HW: Hawkwind in Germany

[M Holmes]

Henderson Keith writes:

> Here is an accounting of my experience at last year's event...
> http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue24/burgherz.html
> which should give some basic info. about how it works there.

Very useful. Thanks Keith, and you've made me very jealous through your
description of Nektar's set.

> Not having ever been to Glasters, I can't say exactly how the two might
> compare, but maybe you can sense to 'mood' from my words.

Smaller I'd guess, and a tad less commercial. At Glastonbury, you pack
for the day when you leave your tent. From parts of the site, you
couldn't even see it with a telescope.

> Any specific questions about the location/protocol/etc., feel free to ask.

What's the deal on camping? Are cars separate or parked next to tents as
at Hawkfest? Are fires permitted in the evenings? Are there larger
communal fires?

> P.S.  Should we try to put together our own little boc-l community camping
> zone at the fest?  It seemed pretty much a free-for-all, but then those that
> arrive 'late' (Sat. noon), end up way-the-hell over the hill.  Maybe if an
> early arriver or two staked out a bit of space near the center of activity,
> all of us to gravitate there and fill in the gaps?  Just a thought.

Sounds like a good plan, though attempts at landlording generally fail
when the space gets limited - at Glastonbury someone camped on the ash
of our fireplace and then someone camped such that contortionism talent
was required to get out of the tent. Experience says that attempts to
stake out sites mean moving farther away to start with, but I haven't
been to this festie and will bow to greater wisdom. I'm generally in
favour of trying to camp together. It does mean that we'll likely need a
flag or some identifying marker for the rest of us to find the site.

FoFP