EVENTS
BY RÓISÍN DELANEY
DERBYSHIRE SAUSAGE & CIDER MUSIC
FESTIVAL & COUNTRY SHOW. JUNE 29-JULY 1
Blue skies, floral headpieces, foot-long hot dogs and fifteen thousand people surrounding
the Vapouround Bus made for the perfect summer weekend in the Derbyshire countryside.
We set off on Friday afternoon to Walton-Upon-Trent to see where
the Vapouround Bus was going to be in position at the festival and
boy did we get a good spot. Parked front and centre between the
main stage and the prosecco and cocktail bar, the bus basked
in the 30C heat, the colours and wrap fitting in perfectly with the
festival vibe.
On arrival at the festival, the Vapouround Bus stood out as the
first thing people saw on entry.
Despite the heat, more and more festival goers made headway
for the bus each day, as word spread of the test stations on board.
It also worked in our favour that the bus provided welcome breaks
in the shade while party folk kept in view and earshot of the stage
for fear of missing out.
Friday evening, an estimated four thousand people blew off some
steam as the work week came to an end. From the top deck of the
bus we could see the boho boutique tipis set up in the back field.
The mood was mellow and the vibe relaxed as a George Michael
tribute act officially opened the weekend.
By the next morning, the festival crowd had multiplied like we
had never anticipated – the tips of the tipis could hardly be seen.
It grew so busy on Saturday afternoon as an estimated eight
thousand people arrived on the scene to soak up the sun. The
Vapouround Bus hosted a hen party of smokers and former
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smokers on Saturday afternoon who
were desperate not to smoke over the
weekend, so we introduced them to
e-cigarettes for the first time. The next day, the bride returned
looking for more juice.
We met a group of friends in their 20s donning their finest Hawaiian