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Vanfest 2011

Well as we own a dub, we had to book a VDub weekend to see what its all about and for us that weekend was Vanfest 2011 in the Malvern Hill’s. (We have already been to this location with the MMM Magazine and loved the location!). We were surprised at the cost of the weekend - £90 for two of us and the Dub but without any of the paid evening entertainment (which would have cost extra but for us it was all about the dubs!).

I was very excited on the trip, going up on the Friday morning with our tickets and site information in hand, we set off. It was great seeing lots of Dubs on the way up and all the friendly waving backward fourth.

As we approached the 5mile mark, we check the site information and entrances details, which states to use the yellow and brown gates. So I used the brown gate, which should be fine! As I approach a steward on this gate, I was told that I had entered via the wrong gate but was puzzled, as it should be one of the two allowed routes in.

We then tried to navigate to the general camping area - nightmare! When we finally found the area, the next challenge was the find a place to pitch up. This is where I started to lose it, as there was no control on pitch space. On most of the general camping area, campers would camp all around the outside making the only space in the center! Then if you found a way in, you have to pray that another camper would not block the small gap!!!!