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The Big Chill 2010: Review

A review of The Big Chill 2010 Festival weekend at Eastnor Castle Deer Park (was it worth the four mile trek round to the purple gate entrance?)

Written by Sophie Parker and Daniel Sims


All Photography by Daniel Sims, do not use without permission.

For anyone who doesn't know, The Big Chill Festival is located at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire, surrounded by beautiful peaks and greenery. Being near the Welsh border means the weather can be a tad erratic. However, aside from the odd brief (but powerful) downpour the weather was pleasant and sunny by Sunday (which I'm sure came as a relief to the nude participants of Spencer Tunick's art piece on Sunday morning.)



A first glance at the festival map gave the impression that The Big Chill would be anything but! I realised that unless I made a mental list of what I'd like to see, I'd end up in the Cinema tent all weekend (City of God, Ponyo, Moon, Eagle vs Shark, the list was huge and impressive!)


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