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SWINGFIELDS - Reviews, Your opinions if it and how can we make it better?

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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester

On site we've had lots of positive response, please post your reviews on the event here, to help us make next year better, and let the doubters know what they missed lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

broadcast it on bbc3 live like Glastonbury x

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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester


"broadcast it on bbc3 live like Glastonbury x"
surely it would have to be on 'the adult channel' lol

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By *it of fun cplCouple
over a year ago

village between York and Hull

Have to be honest guys and say it has been very well organised and for a first attempt fantastic!

A little un organised as far as pitching up it seems to have been a case of pitch where you like and tents have now blocked what was the entrance and exit. The Warter slide never appeared but as far as we are concerned a 9/10 and a massive thanks to all your helpers and staff it is a great event and still another night to go! Toilets and showers very good and an excellent little venue.

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By *adchickCouple
over a year ago

Cyprus

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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Swingfields was sort of amazing!!!! I would like to give the biggest thanks the Stu and Debs, Kitty and Mush and the rest if the organisers/staff. It truly was epic! I had an amazing time meeting old and new friends and would do it all again in a heartbeat. Mind=Blown. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just packed up and driving home...could have stayed for another week. We had such an amazing time, and are ready to book for next year. Thank you so much for organising it...all the staff were so friendly and helpful. Swingfields 2013 rock on xxxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Would like to say, that even as being on the committee to help organise the event, Everyone who came helped make swingfields what it was. It was just like a big family gathering. See all you gorgeous ppl next year. Big loves xxxx

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Thanks guys for arranging it all. I was especially impressed with how you managed to sort the weather!

Apart from some inconsiderate people blocking the path to the main area with their tents, and the firebreather not performing, it was good.

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By *tasiaCouple
over a year ago

West Bromwich

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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Couldn't have asked for better weather and although a few minor hitches it was a FABULOUS first attempt . Looking forward to doing it all again next year a massive thumbs up...WELL DONE

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester

Swingfielders feel free to wink, veri and add if you met us, and if you want to lol

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester

Thanks guys what a weekend you've all done a great job and we'll be back next year And thanks to jonolong for keeping me up dancing with his smashing tunes nice one .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An absolutely great weekend and very much looking forward to the next. Maybe a few more showers/toilets wouldn't go amiss. Perhaps some more events during the day would be good too.Brilliant first effort though.

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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester

Thank you everyone who came and its all you swingfielders who made the event so special .

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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By *EWBIES2012Couple
over a year ago

Morpeth

This event was awesome!!!! good weather, excellent location, perfect people for some good company. We will take another 2tickets for next year please.

higgie we still have you cable...sorry. Will will send it down for you.

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By *hundercats69Couple
over a year ago

CT14

We had such a great weekend and met some lovely people.... Some who we appear to have unfinished business with...

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

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By *ouble_The_DelightCouple
over a year ago

Wakefield

Have just got home after a fantastic weekend, lots of fun, lovely people and a great atmosphere, well organised, no complaints whatsoever.

Already looking forward to a repeat Swingfields next year

Simon and karen

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By *atchMan
over a year ago

reigate

Wow what an amazing weeknd we had cant really find anything to critisise.

Have to thank the organisers and especially the staff who were fantastic.

And a big thanks to all the campers everyone was so friendly and all chatted as if we had known them for ages. We have made some new friends.

Only comment for next year ( we will be there ) is and we didnt have a problem with the entrance to the caming area maybe we were in the right spot but maybe some cones so when people arrive say dont pitch between them and maybe some to creat a "road" of cones to keep it clear.

Once again many thanks, will be back. John.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just arrived home and wanted to say what a fantastic event this was. Everyone was friendly, the set up was great, totally chilled atmosphere with some extremely sexy people. Thanks guys. Oh and Amanda.... "I know where you live" lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Excellent weekend with very friendly people , well done all those involved in the organisation , there was always going to be the odd teething problem but I think overall it was excellent , one small suggestion is maybe a few more benches and tables around the bar / food area with possibly a few Patio heaters , we loved chatting outside once the disco kicked off but found it too cold once the sun went down , play areas were great if a little dark at times

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By *in and TonicCouple
over a year ago

Knaresborough

We have had the time of our lives. Really excellent weekend. Thanks to all the organisers. The numbers were just right. We only qued ten minutes for the shower. We met some really great people. Cannot fault anything. Looking forward to next year. The tepees were great, and the entertainment excellent. Thanks for a great weekend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had an amazing night at Swingfields, kind of surreal being at the first Swingers festival!

Great site, beautiful view, loved the play tents and had fun meeting people while I did my stint on the bar-feel free to say hello

Thank you to Stu, Debs, Kitty, Mush and everyone for working so hard to bring it all together xx

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By *adchickCouple
over a year ago

Cyprus

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.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have to say it was a fantastic weekend, very well organised for a first attempt and the weather was just perfect!

Only a few things I'd say would have made it better, I think that a few more things to help the mood kick in, a few people I spoke to said they felt like they were in a really nice relaxed pub garden. I thing a small cinema tent may of helped.

Other than that a few more games during the daytime, although I missed the wet tshirt competition and the jelly wrestling was cracking, I just feel a few more games would have been good.

But all in all fantastic weekend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thank you to all of the staff who have worked so hard for months your efforts more than paid off and then some!

Saturday day time was so much fun with the wet t shirt competition and jelly wrestling, gonna buy some Jelly bath and train for next year 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!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can only repeat what everyone else is thinking and saying what an awesome event 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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By *lentyoffun40Couple
over a year ago

Lancashire

Well what can we say

Absolutely brilliant weekend , from the minute we arrived the staff were brilliant and friendly

For a first time event I don't think you could have wished for more. Was fantastic

If we were being picky Perhaps a few more seats around the beer tents and music arena and a few patio heaters .

But just buzzing about the whole event and so glad we were at the first ever one !!

Massive thanks to all the staff who made the weekend . Well done guys !

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester

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.

loved it . B&j x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sounds.like it was awesome let us kniw next year's date as soon as you can x

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"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"

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By *anSusieCouple
over a year ago

Midlothian

1st:THANK YOU to The Lodge team for all the hard work and creating a fantastic event for us swingers

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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The only thing that would make Swingfields better for us next time would be to pack in fun with even more of the great people we met, just not enough hours in the day! Fantastic event, well done to the organisers. Anyone that met us feel free to get in touch if you want to see more hehe. He was in a black kilt, she was in a nurses outfit then a red corset

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By *retendWeAreHumanCouple
over a year ago

Swindon

What a great weekend. Agree with pretty much all of the above. A little more light would have been nice but apart from that everything was great. Met some lovely people, the chilled atmosphere was wonderful and what great views in every sense of the word. Definitely sign us up for the next one.

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By *ugglerr_starrCouple
over a year ago

worcester


" 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.

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By *anSusieCouple
over a year ago

Midlothian


" 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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By *ugglerr_starrCouple
over a year ago

worcester

Shall pass the message on to him

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By *arlingslutCouple
over a year ago

Devon

Proper lol! Amanda xx

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By *anSusieCouple
over a year ago

Midlothian

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)

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By *arlingslutCouple
over a year ago

Devon

Love, love, loved the whole thing. Most impressed with the incredibly chilled, permissive and friendly atmosphere and really decent food and drink prices - not festival prices at all : £3.50 for pint of cider, £2.50 for bacon sandwich. Only queued once for a shower and showered 4 times (I was a dirty girl!) though did shower with my partner to save water! ??Love swing, spanking benches etc all great fun. Best best thing was all the staff (Simone we love you!) and met some really great and sexy people. Much fun, can't wait for next year. Richard and Amanda Xxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A big thank you to all the organisers and people who attended this awesome event, it was friendly fun and sexy all weekend. Met some great people and the only down side to the whole thing it's that we have to wait until next year for the next one xx

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By *ittle_miss_69Woman
over a year ago

York

Had a totally great time...

Can't wait till next time when I don't have bump and I can really enjoy myself.... Was great watching from a sober side for the weekend, met some lovely people those who I spoke to feel free to add me..xx

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By *aybecoupleCouple
over a year ago

handlope


"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.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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.

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By *hundercats69Couple
over a year ago

CT14

We completely agree with redwinelovers and most of what we thought of saying has been said by them already!

I certainly think that a programme of events etc in the welcome pack would be beneficial as i overheard many people asking what time the bands/games etc were on and the event orgnisers having to repeat this so many times! Maybe it could include a few little reminders, for example the pods. It wasn't until about midnight on Saturday that we even knew they could be used! We thought they were for accomodation lol. Then when we got in there for a rather tasty play session we got the bang on the door to say they were being closed at 1am.... Rather disappointing when you're halfway through something you'd been building up to for several hours!

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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By *it of fun cplCouple
over a year ago

village between York and Hull


"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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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!

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"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

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By *arlingslutCouple
over a year ago

Devon


"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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By *enuinetallstuMan
over a year ago

nr beauly

JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW - "SWINGFIELDS" is now listed in the CLUB section ))) xxxx

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By *tasiaCouple
over a year ago

West Bromwich

Morning after....what a downer

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 ?

Paul & Flirt

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By *tasiaCouple
over a year ago

West Bromwich

"Well done to those two as well, great pricing, and the hours they worked was amazing....and a shame, lol." Was meant at the food van team, lol.

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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester


"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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

it is going to get bigger and better bye next year everyone will no about swing field after all its the first in the country and word and mouth from mel xx

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester

To the single man we spoke to, sorry can't rem your name! (you were playing with that lady outside next to the pool) you really didn't have to wait until j got up to go to the loo to ask if you can have a look at my nipples, and when i said no your reply ''oh really i truly would'nt have asked you if I thought you would say no'' i know it was a swingers festival and the question didn't bother me,you should have asked when j was there,!! B

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

^In that case, can I see them aswell please?^

#nipplefever

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"^In that case, can I see them aswell please?^

#nipplefever"

Maybe next year, lol.b

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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester


"^In that case, can I see them aswell please?^

#nipplefever

Maybe next year, lol.b "
after the organisers have lol

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"^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

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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester


"^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 "
just a shame kitty had a bra on as we'll as it was an under bust one lol

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By *bapCouple
over a year ago

Blackpool

sounds like swingfields was a great success

hopefully this time next year we will be driving so we can go

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By *andcCouple
over a year ago

London and Cheshire

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By *andcCouple
over a year ago

London and Cheshire


"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

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By *iss kitty glosWoman
over a year ago

gloucester


"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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By *ouble_The_DelightCouple
over a year ago

Wakefield

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.

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By *atchMan
over a year ago

reigate

Was a fantastic weekend we will be back next year for sure.

Nothing to complain about organisers and staff who were great.

Only comment would be more lighting around the bar/food stall and outside the area near the stage.

Apart from that was perect and thanks to all those attending everyone was so friendly and created a great atmosphere all weekend.

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By *llananSusieMan
over a year ago

torquay

thanks for a great time guys, all that hard work now its over 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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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hi im glad your getting such positive response, we couldnt go this time but would really like to next time, i would say for us the music would be just as important as the play facilities and we couldnt find any info on what the music would be so it did put us off, but thats just us! x

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By *aveandkate35Couple
over a year ago

telford

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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By *ardrock v cute playthingCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

All the points have been covered,outside heating by the beer tent & seating area,event running times,lights in the teepees,more day time events/games but these are only small things. Overall it was a fab event run by fab people with fab weather that very sexy fab people went to!!!!! Its just a shame that we didn't get to play with more people so could next year be 4 days

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By *un To Be UsCouple
over a year ago

North West

For a first time event - a big thumbs up guys it was excellent!

We would agree with the above comments regarding extra seating around the main arena as many small segregated groups developed.

Once again a fantastic event, we met some great peeps . Can't wait for next year!!!!

Mich & Chris

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By *un To Be UsCouple
over a year ago

North West

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By *iss kitty glosWoman
over a year ago

gloucester

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

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By *it of fun cplCouple
over a year ago

village between York and Hull

Never recieved them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Send us your addy and we will post some out to you! xx

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics.

Well I just won't to say that we had an amazing and fun time there, I found it such a perfect site, organised really well and quietly with no fuss and the great party atmosphere and warmth of the crowd was awesome.

You all did a brilliant job and I can't wait to

book to be back.

Suggestions... All I have is maybe -at a push more bins around the site...

Special love all round but Craig and Simone... Great part of the team.

We had a blast... Lola ( half of funk phenomena)

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics.

Well I just won't to say that we had an amazing and fun time there, I found it such a perfect site, organised really well and quietly with no fuss and the great party atmosphere and warmth of the crowd was awesome.

You all did a brilliant job and I can't wait to

book to be back.

Suggestions... All I have is maybe -at a push more bins around the site...

Special love all round but Craig and Simone... Great part of the team.

We had a blast... Lola ( half of funk phenomena)

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester

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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How many showers will there be next year? HOW MANY??? I need a number or I will moan all year! Ha ha. X

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"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

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By *atchMan
over a year ago

reigate


"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.

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By *iss kitty glosWoman
over a year ago

gloucester


"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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By *it of fun cplCouple
over a year ago

village between York and Hull

Regarding the catering we thought the sexy peeps who ran it did a sterling job. To be fair the menu was fairly limited but surely if you are vegitarian etc you would make sure you had provisions. As it was a first time event and small numbers they were taking a big risk comming at all. If they do it again next year, which we hope they do I think they will have learned from this year. The event was not big enough for more than one catering outfit and if it was me I would work with the organisers to have certain opening times as quite often they were sat in an empty field.

Having been involved in catering etc at a lot of events in the past it is easy to forget that they are there to make money and even a seperate coffee stall would effect their takings dramatically.

Another good thing was at least they were both swingers too which was a plus.. how about naked Chefs next year

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

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.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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By *habsMan
over a year ago

Fortress of Solitude, Middlesex

Is this only for reviews by those that attended?

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By *ohjaneCouple
over a year ago

south staffs

We would like to add our voice to the above comments and compliments.

We had a lovely time and will be sure to book for next year.

Thanks to you all for making it so good.

Jane & Tarzan x x

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By *anSusieCouple
over a year ago

Midlothian


"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)

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By *nbb1Couple
over a year ago

WestBromwich

We enjoyed this one from start to finish, met some amazing people, a massive !! THANKYOU !! to everyone involved

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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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

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By *atchMan
over a year ago

reigate


"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.

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By *it of fun cplCouple
over a year ago

village between York and Hull

We must have missed chatting to loads of people because we hardly recognise anyone!! 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..

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

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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"

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

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By *habsMan
over a year ago

Fortress of Solitude, Middlesex


"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.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"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!

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By *ushandkitty OP   Couple
over a year ago

Gloucester


"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."
tbf we only had 8 official pre swingfields threads, each one started when the previous thread got too large.

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester

30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B

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By *eaverfeverCouple
over a year ago

nr Manchester


"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!

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"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

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By *habsMan
over a year ago

Fortress of Solitude, Middlesex


"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.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"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.

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"30 pound all weekend!! We spent arotnd 150 smackers lol. Worth it though!. B "

I'm a cheap date.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"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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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

I'm getting all grrr ans I didn't even go lol

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum


"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!

Nowt so queer as fowk!

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By *it of fun cplCouple
over a year ago

village between York and Hull

Just been looking to go to a local trib fest, £85 each for tickets which does not include the main VIP tent. VIP tickets £135 each! £65 for camper and no swinging in sight! And no doubt rip off prices on booze and food.

We bought our tickets for swingfields early so got a discount, bought £30 worth of food, £32 on booze, £120 on fuel, £3 on ice cream and £10 on beer in the tent. We did not play with anyone all weekend BUT we loved it! Met great people, chilled out and had fun together, we were away from home and chilled out and to us time together you can not put a price on!

At the end of the day this is not a charity and I really hope the organisers made a few £ otherwise it won't happen again. Having said that if you take into account the amount of hours they put in to organise it I bet they didn't even make £1 an hour! I am a Yorkshireman second only to a Scotsman when it comes to being tight and we thought it was a fair price. We have gone to many clubs and spent as much if not more in a weekend. What price on a fun filled weekend????

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By *atchMan
over a year ago

reigate


"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.

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By *enuinetallstuMan
over a year ago

nr beauly


"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

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By *hundercats69Couple
over a year ago

CT14


"OK, I will feed the Troll. "

Lol so funny! Love this expression and totally agree with what you fed

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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.....

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By *hundercats69Couple
over a year ago

CT14

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

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"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.

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By *hundercats69Couple
over a year ago

CT14


"

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??

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By *lentyoffun40Couple
over a year ago

Lancashire


"

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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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A bi play zone is a fab idea! Xx

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By *andm288Couple
over a year ago

oxford

Who would be up for another camping / Glamping weekend as Jo would call it !

Swingfields was excellent and we certainly have the bug

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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By *habsMan
over a year ago

Fortress of Solitude, Middlesex

Wow, been alerted to come and see a few comments on here so I best post before being accused of "running away".

Firstly, this is a forum thread: as I've seen posted several times over the years it not only is meant for people to post, but also, its not expected to have all comments agree.

For the people that feel I'm "bashing" swingfields/camping, please don't misinterpret my message: yes try most things (within reason), but I always weigh up what I'm committing to what I'm getting back.

And yes I did search for information, but I got the most information from the website (why could I not find the previous forum threads? no idea - it was not for lack of searching).

For those that replied to my points with well constructed point (even if in disagreement), thank you.

For those however that felt their strongest point was to throw abuse as though in a 5 year old playground... wow! (and I was supposed to be the immature one!) Abuse? Really? I thought that wasn't allowed on forums? (Or have I made that up as well?)

As for Swingfields, yes I wish I could have gone (irrespective of my concerns why I did not go), and as a massive supporter of socials, meets, gatherings and parties (have been for years, and always will be), clearly for those that attended seemed to enjoy it so very well done and hope it goes from strength to strength.

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By *ig_riderMan
over a year ago

Gloucester


"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

"

Rosie's mine.....back off!!!!! Lmao

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we went to the lodge last night and spoke to the crew who organized it...

they talked about what went into the planning behind the scenes, all we can say is wow !

although we didn't go from what they said it took so much work and time the fact it even went ahead within 3 months of the initial idea is phenomenonal.

the whole crew deserve a proper well done.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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!!!!

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By *anSusieCouple
over a year ago

Midlothian


"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!!!!"

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By *atchMan
over a year ago

reigate


"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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By *ouble_The_DelightCouple
over a year ago

Wakefield

We are also eagerly awaiting a date for next years, it seems like it was ages ago and roll on the next one.

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