Day Two of Farmer Phil’s Festival. After a shower and BIG breakfast we headed back out to the festival. Geoff and I were keen to see Nikki  Rous and The Daughters in the acoustic tent. Both were excellent as usual.  The other act we were keen to catch was Rodney Branigan, who plays two guitars simultaneously.

There was lots of sheltering from the rain again as it poured off and on all day, but in the afternoon, the brilliant Weapons of Sound came on the main stage. They play percussion on old recycled stuff, like sinks, traffic cones, pipes and shopping trolleys. They were lucky that the sun was out for their whole set. The Zimbabwean band Chimanimani were less lucky. The dancing was interrupted by a massive rain shower and they found themselves playing to an empty mosh pit. Not sure about the logic of putting Hazel O’Connor on at 8.30pm, since she was a bit mellow and jazzy, and people were in a dancing mood. All the lightweights disappeared early on, but Wayne and I partied the night away, dancing to Greenland Whalefishers (a kind of Pogues tribute band) until I was so tired (and a little tipsy) I couldn’t stand up any more.

See photos of today.

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