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I have. Its OK. Good crowd, friendly, well run & a real variety of bands playing. Atmosphere for the headliners each night in the sunken garden was excellent. Only minor nags were that although polite & genuinely helpful, the security was just a wee bit intense. Glass bottles & tins plus amateur recording gear seemed to be the main concerns, not just "security" for its own sake I've seen much worse tho at other places & appreciate that part of the reason was that Highland Council placed some very strict conditions on the licence & Environmental Health gave them the strictest inspection I've ever seen at any festival. Bogs were tolerable & maintained but away from the stages, the other stalls, food, activities etc were a bit limited & queues fairly built-up. All-in, typical of a festival in its early days. Campsite nightlife is good. Plenty of partying! Transport from Inverness was awful (& still worse in return) but better from Muir of Ord for some reason. A taxi would be the best bet & not dear if there was a few of you. Service buses go near the road-end but there is still a fair uphill walk to the site itself. Returning on the Sunday involves all the usual caveats about public transport in the Highlands on a Sunday! Parking is fine for 4 wheels, bloody awful for 2. Got a bit muddy on departure. I've only heard the same rumours as Efests & if that is true, I might well be going back. Line-up would be the deciding factor for this one for me. Gallery of pics here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/air/gallery/index.shtml?gallery=belladrumℑ=alabama1 The other big gallery they linked on their site seems to have gone for now. I should add that if you have access to the Royal Bank of Scotland ticket-booking line, the discount on the ticket price is excellent.

He may be revealed? From here: http://blogs.inthemix.com.au/Lissie/2578/ :D

Indeed. To paraphrase a sensible person - For now' date=' you have more chance of being hit by a train whilst playing the accordion than dying of bird flu. If it gets worse, a few shots of this might see you right: [img']http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/oryxian/birdflu.jpg

There are some good threads featuring old photos of Aberdeen on the P&J forums.

Not exctly unsung, in fact probably better forgotten - Opal Butterfly Psychedelia by the bucketload - of the "I've heard that somewhere before" variety. Links to MP3's at the bottom of the page. http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/opalbutterfly.htm Scarier still is that Lemmy managed a short stint in that band!

If his memory is such a mess, how can he remember taking that many? I smell a rat!

Are you aware of Ralph Gaebler & his work on plant distress & gas release? Seems that when a plant suffers, it screams in chemicals!

"If you could only hear the vegetables scream" ?

A vapid, mediocre, mother-pus-bucket & born in Hexham, that quintessential Tory town.

Generally true but not entirely. Some of the winter past's displays were bright enough to see, even over the streetlights here. You did lose most of the colour but the "curtain" effect was surprisingly visible. Still best to head out of town a few miles - The Peterhead road is good or out deeside a bit.

Generally, the darker & more north you are, the better.

Yup! Although this year has not been that great, apart from a couple of days. The year before was bloody excellent tho!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4849224.stm If you have something very dark to look through, the solar eclipse is on just now - About 20% will be the best we will see here but worth looking nonetheless.

I occasionally pop in for a coffee there - Normally at times when the last thing I want to use is a computer tho. OK place, got a big chunk of free chocolate cake last time I was in.

They are not. A some years back, former colleague's wife ended-up in a coma after her pet goat decided to playfully head-butt her when she bent over to do something in the garden. She eventually died & the goat later got barbequed!

I thought that place was now closed? Looked awfly shut-up the last time looked in its direction when I passed & I recently heard of someone looking at it for renovation into something else. Anyway, the last time I had just a coffee there, it was so stupidly expensive, I would excercise caution caution when ordering food.

Yup. Alive & well - Just heard it on the radio.

Yup, it made several passes & flew over Tollohill as well. I think I heard the first one before 7:30

I was woken by the S&R helicopter going up & down the river bank at near roof height this morning. Saw police out by the bridge on the way to work as well. Hope the lad turns-up OK, soon.