"GA--ZE--BO"
Leeds 2008

Middle of the night, the skyline orange with the glow of the many toxic fires that scattered the camp sites.

One of the more hilarious/surreal sights are floating gazebo making their way over tents and ever closer to their demise.

As it gets closer the surrounding people all start chanting "GA-ZE-BO" as the sacrifice is thrown in.


I was working for leeds fest last year doing fire tower duties on yellow fun fair during the day time. Most days was alright, mainly fetching supplies of water from the yellow camp site (Walking up and down that massive hill with massive bottle of water ever day, a few times a day)


The last monday morning was some of the most intense adrenaline fueled action i have ever had, and loved it.

You're running around with as many bottle of water/piss/fizzy pop you can carry/find and putting out any toxic fires you can. Some of these fires you encounter are meters in length, full of burning plastic and tents. But the most dangerous part is that the fire can contain gas canisters. You approach these fires as they're blowing up in your face, trying to put it out, you open up a tent on fire to see that someone has filled it with gas canisters so you have to pull it all apart before it explodes in your face. The closest i was to being harmed was a gas canister going off from a fire i was putting out that shot above my head and hit a small tree behind.

The main advantages of working for a company is that you get your ticket free (with a deposit), you get paid for the 12 hour shifts a day you do, separate camping areas away from the carnage and food tokens for meals.

This year i'm gonna do volunteering at Glastonbury, non paid but you only get 6 hour shifts for four days (6am to 12noon, 12noon to 6pm mixed shifts).
( schizophrenic_sheep, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 16:13, 4 replies)

Plus the bonus at Glasto is
You don't get shot at with gas canisters.....
(Scrumpy does not negotiate with terrorists,, Fri 5 Jun 2009, 16:52, closed)

oooh hello
I was one of the CATs working yellow bubble that Monday morning (bright pink hair, if you remember me)!
(and now for someone completely different, Sat 6 Jun 2009, 9:49, closed)

hmpf
you probable worked with my mate Kate and Burnie, they did the day shift on yellow bubble (Kates working Glasto this year)

*waves*
( schizophrenic_sheep, Sun 7 Jun 2009, 13:46, closed)

I was...
There!
Shit the sunday night was mayhem! Due to lateness i was in the Brown section and spent most of the night watching all the fires and explosions.
(Fishbone-didi, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 0:59, closed)