Arriving at Old Broadcasting House and seeing a sea of fuschia pink t-shirts gave us an enormous sense of belonging and team spirit. After meeting the team, we were so excited about what lay ahead...
It was a surprisingly quick six hour coach journey, and we arrived at Henham Park and unloaded our luggage. With 72 happy helpers we were soon all camped. We almost managed to leave our tent on the coach, which could have been a disaster - after all a tent is an important piece of camping equipment! Luckily we recovered the tent and two lovely boys assembled it for us. Good times already and it's only day one. After the hustle and bustle of setting up our home for six days, we settled down for a team BBQ, feasted on burgers and talked into the night. We met some friendly Welsh festival-goers, but by 2am we decided to finish on a high and bed down for the night.
Waking up amidst your own sweat is a bittersweet experience - bitter in its suffocating effect, but sweet in knowing you have arrived at your first festival of the year. This is the life! After cat crawling from our tent, we switfly decided the weather called for minimal clothing - bonus! We headed to the staff canteen for a full English (with chips!), and were then taken on a site walk by the wonderful cheerful Gavin. We were really impressed with the enormous effort put into the art and the mass of woods and open space, which completely transforms them into a rave wonderland. We were all excited and filled with anticipation for the weekend to come.
Later on we retired to the campsite to take it easy, sunbathe and contemplate the next four days as runners for the BBC. What an awesome opportunity, and what an amazing festival.
Samaira Scibberas and Lailah O'Donnell
Latitude Festival interns for BBC Radio
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