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SWINGFIELDS - Reviews, Your opinions if it and how can we make it better?
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"broadcast it on bbc3 live like Glastonbury x" surely it would have to be on 'the adult channel' lol  | |||
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loved it. Will write better review when home and unpacked. But just to say to all the doubters out there..... It's been FABulous.
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Apart from some inconsiderate people blocking the path to the main area with their tents, and the firebreather not performing, it was good. | |||
 Superb event guys, well done. Will write up fully tomorrow as I know you'll be feeding off every possible comment ready for next year, but personally feel you'll have a job to beat that one. Its going to be one of those saying in years to come "But I was at the first one ever, and that was superb as well" | |||
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"Just made it back to the cool of the Xtasia building. This smilie reminds me of how quickly I burnt up on Friday Superb event guys, well done. Will write up fully tomorrow as I know you'll be feeding off every possible comment ready for next year, but personally feel you'll have a job to beat that one. Its going to be one of those saying in years to come "But I was at the first one ever, and that was superb as well"" | |||
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All the comments positive and negative are being taken on board as you read this. One thing we would like is the location of the venue to remain amongst ourselves if at all possible, as we feel that was a crucial part of the event! | |||
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There are a couple of suggestions we have for future consideration but will contact you with these when we've both woken up!!
Thanks to everyone that put in the time and effort etc to make such a fun weekend, you were all fab xx | |||
Simon and karen | |||
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"Just made it back to the cool of the Xtasia building. This smilie reminds me of how quickly I burnt up on Friday Superb event guys, well done. Will write up fully tomorrow as I know you'll be feeding off every possible comment ready for next year, but personally feel you'll have a job to beat that one. Its going to be one of those saying in years to come "But I was at the first one ever, and that was superb as well" " | |||
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Thank you to Stu, Debs, Kitty, Mush and everyone for working so hard to bring it all together xx | |||
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 and the jelly wrestling was cracking, I just feel a few more games would have been good.
But all in all fantastic weekend. | |||
"Please do the jelly wrestling again next year...i've never seen anything so funny in my life as the bloke and the 3 women sliding all over the place. "And many a mans fantasy I'm sure | |||
I also want a te pee (spelling?) in my garden, loved the fire walk after dark it really did look amazing, having serious festival comedown, lol. My whole body is sore and my legs are full of thumb print bruises that I will enjoy looking at for the next week, remembering where I was when I got them, aftershocks! Happy happy happy
I will agree with the above poster that a patio heater would have been good esp last night when it got cold. That is probably it. The live music was really, really good and I danced my socks off last night. The heavy trance music probably went on for a bit long on the Friday but sat night the mix of everything was perfect. Again well done all! Thank you, looking forward to next year already, maybe stick an extra fiver on the ticket prices so you can hire outside staff so you guys have more down time.
Enjoyed it so much gonna say thanks again, thank you. Xxxxxxxxxx u all rock! | |||
Our only tiny complaint would be the toilet facilities ( bloody hard work getting back up the hill...lol) Entertainment was good. The activities thru out the day could of mayb done with being more of but it was toooooo hot for people to participate anyways. Mr Shags suggestion for next year if it's so hot ya need volunteers around the site applying sun cream.......lol But all in all a was a brilliant weekend so well done to the organisers of this event and cant wait till next year xxxxxx | |||
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"Yes deffo more games next year , so funny watching the hunk and 2 sexies in the jelly poo. love to see next year bucking bronco, inflatable waterslide, night time spin the bottle,lol .jelly wrestle on each day! Oil pool ! Giant inflatable willy fighting,inflatable assault course. games for prizes! def wouldn't increase ticket price! Just try and get more people going to cover bucking bronco etc. Sorry, jelly pool !! loved it . B&j x" | |||
We had a great time and enjoyed the whole week-end.Great venue and fantastic people.Enough entertainment to just watch or join in.
May be a bit more lighting around the belltent to the WC/Shower block for the nights.The pitching was fine for us but could see a problem for late/Saturday arrivals due to others not thinking about acces and just pitching on/along the drive in path!
All in all:We are very Happy to have been part of history as we have no doubt that this great event will continue to grow and hopefully goes on for many years to come 
(susie + Mr.Swingfields ) | |||
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" the firebreather not performing. )" Just like to point out the firebreather did preformed he did 4 walk arounds thu the day and the only reason there was no main show was because of inconsiderate people walking towards him when he had a mouth full of parifin rather than waiting to enter the maze for a few extra mins! It's ok tho after slight parifin poisoning from holding it in his mouth too long so as not to spit it on people we still managed to have a good time. | |||
" the firebreather not performing. ) Just like to point out the firebreather did preformed he did 4 walk arounds thu the day and the only reason there was no main show was because of inconsiderate people walking towards him when he had a mouth full of parifin rather than waiting to enter the maze for a few extra mins! It's ok tho after slight parifin poisoning from holding it in his mouth too long so as not to spit it on people we still managed to have a good time. " We saw him performing a cpl of times and i,susie,thought he looked hot and did a hot show
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well worth fabbing LOL love you both XXX
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"broadcast it on bbc3 live like Glastonbury x" Good one! And btw- we tried to wink you but aren't able to??? Sorry, this isn't the right place but please check our profile!! Thanks.  | |||
 Were very good. Location was excellent and only a ten minute wait for a shower is pretty good in our book.
Location was fantastic, next year though, get the fit, toned blonde adonis to cut the bloody grass a couple of days before and a bit shorter.
We would recommend that you sign up to Zazzle and get some t-shirts made or something, a lot of people wouldn't mind buying now a 'I was there for the first one' type of thing.
Have to agree with the comment about employing someone to take the pressure off yourselves so that the staff can have some fun. Get people in on the road block so that you don't have to man it.
We would like to thank all those who have taken their time to organise this event. We have met and chatted with most of the staff and it was great putting a face to a username. Also a bigup to my Twitter buddy Mark, always walking around chatting, making sure people were enjoying themselves and being the life and soul of the party.
So, the only problem we see is that people will always compare future Swingfields to this one.
WE WERE THERE MAN!!!!!
Well bloody done. | |||
Other than that we felt the music was good although Saturday seemed a little less 'party' atmosphere than friday night!
The staff however were an absolute credit to the whole event. From main organisers to security we'd really like to say a massive thank you to each and every one if you for providing such a wicked weekend.
As was also said earlier our only disappointment is that we have to wait until next year to do it all again!!
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"Loved it! We thought we would read a couple of posts first before we chipped our 2p's worth in. First off we would like to say that we feel that all our points are in the corner of 'what could be done better' not 'what's wrong with Swingfields'. The pitching of tents was a slight problem due to where we were located, Mr RWL couldn't get the car in until a path was clear of tents. We dont agree with the idea of a Cinema being onsite, as one of the things that made this event work, was that the only things to stimulate and entertain were each other. We would of liked to have seen a list of band names, timings, entertainment timings etc to be published and given to us on entry. This would enable people to be able to plan their days a bit more, knowing what time to be back from Tesco's etc. Entertainment wise, we thought it was excellent. The bands were pretty good and the Jelly Wrestling was one of the funniest things we have seen. Don't agree on bringing in manufactured entertainment, loads of inventive games to play (Got loads, can discuss sometime if you would like committee). Toilets and Showers Were very good. Location was excellent and only a ten minute wait for a shower is pretty good in our book.
Location was fantastic, next year though, get the fit, toned blonde adonis to cut the bloody grass a couple of days before and a bit shorter.
We would recommend that you sign up to Zazzle and get some t-shirts made or something, a lot of people wouldn't mind buying now a 'I was there for the first one' type of thing.
Have to agree with the comment about employing someone to take the pressure off yourselves so that the staff can have some fun. Get people in on the road block so that you don't have to man it.
We would like to thank all those who have taken their time to organise this event. We have met and chatted with most of the staff and it was great putting a face to a username. Also a bigup to my Twitter buddy Mark, always walking around chatting, making sure people were enjoying themselves and being the life and soul of the party.
So, the only problem we see is that people will always compare future Swingfields to this one.
WE WERE THERE MAN!!!!!
Well bloody done."Agree with this Maybe some demonstrations and lessons on rope play, flogging, pole dancing things like that would be good. Body painting, just typical festival cheap fun stuff. One thing we would suggest is covered area to either get out of the Sun or Rain depending on which we get next year! As we said in all the various threads prior to the event it was about enjoying the event and the people would make it what it was... And they did! Massive well done to everyone.. | |||
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"Prize for 'best SF pic' so far goes to:BEAVERFEAVER......J does B knows you got that pic in public??? how many pints did it took for her to collapse over the chair? well worth fabbing LOL love you both XXX
(susie)"ha ha that was Friday. Think she only had 2 then lol | |||
"When I say cinema I just mean something to heighten the mood, as a previous post said demos on rope play or something like that would have helped. I also think body painting would have been amazing. But like others before me have said, it was a fantastic weekend with some great people. And lastly I'd like to apologise to Amanda & Richard for the early morning wake up yesterday! " Ha ha no worries at all it was a great weekend and was good to meet you xx | |||
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Won't cover the points already mentioned as absolutely sure Stu and Debs are watching this like hawks with pen and paper jotting every comment.
The circle of mown grass around the edge of the field where we originally said the tents should be, was only mown wide enough for one car/motorhome, so to drive past it was driving over crops. Same to toilets from camp field as motorhomes soon filled the gaps. Think it would have been far more social if the idea of around the main field had been used....and probably flatter for everyone as well
One band time seemed totally wrong, middle of afternoon, everyone still enjoying things elsewhere, and no one at tent, great music, but wasted.
Friday night band, singer at the door of the dome, felt like you couldn't go in. Move him back to stage, get people coming in, and feeling warmer, gets you away from the idea of providing heaters. I was going to ask for air con,  Would have made the inside of the dome far more the centre of events rather than beside the food van. Think we only saw Stu and Debs in there all weekend.
Well done to those two as well, great pricing, and the hours they worked was amazing....and a shame, lol. 
Agree with more things going on. We let Stu down with a body painter unfortunately, think she's have been superb, maybe next year if her health allows. Rope workshop at some point would have been welcomed by many at a guess watching reactions to what a few of us did at times. Massage beds for group sessions would have been fun .
Think field owners needs to be aware that its your event, not theirs, and stop trying to make things happen one minute, and then hide things the next because their family turns up!! Also staffing the bar with family who don't wish to see anything naughty was daft. Insist its your staff in future.
Gather toilet cleaning was down to them, they did well then, and no real issues with showers or loo's, but might make sense to control it yourselves.
All above meant to help next year. When can we buy tickets ?
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"JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW - "SWINGFIELDS" is now listed in the CLUB section ))) xxxx"so your reviews would be very welcome there too if possible please. | |||
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"^In that case, can I see them aswell please?^ #nipplefever" Maybe next year, lol.b | |||
"^In that case, can I see them aswell please?^ #nipplefever Maybe next year, lol.b "after the organisers have lol | |||
"^In that case, can I see them aswell please?^ #nipplefever Maybe next year, lol.b after the organisers have lol"Lol Kitty i could not stop looking at your fab boobies in that corset fri night.lol. B | |||
"^In that case, can I see them aswell please?^ #nipplefever Maybe next year, lol.b after the organisers have lol
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Kitty i could not stop looking at your fab boobies in that corset fri night.lol. B "just a shame kitty had a bra on as we'll as it was an under bust one lol | |||
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"JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW - "SWINGFIELDS" is now listed in the CLUB section ))) xxxxso your reviews would be very welcome there too if possible please. "Where! I cannot find the listing | |||
"JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW - "SWINGFIELDS" is now listed in the CLUB section ))) xxxxso your reviews would be very welcome there too if possible please.
Where! I cannot find the listing "In the West Midlands club section on the reviews | |||
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however only 30 sleeps till the next one .
Fantastic weekend and you even arranged the weather now thats going above adn beyond the call of duty.
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"Can't find fault with anything, it was a great event that we really enjoyed and will be back for more. A premade rope suspension point would be nice and to pick up on what a few people have mentioned, would be happy to demo rope work, flogging etc if people wanted. The numbers attending we're good, don't let it get too big as it will lose the intimate friendly atmosphere that we all enjoyed. Well done and thanks again. "Yes prob wouldn't let it go above 600 people, ever!! .b | |||
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Save waffling, I’ve listed what we thought was great and not so great. I’ll start off with the great! ?
- The people – first and foremost the punters and pretty much everyone we encountered were all out for a good time, friendly and fun!
- The location – Well out of the way and easy enough to find!
- The greeting – Really lovely and made us feel relaxed, as being the first one no one really knew what they were getting themselves in for!
- The Site – Hats off! – Finding a Site that was not overlooked as far as the eye could see (Lovely view!) and so private was exactly what was needed and delivered!
- Great weather – although we didn’t realise just how hot it was while erecting our tent and paid the price a little!
- Owner came over shortly after and advised us on what to do in an emergency – good thought and nice touch.
- Mark – what a star! – Next year, you need more Marks! We were pitched pretty much as far away as you can get, yet he was often walking by just checking we were ok. Perfect guy for the job, really friendly and nothing was too much trouble.
- Bar – reasonably priced and had a good selection of spirits we thought.
- Security – really nice guys, chatty and really relaxed, yet still there – perfect.
- Teepees – These were amazing, and worked really well. Appeared clean every time we looked or used one and liked the ability to have private ones too.
- The fire – something very relaxing about sitting around a fire – great touch and great focal point.
- The Fire Maze – again, was probably the largest congregation of people all weekend in one place.
- The wet t-shirt competition. Hands up, I thought that was going to be pants, but actually everyone took it for what it was and had a really good giggle with it ?
- Jelly wrestling – I didn’t see this, but I’m going to say it was a success as we could hear the laughter from the other side of the field! – Only problem I see with it was that we missed it!
The areas for improvement we see are ( I know some have already been mentioned) :
- Communication – on the run up to the event there were several mixed messages, whether that was about showers, toilets, emails or extra nights. Being the first event, I think this may have made a lot of people sceptical about the organisational ability of the team.
- Again with communication – “you can be nude here but not there” etc, and then from what I could see that all just went out the window!
- The camping area, was on a slope, the best quote I heard that describes the consequences of this was “I woke up cuddling the toilet”… ? - you end up slipping down in the night. It’s also a bit tricky, although slightly amusing trying to play where after every 5th hump, like a typewriter, you need to reset to your starting position in the tent - ting! ?
- The other down side to this was the trek to and from the tents being uphill on the way back, it was blisteringly hot and I certainly felt it in my legs walking back up.
- I think the amount of camping space estimated was a tad optimistic. Everyone was comfortable, but I think if you’d have added another 100 to that, it would have been way too overcrowded.
- The bar – I’m fussy when it comes to my drink – however they had exactly what I wanted great - but others were not so fortunate. I know this seems small, but we all have our favourite drink, which we were not allowed to bring into the arena, but if they don’t sell it – it’s annoying, especially when it’s something as popular as Bacardi! – Yes, I know they had “own brand” white rum. Still the principle being, I’m more than happy to pay for drinks at a venue, and from what I can remember were very reasonably priced, but if you have a rule like that, please keep it well stocked.
- No diet drinks on site. I hardly know anyone who drinks “full fat” now by choice – not anywhere on site could you buy a can of diet . We had to carry enough around with us for the evening, would rather have bought it in the arena.
- No provisioning for extreme weather. I know we got lucky with the weather, but at the same time, a large Marquee with seating (which there was not enough of) attached to the real ale bar I think would have gone down a treat. Everyone we’ve spoken to agreed – if it had rained the event would have been pretty much a write off. I accept there may have been some outdoor covering on standby, but fail to see why if there was, it wasn’t just used anyway? I think most people would have loved an area where we could have got out of the direct sun light en-masse and you’re covered if you had the occasional shower too. Also in the evening it did start to drop a bit cool on the Saturday, just something with a few sides on would have been great.
- Entertainment – again, without a program that I saw, there still seemed to be some areas of the day when it was like “well what happens now then?” – Like others have suggested there could have been some good demos / fun games – for instance, while there was a wet tshirt competition, there wasn’t a “wet y-fronts”;-)
- No focal points – apart from the fire maze and to some lesser degree the fire, there were no real focal points. People became a little separated – it was either this little group over here or that one over there. Again, a large marquee with plenty of seating, soft seating, cushions etc would have been really nice. Every single person we met and got involed with was while sitting around the fire ?
- As above – I never found the covered BBQ area? Maybe I missed it? Although again, saw a lot of people using their own disposable ones on the grass.
- A timetable of events – some people seemed to know what was going on and when, and others didn’t.
- The poor bloke in the band who played to an empty field – not his fault, just bad timing so easily fixed ?
- Talking of poor blokes – SINGLE MALES!!! – Where were they all hiding? I saw 1 distinguishable single bloke and another forum poster I know of whose name I recognised on a tent. Talking with others there seems to be a lot of the % of single guys that came, came as part of attending with another couple. I agree you don’t’ want it overrun by any 1 particular group, but we didn’t see any that were easily identifiable as single guys – yellow bibs next year please! – and more of them! In a club on single guys night, you don’t have to go looking for them!
- Electric hook-ups – could have really done with some up at the top of the camping area. I hated using the generator, it was noisy and antisocial, but I had to keep the fridge going, which I did run off gas 90% of the time, but needed to give it a kick occasionally.
- Catering – nothing the matter with the catering, the guys were lovely (actually REALLY lovely?) and reasonably priced, it’s just sometimes you want something other than a burger, chips or hotdog. A few different catering vans would have been good, and to be fair to the poor guys running their van, they were in there for a lot of hours! They could have done with a bit more of a break! Bless em!
- Showers – I didn’t use them but did look in them, and will presume they worked ok, everyone I spoke to said they did. I think there could have been more, or better, a row of about a dozen shower heads in a communal shower would have been perfect. Most people wanted to just “swill off”, but obviously the ladies wanted the opportunity to wash their hair, shave “things” etc… You could have kept the private showers for that. We were having about 4-5 showers each a day. We bought our own and glad we did – I couldn’t be doing with wasting over an hour a day waiting / getting to the showers for a weekend event. Especially with the heat, just wanted to swill off and carry on.
- Toilets – again being at the bottom of the hill I saw several people just taking a leak in the bushes / adjacent fields which again suggests there either weren’t enough of they were located too inconveniently (however that comes back to the camping area, I agree it wouldn’t have been a nice prospect to be sat in a toilet on a slope!). The 2 porta loo’s at the bottom of the camp field were what you get with a porta loo, fair enough, only these had a sign on saying “no number 2’s”, so if you did have the misfortune of needing to do a “No. 2” you had to then go in the static shower / toilet block right at the far end of the arena. When you did get there, you were faced with the choice of 3 toilets, one of which didn’t have a working lock. People generally tended to hang around inside the toilet /shower block (2 showers at opposite end to 3 toilets)at busier times, while waiting for the toilet. Now, while I’m pretty free spirited there are some things I still like to do in relative privacy. With a door just thick enough to stop like permeating it and with a 8 inch gap at the bottom, it’s not the most private affair. Nothing like coming face to face with the guy/girl of your dreams, right after it sounds like they have just been strangling a duck in a mine shaft for the last 5 mins..…
That’s the main points anyway. ?
Did we enjoy it – yes, we made of it what we wanted and met some lovely people we wouldn’t have otherwise ever met! So thanks again to the organisers for putting the effort in and hosting it for everyone.
Would we go again? Not sure – for the same price, you can have 2 nights in a Holiday Inn and have a lot of fun too….. When babysitters are hard to come by for a whole weekend everything is a consideration.
Oh – and one last thing.. I was REALLY annoyed that there wasn’t an award for “played with the most people”… I think Rosie (the dog) must have played, or at least tried to play, with every single person on site! She put the rest of us to shame!
Thanks again,
D&K
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"Just wanted to add, i see quite a few people were disappointed you didn't sell diet ,, i bet if you had normal in a diet bottle no-one would guess!!! Alos we were pitched right at the top 3 tents from the left looking down and the hill wasn't a problem for us at all, maybe next year put all the lazy arses at the bottom. lol And all the people who don't mind the (little walk) to the bottom at the top of the slope.! B "Also i mean, not alos!! Lol | |||
"Just wanted to add, i see quite a few people were disappointed you didn't sell diet ,, i bet if you had normal in a diet bottle no-one would guess!!! Alos we were pitched right at the top 3 tents from the left looking down and the hill wasn't a problem for us at all, maybe next year put all the lazy arses at the bottom. lol And all the people who don't mind the (little walk) to the bottom at the top of the slope.! B
Also i mean, not alos!! Lol"We were not quite at the top but near and too be honest the walk to the loos was not steep and walking back was great to stop and talk to people outside their tents,think that was better. Had no problems with the showers we did not have to queue once. | |||
"How many showers will there be next year? HOW MANY??? I need a number or I will moan all year! Ha ha. X" Don't make me beat you Phil !!!! | |||
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we had a great time at swingfields doing the catering , met some really lovely people and made some sexy new friends . A big thank you to Stu & Debs and the team you did a great job organising the event , we know you have a list of things to do better next year , as do we in the catering . It's going to be hard to beat this one tho it was so nice to be part of the very first swingfields . We also agree with the above comment. Hopefully see you all next year xxxxxx | |||
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"I know I wasn't there but do feel that the diet /diet drink issue should be addressed - what about diabetics? Most pubs and bars ensure they have at least one diet drink available and substitutions could actually be dangerous - especially when the weather is hot." As it was camping I would expect anyone who might be affected by a small choice of food and drink would have brought their own supplies. I certainly did. | |||
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"Hi guys just a quick 1 if anyone has any feedback on the lube and wipes included in the welcome packs can you let me know as the company that supplied was wondering what you all think and I'll pass your comments on xx" We were a bit d*unk and I think I remember someone eating the lube off my knee.....taste fine lol z | |||
"Just wanted to add, i see quite a few people were disappointed you didn't sell diet ,, i bet if you had normal in a diet bottle no-one would guess!!! Alos we were pitched right at the top 3 tents from the left looking down and the hill wasn't a problem for us at all, maybe next year put all the lazy arses at the bottom. lol And all the people who don't mind the (little walk) to the bottom at the top of the slope.! B
Also i mean, not alos!! Lol"People would tell it is not diet especially if diabetic it is easy to tell full fat from diet. | |||
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"Is this only for reviews by those that attended?" It's in the word:re-view, people who 'viewed' the festival in person can give a fully informed opinion as to what they personally!! liked and were is room for improvement. Of course Forum rules state that all are free to comment on any threats and all the comments on here give you an idea what a great time we had.May be go next year to see for yourself?
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would like to see better communication on whats on and when and maybe a larger covered seating area and lots more fun & games..
an extra thankyou to the amazing hull pair on their efforts in the food van and hope you get more time off next time see you all next year..
carlnmeg mwah xxx | |||
"How many showers will there be next year? HOW MANY??? I need a number or I will moan all year! Ha ha. X" You're Barred!!! | |||
"Somewhere to re freeze ice packs would have been great. We brought our own food but in the heat it didn't keep for long in the tent and as there was no vegitarian choice to buy on site we found ourself driving to supermarkets to restock Xx" Ahh, we had freezer, you could have used xx | |||
"Hello every one we had a great time at swingfields doing the catering , met some really lovely people and made some sexy new friends . A big thank you to Stu & Debs and the team you did a great job organising the event , we know you have a list of things to do better next year , as do we in the catering . It's going to be hard to beat this one tho it was so nice to be part of the very first swingfields . We also agree with the above comment. Hopefully see you all next year xxxxxx"Have to say the catering was great a big thanks to you both and hope you can make it again next year. | |||
Having said that the Tee Pees were empty when we played and we struggled to find the single guys.. Must be more sociable next year.. | |||
"Hi guys just a quick 1 if anyone has any feedback on the lube and wipes included in the welcome packs can you let me know as the company that supplied was wondering what you all think and I'll pass your comments on xx" I liked and used the lube and it was great although I didn't notice a taste, not sure if it was supposed to be flavoured. It lubed up well but wasn't really good in my mouth... Did its job though. I didn't try the wipes x | |||
"Is this only for reviews by those that attended? It's in the word:re-view, people who 'viewed' the festival in person can give a fully informed opinion as to what they personally!! liked and were is room for improvement. Of course Forum rules state that all are free to comment on any threats and all the comments on here give you an idea what a great time we had.May be go next year to see for yourself?
(susie)"Sorry, I could not find a pre-event thread so only heard about it last minute (via a contact's status message). Saying that though, After considering the entry price on the site (minus transport, accomodation, shower or food? I thought "expensive weekend and personal BO to share with others? I might stay home". I don't want to sound harsh but I'm logical like that - sue me. | |||
"Is this only for reviews by those that attended? It's in the word:re-view, people who 'viewed' the festival in person can give a fully informed opinion as to what they personally!! liked and were is room for improvement. Of course Forum rules state that all are free to comment on any threats and all the comments on here give you an idea what a great time we had.May be go next year to see for yourself?
(susie)
Sorry, I could not find a pre-event thread so only heard about it last minute (via a contact's status message). Saying that though, After considering the entry price on the site (minus transport, accomodation, shower or food? I thought "expensive weekend and personal BO to share with others? I might stay home".
I don't want to sound harsh but I'm logical like that - sue me."There were LOADS of pre-event threads
Camping trips are camping trips. It was hot yes, but there were showers there and I spent £30 all weekend! | |||
"Is this only for reviews by those that attended? It's in the word:re-view, people who 'viewed' the festival in person can give a fully informed opinion as to what they personally!! liked and were is room for improvement. Of course Forum rules state that all are free to comment on any threats and all the comments on here give you an idea what a great time we had.May be go next year to see for yourself?
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Sorry, I could not find a pre-event thread so only heard about it last minute (via a contact's status message). Saying that though, After considering the entry price on the site (minus transport, accomodation, shower or food? I thought "expensive weekend and personal BO to share with others? I might stay home".
I don't want to sound harsh but I'm logical like that - sue me."tbf we only had 8 official pre swingfields threads, each one started when the previous thread got too large. | |||
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"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B "I really don't like using my phone to type. around! | |||
"Is this only for reviews by those that attended?" How can you review something you didn't go to? Have to say it's sounds like you 'll had a greattime . Letsbehavingyou and I were talking last might about maybe putting our names down if you do it next year | |||
"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B "This was my thinking: 1) Camping.. limited (if any) shower facilities (with change of clothes for weekend to go back on in-addequately washed body?) 2) Limited option on food: simple solution is to bring my own 3) Limited sleep arrangements (I don't own a camper van) 4) Petrol there and back 5) Plus ticket price (according to the website) £120 for a couple, £90 for a single guy. I don't know if that is typical for general camping trips (swinging or otherwise), I found it hard to justify. | |||
"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B
This was my thinking:
1) Camping.. limited (if any) shower facilities (with change of clothes for weekend to go back on in-addequately washed body?)
2) Limited option on food: simple solution is to bring my own
3) Limited sleep arrangements (I don't own a camper van)
4) Petrol there and back
5) Plus ticket price (according to the website) £120 for a couple, £90 for a single guy.
I don't know if that is typical for general camping trips (swinging or otherwise), I found it hard to justify."OK, I will feed the Troll.
You didn't go to Swingfields, so I don't know how you can have a valid voice on here. There are 8 threads that pretty much cover everything you have said. Try searching 'Swingfields' in the forum search bar. When you have read EVERY post from the doubters, H&S nuts, haters and people with valid concerns about showers then please feel free to pop back in and ask a question from those that went or ask your mate on Fab.
I am not going to sit here and have to read stuff, questioning an event that they never attended without defending it. 99% of comments on this thread have been in the corner of what could be done better, yours are the other 1% and you didn't attend.
1) There were plenty of showers.
2) Yep, bring your own.
3) Buy a tent in September when the sales are on.
4) Move to Worcestershire.
5) Save £20 per month.
Sorry everyone & Debs and Stu, but I am not going to sit here and have to put up with inane comments about something they know nothing about. | |||
"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B
This was my thinking:
1) Camping.. limited (if any) shower facilities (with change of clothes for weekend to go back on in-addequately washed body?)
2) Limited option on food: simple solution is to bring my own
3) Limited sleep arrangements (I don't own a camper van)
4) Petrol there and back
5) Plus ticket price (according to the website) £120 for a couple, £90 for a single guy.
I don't know if that is typical for general camping trips (swinging or otherwise), I found it hard to justify."Again, camping is camping. I don't have a car, so had to hire one and pay for petrol, but I did already have most the equipment, and borrowed a tent. I brought food and booze with me. If you're concerned with the costs of the car and equipment, hire a camper van and bring some friends. Lots of people there did that. I can't comment on the ticket prices because I am a single female and also got in early, so paid a lower amount. However there were bands all weekend, a DJ both nights, entertainment laid on during the day and evening, and facilities laid on for the swingers, PLUS the cost of the venue itself. It wasn't just some camping trip where you pitch your tent and do your own thing. I agree that would have been pricy. It was a festival, and compared to some it was cheap. | |||
"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B "I'm a cheap date. | |||
"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B
This was my thinking:
1) Camping.. limited (if any) shower facilities (with change of clothes for weekend to go back on in-addequately washed body?)
2) Limited option on food: simple solution is to bring my own
3) Limited sleep arrangements (I don't own a camper van)
4) Petrol there and back
5) Plus ticket price (according to the website) £120 for a couple, £90 for a single guy.
I don't know if that is typical for general camping trips (swinging or otherwise), I found it hard to justify."It sounds like you don't like camping in general so why are you bothered? | |||
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"I'm getting all grrr ans I didn't even go lol" I wonder if other festivals get people saying what bad value their festivals are after the actual festival. LOL, probably.
Its not like the organisers were forcing people to go!
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"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B
This was my thinking:
1) Camping.. limited (if any) shower facilities (with change of clothes for weekend to go back on in-addequately washed body?)
2) Limited option on food: simple solution is to bring my own
3) Limited sleep arrangements (I don't own a camper van)
4) Petrol there and back
5) Plus ticket price (according to the website) £120 for a couple, £90 for a single guy.
I don't know if that is typical for general camping trips (swinging or otherwise), I found it hard to justify."Sorry this is making me cross. 1. You were not there so cant see how you can comment on showere etc, we had no problem with queues. 2. Price was fine we booked early and food and bar prices where good though most people took thier own and had BBQ's. 3. The event was well organised and run, thanks to the organisers and staff who were brilliant. 4. Cant see why you should complain about petrol or a tent as you would have to get those if you went to a normal campsite. 5. Overall as I am sure those who went will agree was a fantastic weekend and we met so many nise people and will definatly be back next year. | |||
"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B
This was my thinking:
1) Camping.. limited (if any) shower facilities (with change of clothes for weekend to go back on in-addequately washed body?)
2) Limited option on food: simple solution is to bring my own
3) Limited sleep arrangements (I don't own a camper van)
4) Petrol there and back
5) Plus ticket price (according to the website) £120 for a couple, £90 for a single guy.
I don't know if that is typical for general camping trips (swinging or otherwise), I found it hard to justify.
OK, I will feed the Troll.
You didn't go to Swingfields, so I don't know how you can have a valid voice on here. There are 8 threads that pretty much cover everything you have said. Try searching 'Swingfields' in the forum search bar. When you have read EVERY post from the doubters, H&S nuts, haters and people with valid concerns about showers then please feel free to pop back in and ask a question from those that went or ask your mate on Fab.
I am not going to sit here and have to read stuff, questioning an event that they never attended without defending it. 99% of comments on this thread have been in the corner of what could be done better, yours are the other 1% and you didn't attend.
1) There were plenty of showers.
2) Yep, bring your own.
3) Buy a tent in September when the sales are on.
4) Move to Worcestershire.
5) Save £20 per month.
Sorry everyone & Debs and Stu, but I am not going to sit here and have to put up with inane comments about something they know nothing about. "
Thanks for feeding the Troll, ( haha, loved that!)At the end of the day, I feel the troll may have Swingfields envy! But feel sorry for him, he missed out and his comments are invalid to us. Think he might go on the naughty list for next years event. xx | |||
"OK, I will feed the Troll. "Lol so funny! Love this expression and totally agree with what you fed | |||
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"We didn't go, but our valid opinion is we wish we bloody well did. With out being there it sounds like it was amazing. frankly if there were teething troubles we should have been there to see them, get over them and enjoy the 99% of stuff that sounds fabulous... we will learn by our mistake and go next year..... " Not a good enough excuse
Due to the number of complaints on here from people who didn't go, several of us have decided that we are going to take 'Swingfields' on tour!
It will be like a traveling circus, but with less clothes on. We hope your back garden can fit about 100 tents and about 4 Tee-pees. We also give out free ear defenders for your neighbors. All we require is a freezer and a good sound system. We will start setting up about six tomorrow night.
Just one question though, how many showers do you have in your house? | |||
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"Oh oh oh!!!! we thought of another suggestion for next year... could you possibly make one of the tee pee's / tipi's (or however the hell you spell it!!) as a bi play one?? Certainly a lot easier when its dark or 'heat of the moment' lol "Wouldn't it be easier if we just shared a tent and invited other Bi-Couples in. | |||
" Wouldn't it be easier if we just shared a tent and invited other Bi-Couples in. "Mmm perfect plan... who's garden is first?? | |||
" Wouldn't it be easier if we just shared a tent and invited other Bi-Couples in.
Mmm perfect plan... who's garden is first??"invite needed ! | |||
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Looking for sites in the New Forest for next weekend
Hoping that Stu & Debs organize a small re- union at the club soon then we can hopefully meet all of you sexy people again | |||
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"Still feeling the “burn” from the weekend! First off I’d like to thank the organisers for going to the trouble and putting in, what was obviously a huge amount of effort!!! - I’m sure a lot of people would underestimate what’s involved in sorting something like this. It was good fun, and feel we’ve had the opportunity to get to know some genuinely great people over out weekend! – some better than others!
Save waffling, I’ve listed what we thought was great and not so great. I’ll start off with the great! ?
- The people – first and foremost the punters and pretty much everyone we encountered were all out for a good time, friendly and fun!
- The location – Well out of the way and easy enough to find!
- The greeting – Really lovely and made us feel relaxed, as being the first one no one really knew what they were getting themselves in for!
- The Site – Hats off! – Finding a Site that was not overlooked as far as the eye could see (Lovely view!) and so private was exactly what was needed and delivered!
- Great weather – although we didn’t realise just how hot it was while erecting our tent and paid the price a little!
- Owner came over shortly after and advised us on what to do in an emergency – good thought and nice touch.
- Mark – what a star! – Next year, you need more Marks! We were pitched pretty much as far away as you can get, yet he was often walking by just checking we were ok. Perfect guy for the job, really friendly and nothing was too much trouble.
- Bar – reasonably priced and had a good selection of spirits we thought.
- Security – really nice guys, chatty and really relaxed, yet still there – perfect.
- Teepees – These were amazing, and worked really well. Appeared clean every time we looked or used one and liked the ability to have private ones too.
- The fire – something very relaxing about sitting around a fire – great touch and great focal point.
- The Fire Maze – again, was probably the largest congregation of people all weekend in one place.
- The wet t-shirt competition. Hands up, I thought that was going to be pants, but actually everyone took it for what it was and had a really good giggle with it ?
- Jelly wrestling – I didn’t see this, but I’m going to say it was a success as we could hear the laughter from the other side of the field! – Only problem I see with it was that we missed it!
The areas for improvement we see are ( I know some have already been mentioned) :
- Communication – on the run up to the event there were several mixed messages, whether that was about showers, toilets, emails or extra nights. Being the first event, I think this may have made a lot of people sceptical about the organisational ability of the team.
- Again with communication – “you can be nude here but not there” etc, and then from what I could see that all just went out the window!
- The camping area, was on a slope, the best quote I heard that describes the consequences of this was “I woke up cuddling the toilet”… ? - you end up slipping down in the night. It’s also a bit tricky, although slightly amusing trying to play where after every 5th hump, like a typewriter, you need to reset to your starting position in the tent - ting! ?
- The other down side to this was the trek to and from the tents being uphill on the way back, it was blisteringly hot and I certainly felt it in my legs walking back up.
- I think the amount of camping space estimated was a tad optimistic. Everyone was comfortable, but I think if you’d have added another 100 to that, it would have been way too overcrowded.
- The bar – I’m fussy when it comes to my drink – however they had exactly what I wanted great - but others were not so fortunate. I know this seems small, but we all have our favourite drink, which we were not allowed to bring into the arena, but if they don’t sell it – it’s annoying, especially when it’s something as popular as Bacardi! – Yes, I know they had “own brand” white rum. Still the principle being, I’m more than happy to pay for drinks at a venue, and from what I can remember were very reasonably priced, but if you have a rule like that, please keep it well stocked.
- No diet drinks on site. I hardly know anyone who drinks “full fat” now by choice – not anywhere on site could you buy a can of diet . We had to carry enough around with us for the evening, would rather have bought it in the arena.
- No provisioning for extreme weather. I know we got lucky with the weather, but at the same time, a large Marquee with seating (which there was not enough of) attached to the real ale bar I think would have gone down a treat. Everyone we’ve spoken to agreed – if it had rained the event would have been pretty much a write off. I accept there may have been some outdoor covering on standby, but fail to see why if there was, it wasn’t just used anyway? I think most people would have loved an area where we could have got out of the direct sun light en-masse and you’re covered if you had the occasional shower too. Also in the evening it did start to drop a bit cool on the Saturday, just something with a few sides on would have been great.
- Entertainment – again, without a program that I saw, there still seemed to be some areas of the day when it was like “well what happens now then?” – Like others have suggested there could have been some good demos / fun games – for instance, while there was a wet tshirt competition, there wasn’t a “wet y-fronts”;-)
- No focal points – apart from the fire maze and to some lesser degree the fire, there were no real focal points. People became a little separated – it was either this little group over here or that one over there. Again, a large marquee with plenty of seating, soft seating, cushions etc would have been really nice. Every single person we met and got involed with was while sitting around the fire ?
- As above – I never found the covered BBQ area? Maybe I missed it? Although again, saw a lot of people using their own disposable ones on the grass.
- A timetable of events – some people seemed to know what was going on and when, and others didn’t.
- The poor bloke in the band who played to an empty field – not his fault, just bad timing so easily fixed ?
- Talking of poor blokes – SINGLE MALES!!! – Where were they all hiding? I saw 1 distinguishable single bloke and another forum poster I know of whose name I recognised on a tent. Talking with others there seems to be a lot of the % of single guys that came, came as part of attending with another couple. I agree you don’t’ want it overrun by any 1 particular group, but we didn’t see any that were easily identifiable as single guys – yellow bibs next year please! – and more of them! In a club on single guys night, you don’t have to go looking for them!
- Electric hook-ups – could have really done with some up at the top of the camping area. I hated using the generator, it was noisy and antisocial, but I had to keep the fridge going, which I did run off gas 90% of the time, but needed to give it a kick occasionally.
- Catering – nothing the matter with the catering, the guys were lovely (actually REALLY lovely?) and reasonably priced, it’s just sometimes you want something other than a burger, chips or hotdog. A few different catering vans would have been good, and to be fair to the poor guys running their van, they were in there for a lot of hours! They could have done with a bit more of a break! Bless em!
- Showers – I didn’t use them but did look in them, and will presume they worked ok, everyone I spoke to said they did. I think there could have been more, or better, a row of about a dozen shower heads in a communal shower would have been perfect. Most people wanted to just “swill off”, but obviously the ladies wanted the opportunity to wash their hair, shave “things” etc… You could have kept the private showers for that. We were having about 4-5 showers each a day. We bought our own and glad we did – I couldn’t be doing with wasting over an hour a day waiting / getting to the showers for a weekend event. Especially with the heat, just wanted to swill off and carry on.
- Toilets – again being at the bottom of the hill I saw several people just taking a leak in the bushes / adjacent fields which again suggests there either weren’t enough of they were located too inconveniently (however that comes back to the camping area, I agree it wouldn’t have been a nice prospect to be sat in a toilet on a slope!). The 2 porta loo’s at the bottom of the camp field were what you get with a porta loo, fair enough, only these had a sign on saying “no number 2’s”, so if you did have the misfortune of needing to do a “No. 2” you had to then go in the static shower / toilet block right at the far end of the arena. When you did get there, you were faced with the choice of 3 toilets, one of which didn’t have a working lock. People generally tended to hang around inside the toilet /shower block (2 showers at opposite end to 3 toilets)at busier times, while waiting for the toilet. Now, while I’m pretty free spirited there are some things I still like to do in relative privacy. With a door just thick enough to stop like permeating it and with a 8 inch gap at the bottom, it’s not the most private affair. Nothing like coming face to face with the guy/girl of your dreams, right after it sounds like they have just been strangling a duck in a mine shaft for the last 5 mins..…
That’s the main points anyway. ?
Did we enjoy it – yes, we made of it what we wanted and met some lovely people we wouldn’t have otherwise ever met! So thanks again to the organisers for putting the effort in and hosting it for everyone.
Would we go again? Not sure – for the same price, you can have 2 nights in a Holiday Inn and have a lot of fun too….. When babysitters are hard to come by for a whole weekend everything is a consideration.
Oh – and one last thing.. I was REALLY annoyed that there wasn’t an award for “played with the most people”… I think Rosie (the dog) must have played, or at least tried to play, with every single person on site! She put the rest of us to shame!
Thanks again,
D&K
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"All thoughts and feedback has been great. The crew and myself did our best so it's so nice to know a week later is still being spoke abou! It was a top job, everyone who was there made it what it was. SWINGFIELDS 2014. Bring it on!!!!" | |||
"All thoughts and feedback has been great. The crew and myself did our best so it's so nice to know a week later is still being spoke abou! It was a top job, everyone who was there made it what it was. SWINGFIELDS 2014. Bring it on!!!!" We cant wait for next year was the perfect weekend and cant wait for tickets to go on sale | |||
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