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The Farm Summer Festivals 2023 – Part 9

Saturday August 19th 2023

Our final Let’s Rock festival of the season takes us to Earlham Park, Norwich. The park lies 3 miles west of the city centre and covers 88 acres of open parkland sloping towards the River Yare.

We opted for an earlier start than needed to fit in a pub stop.

Carl & Keith at the ready…

Peter sorting out the float…

Weather overcast but getting better!

First off picking up Alex & then Roy…

Film for the day is Seven Psychopaths…

Very funny film

Quick stop for a bacon bap…

Then back to the film…

Weather improving…

Our stop-off village of choice today is Wymondham…

Wymondham is a market town and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, 12 miles south-west of Norwich off the A11 road to London.

Making good time…

Eventually we arrived in Wymondham…

Wymondham Abbey is a magnificent Norman church, established in 1107, as part of a monastic foundation.

Our pub of choice is the Green Dragon…

The Green Dragon is one of the oldest pubs in the country dating back to the 14th century. Much of the exterior is Tudor and half-timbered with a dormer window. The interior retains many historic features such as beams and mantelpieces, and consists of a bar, snug, restaurant area and an upstairs bar and function room.

Take your marks…

Keith chose the Dizzy Blonde…

Nice fruity aroma and taste with a subtle bitterness to finish. Smooth and easy drinking session ale.

While the rest of us had the Oakham Citra…

Light gold in colour, bursting with citrus and tropical hop flavours and sensationally refreshing. The original UK Citra.

We ordered our food and went outside into the beer garden…

Fish & Chips all round…

We had another pint then made our way back out front…

Then back on the bus for the remainder of the journey…

Wasn’t too long before we arrived at the park…

Time to collect our wristbands…

Some relaxation with tea and biscuits…

Had a quick look at the line-up…

Tony Hadley wasn’t appearing due to an accident on stage in Italy so Marc Almond deputised.

We went out front to watch Neville Staple…

Then headed over to the VIP bar…

We ordered Atlantic Pale Ale while watching the crowd being entertained by Nathan Moore…

Carl was meeting his brother Barrie who was on holiday in Norwich…

Sharp’s Atlantic Pale Ale is brewed using Pale Ale and Low Colour Caramalt malts with Cascade, Aurora, Citra and Simcoe hops. The beers name is a reference to Sharp’s brewery’s location on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast.

As time was getting on we had a last photo in the VIP before heading off backstage.

Barrie with partner Linda

On the way we bumped into Dee, a lovely Farm fan…

Now backstage, Carl is explaining to Keith how bad the Atlantic Pale is this week…

At last, time for us to go on…

Great pics by Dee Keith

All Together Now

Fantastic crowd!

It was a great atmosphere at the festival and very thirsty work!

For over 400 years the spa town of Harrogate has been renowned for the unique quality of its water. Bottled straight from the spring on Harlow Hill near Harrogate, the water is naturally rich in magnesium and calcium with low sodium levels, giving a perfect balance of purity and taste.

Time to get a bite to eat and enjoy a mellow moment…

Watched some of Heaven 17 from side of stage…

Then the Happy Mondays from the VIP…

The Farm watching Happy Mondays play after their set at Let’s Rock 80s on 19.8.23. 😎
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📷: Anita Heryet

Back stage with Bez & Rowetta…

And Neville Staple…

Time for us to leave as we were staying over in Norwich and playing Rewind South in Henley the following day.

What a great day out we had!

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