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Wilderness, wild people, wild festival, wild beauty

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It's no secret, I love Wilderness festival . It's held in Oxfordshire in Cornbury park and since the first time we went (after winning tickets) I've been a huge fan. I dream about it all year and it's all over way too fast. This year was no exception. It's a festival where music plays second fiddle (see what I did there!?) to all the other amazing things that happen in the beautiful surroundings. Already it seems so long ago, and already I'm booking tickets for next year. From the Shakespeare play in the woods, to the camel rides; From the trapeze acts to the cocktails: from the naked knitting to the bearded burger chefs: from the skinny dipping in the lake to the cinema in the fields; from the posting anonymous postcards via the Wilderness postmen and women to the bubble teas,; from the roller disco to the gospel music at the shack; from the main stage and Sam Smith in the rain to the burning tower and fireworks in the ...
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Free Energy, the power of solar

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I was lent a solar light/charger. And also given a couple of solar lights to review by The Solar Light Co. After a few festivals over the summer (some of which had very few 'sunny' days!) I am ready to report back! The first test was the cute and frankly adorable ' Little Sun' . A cute yellow sunflower shaped solar light, complete with lanyard. Perfect for children to wear during the day and use at night. Having the solar panel on one side meant ensuring it hung with that side on display in the daytime! And at night it's super bright LED light (there are 2 settings but the lower one was always bright enough for us!) was great for walking back to our tent and then had loads of light for getting ready for bead and even reading, and the best thing was you didn't have to worry about falling asleep and wasting the battery because you could charge it again as soon as it was light! The light worked brilliantly (quite literally) at every festival. I would give the...
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