticipation it was once again time for the weekender madness to take over the lives of 3,500 clubbers. Pontins in Prestatyn was the venue, as the sleepy holiday resort on the north coast of Wales was transformed into the capital off all things Tidy. After Tidy Weekender 4 finished, and all the tears were shed at the end of another weekender, I don't know how people stayed sane as they waited for instalment number 5. Well, they did, and they came to lose their sanity for 72 hours, once again. For the 5th round of Tidy's addictive weekenders, they incorporated a military theme, as we arrived, and collected our chalet keys and laminates, Sgt Pickles and Major Mozart were seen walking around in full officers uniform. For the first time at a Weekender event, Tidy issued a dress code for the Friday night. Camo. This had not gone down very well with numerous message boards, including CTW. So the dress code had been relaxed a little, and everybody was asked to wear at least one item relating to the military, even a green coloured top was good enough. Checking into our chalet, we realised we were just around the corner from the VIP area, which was housing a lot of people we knew. Our chalet number was 189, which now has legendary status, but that will be brought up later in the review. We sorted ourselves out, ready for the night ahead, had a quick scout round the area, to see who was in close proximity, we had @Frazzel's chalet and @Clubbing Si's chalet, and we paid them a quick visit, and then headed off back to 189. A quick change into me camo outfit of green cargo pants, army surplus t-shirt, and helmet, I was ready to advance from my trench and go over the top for the first time this weekend. Once inside I entered the main arena where Riley and Durrant were playing some lovely trance to start the weekend off, I have a memory of them dropping bullet in the gun and going crazy to it. As they were reaching the end of their set, I headed off to the toilets. Inside taking a slash was none other than Lee Haslam, what was to follow was the first bit of comedy to a very funny weekend. Two randoms were taking a slash near Mr H, and having a bit of a convo with him, to which I thought nothing of, until I heard them giving him a bit of hassle, banter style, and then came the punch line, the giggle bit. So Lee, tell me, do you ever do any scratching? You know, like Eddie Halliwell Lee Haslam replies, No lads, I don't to which they reply. It's a corker Yeah that's right, the only thing you can scratch is your arse! I thought it was that funny, I nearly pissed on me boots. Lee took it all in his stride, and was having a laugh with them. It was a scene I think I will never forget. Once I was back on the dancefloor, as in true Tidy Weekender style, I lost everyone. I went back to where we were all dancing, and lo and behold, @jellybabyuk, @Scream, @SexyNic and @Tresh had all disappeared. Then @Shaney_R appeared from nowhere, asking me where everyone was. Cue, mission round the dancefloor, through the arcades, into arena 2, and back to where we were dancing, only to find everyone back there. I'm sure they do it on purpose and follow you around the venue. So once were all united again, it was time to take a proper look around. As Lee Haslam set about making people dance, we left and sampled arena 2, which tonight was Yoji & Friends This is were we bumped into the likes of @LiamStyles, @Crill and @Frazzel, getting on down to some filthy hard beats from Oliver Klitzing, anyhow, smirking at his surname was not on anyones mind, as everyone was there for a brilliant blend of Hardstyle that would make your eyes water even if the sound system was a little below a standard you'd expect from tidy. After a stomp to him, for most of his set, we set off next door to Arena 3, and into the aptly named funky room Make love not war. As soon as we got in, I got dirty looks from Shane, for taking him into a funky room, but Tresh, Jellybaby and I were going nowhere, and started to funk it up big time, to the Trophy Twins, as they played some great vocal house that just put a big grin on your face. We lasted about 15 minutes in there, as Shane came running in to tell us the Tidy Boys were about to start. As a lot of you may know, my opinion recently of the Tidy Boys, is not exactly colourful, BUT, their set intros at Tidy Weekenders are NOT to be missed. Last time they flew out of cardboard boxes in full cyber, this time was something completely different. The lights went down, and as only Tidy do, their intro was littered with samples from a selection of Tidy Releases. Being the National Anthem Theme in Arena 1, all the old faves were littered in the intro. Music is the Drug, Man On The Moon and Coming on Strong to name a few. Then with a flash bang of a firework Amo and Andy flew across the stage suspended from the ceiling on cables, in full combat gear and imitation machine guns. Once they had their fun, with pickles doing random somersaults while attached to the cables, they unhooked, and came running round, winding the ram-jammed arena up into a frenzy. Amadeus runs over to the decks and starts to mix in the first tune, as Andy Pickles runs around from one side of the stage to the other. By now everyone is smiling, screaming, jumping and pointing in unison at the boys tidy. The atmosphere is near explosive as Amo does most of the mixing while Andy Pickles does the entertaining. Tidy mentioned that they had sorted the heat problem in Arena 1, well this was its first test, and I have to say it had failed, as it was as hot as any of the previous events, and it wasn't long passed midnight!! As the temperature soared, I had to get rid of the helmet. So Tresh and I headed back off to the chalet, to change me headwear. We arrived back from the barracks about an hour later, feeling very spongy. As we hunted down Jellybaby, we went into Arena 2 again, and caught some of Adam from Lab4. We stayed in their for about 5 minutes, I decided it was too hard for the mrs and that she wouldn't be in there. I remember saying to Tresh on the way out that the music was proper nosebleed stuff he thought I said I had a nosebleed lol. Eventually we met up with Jellybaby in the arcade. She was having a conversation with a jonny Knoxville lookalike through the glass. It was weird. It was now about 2am, and I couldn't quite get into what was offered from tidy. The night seemed to go into a slump, and I couldn't get out of it. I decided to go back to the chalet again and to try and bump myself up a bit, you know, get back into the swing of things. Tresh joined me. I think it speaks for itself what went on in the chalet. I felt like a sniper while we were there, hiding in a hole for ages, until the right opportunity arose to pounce out and get back into the action. Upon re-entry into no-mans-land, we headed straight into the arcade, hooked up with the platoon at the previously arranged rendezvous, and marched into Arena 2, to do battle with Yoji and Friends. Once inside we met up with Liam, Crill, Frazzle etc. and joined forces to do battle with Sterling Moss. This was the first time I'd seen him, as I stupidly passed up the chance the previous week after wildchild, all I can say is I was highly impressed. His mixing was spot on, his in-set effects were awesome, and tune selection was fab. I was later told, that he played a average set, by his standards. I was shocked. I stomped the hardest I had all night, and then I heard One Night In Hackney for the first time. I was in my element. Then a girl appeared behind the decks, and just lifted the needle off the record that was playing, and she looked all confused. Sterling Moss then jumped up, grabbed the girl and pushed her over to the bouncers as the girl shouted abuse and the crowd laughed and jeered. Dawn later told me that the girl walked straight past the security, onto the stage while Moss was looking through his record bag. The girl was seen throwing water over the bouncers later. I don't know what happened to her, but she was far from with it. I wanted what she'd had! Mr Moss came to a close, playing on til about 04:10, as Mr Headliner, Yoji Biomehanika messed about with a Apple Laptop to get himself set up ready; the Arena suddenly became very busy. I believe people come to see his hair just as much as him play, as he took to the decks with white streaks in his long locks. As Yoji set off with his first tune, you could tell the sound system was not gonna handle it. Distorted sound from the speakers said it all; this system could not handle Yoji. It was a shame, as I looked forward to hearing Yoji, as the only previous time I heard him was a year before at TW3, where he rocked Arena 1 on the Saturday night. This time though, it was Arena 2, with a sub-standard sound system. His first mix in my eyes was terrible, as there seemed to be a herd of wilder beast running through the arena, which was deeply disappointing. It didn't seem to bother the majority of the crazy loons in this Arena though; they danced like mad, and made lots of noise. Sadly I found the second mix as the first, coupled with the sound system, it just wasn't going to keep me in there for another 40 minutes or so until 5. As we left we peaked our heads in for 5 minutes worth of Cally & Juice, who seemed to be playing to a half full arena, which was a shame, as they played a couple of good tracks. I would have stayed but the disappointment of Yoji's set took me down, and I just wanted to get back to the chalet for the upcoming madness that would be the Friday Night Afterparty!!!!!!! As far as afterparties go, this was a lighthearted affair, with various comings and goings from certain people, in short the likes of Liam, Crill, Clubbing_si, Highlander, Moo and the ever-present Tresh. As we all know what goes on at afterparties that the likes of this group of people I've mentioned attend, I'm not going to go into too many details. We basically got smashed and had a wee chat and dug the odd hole here or there, for people (including myself) to fall into. Liam seemed to be forever at the table, playing about on the surface with his flexible friend. Shaney_r by now was getting into the swing of it, and the entertainment was about to begin. If you haven't met Shane, then I can tell you that he is without doubt the funniest person you can meet. Whether it was just random comments directed across the chalet, or just actions he was doing, everyone just sat back and took it all in. The highlight was the random screams at people walking about outside, he didn't know them, he didn't care. Moo kept saying to me, that Shane was crazy, and he'd never seen anything like him. When the oxford dictionary people put their word explanation in, it should read: Random (Ra-n-dom) Shaney_R As mid-morning approached the party attendees dispersed back to their own chalets, or off to someone else's. We just chilled out, and got our heads down, ready for the Saturday night. Saturday After Friday night and Saturday mornings escapades, we were all a little worn out, and I have to say, for the first time ever at a Tidy Weekender, did everyone in our chalet get a bit of kip. We all awoke at approximately 6pm, and decided to get a shower and a bit of grub. So on went the water heater, and on went the cooker. Wet bodies and wet pasta was the order of the day. Once we were all fed, and all cleaned up, we all milled about our chalet, other peoples chalets, and just got back into the swing of things at our own pace. We popped round to @Clubbing Si’s chalet, to find everyone still totally wired from the previous night. Also took a visit round to see Frazzle and co. also popping in to see 879 at his chalet too. As the Saturday night kick off fast approached we all sat around debating whether or not to make an early start on it or to hang back a bit and let it get going. We all decided on hanging five apart from @Shaney_R who decided it was his mission to go and see Caroline Banx, after falling hopelessly in lust with her at Wildchild the previous week. So of he went, he says he was the first in there, and that she played a storming set. We headed in at about 22:15, as Anne Savage was due on, but she had swapped sets with Charlotte Birch, so we had a bit of a stomp to her, before going through to the boys room, in arena 2, to listen to a bit of mixmag future hero Guffy. Once he was done up stepped Tidy’s new Whizzkid, the Magnificent Colin B. Playing a nice tech fuelled set to start with and then finishing up with beats that pounded our senses good and proper. This was by far my favourite set of the weekend, it had a bit of everything, and had balance. The room was only 2/3rds full, but my golly gosh that 2/3 of a room were subjected to some great mixing and an awesome set, which strayed away from the norm, that hard house delivers of late. As his set came to a close, the arena filled up for an established tidy whizzkid. Guyver. After a very disappointing set at Magna NYE, @Guyver really had to deliver to get himself back in my good books, and to be fair, he started off fairly well, and was keeping a nice flow going with some stomping tunes. This unfortunately died after a while, and my scheduled meet up with @Ikon was on the cards, so I had to leave young Mr Mearns to entertain a mad for it crowd of hard house nutters, who seemed to be having a jolly good time. I met up with @Ikon outside Arena 3, the next generation hardcore arena, and stepped inside for a bit of a boogie, well, a hardcore bounce. After trying to keep up for about 10 minutes I decided to get out and to try to breath as the temperature in there was easily in the 100s. Once back out into the arcade, we had a quick chat and I introduced him to a few members from the site, then we made our separate ways. I headed back into the boys arena, where @Guyver was finishing up, and I have to say he closed a lot better than I have ever heard him finish before. He played some stomping tunes, as next up was Ingo. The lights went down low, and Mr Ingomells entered with his remix of Brainbug Nightmare, this set the tone for his set, and what a set it was, dark pounding sounds with an evil stab to them, the whole of arena 2, jumped and found an aggression to their rhythmic pogo-ing, and arm waving. Emma and I sat up on the seats overlooking everybody going mental. About 20 minutes before Ingo finished, Emma decided she wanted to go back to the chalet, as she said she had heard a similar set from him loads of times before so off we went. At the time this seemed like a great idea, as Mark Eg was scheduled to play next, but, Ikon told me that he had spoken to the boy Eg and that he said he was on last. So I thought I would go back to the chalet and chill for a while and then go back in for 4am and have it large to Mark Eg for the last hour. Oh how wrong I was. Ikon.. Cheers. So once back in at about 03:30, we entered the Boys arena again, and there laying out tune after tune of euphoric hard dance was none other than Mr Rob Tissera. Tresh and I had a right good ole knees up and kicked it for a while, enjoying the euphoric sounds that was drumming out of the sound system. I remember Rob Tissera going on til about 4:15am, and I decided it was time to go back to the chalet, and get some pre-after party messiness going. So as Tissera hammered out bring the lights down to a frenzied room of clubbers I gave it all I had before walking to the shop, collecting a couple of pints of milk, and then heading back to the chalet. Little did I know what was to follow! @Bushy