Friday 4 May 2018

24-48-36 hours.

Life at AB is simple. No money. No shops. What you take is what you have. What goes with you goes home with you. Absolutely everything. There are no rubbish trucks or vendors. You can trade if you need to but that's about it. There is no hierarchy. Everyone is equal. The parties that happen are gifted to the event by a camp. Some go all out. I mean seriously top notch. The one camp had brought a green ground cover as a tennis court. Net, umpires chair and all the bits and bobs that go with it. To top it all off they had one of the best sound systems. Power was courtesy of a generator that could run a small country. All supplied by them at their cost. Impressive to say the least. I had pitched up on a bike with nothing. I had placed orders with both my camps for drinks and food. They had both gone above and beyond to keep me alive. I was and am grateful to them for their efforts.
Once you get there and see the amount of preparation and gear some people have and have organised you are simply blown away. I know i am rambling on here but i need you to picture the picture. I am trying to draw it for you.
So let's move on. The next few days were astounding. We drank we partied we met people, some naked 🤔 some not 🤓 no matter where we went or what we did our fun level kept going up.
The burns started a day late as on the Thursday it was a bit too windy and the marshals advised us it would be too dangerous. Luckily i was not given that job as my judgement was slightly impaired and i probably would have gone ahead with the task. We were lucky that the peeps in charge were of better standing than us and hopefully a lot more sober.
Sleep was also becoming a scarce commodity. The partying does not stop there. Not for anyone. Not even my good self 🤔🤣. The music is good, loud and several variations no matter where you ars standing. As mentioned already people go to great lengths to keep you entertained. Some camps even had small bar areas. In order to obtain a refreshment you had a silly task of some nature to complete. Then your reward would be a cocktail or shooter that could wake up the dead. The atmosphere is jubilant and joyful. You really would think you were at Disney world.

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