What the …? “Wake up in yellow” ?!? Don’t know what kind of drugs those people at I-Motion (the organization) are using, but who in his/her sane mind comes up with that theme? On the other hand… I got burned out of my tent by the sun each day, which is -I must admit- kinda yellow. Hmmm, could they have known??

Well, fact is, we didn’t know up front, so we gave our own twist to this yellow theme: they must mean beer! Of course: when at a festival the right thing to do is take a beer the minute you wake up! Oh and wait, that would naturally be the logical result of being burned out of your tent just before that which makes it all logical again. Damn, this theme is brilliant! LOL

In fact, the entire visit to Nature One was brilliant, once again. It’s been my 5th year there, but it just seems to get better each year, or to say the least: it’s not boring me yet. And apparently I’m not the only one, this year’s edition had a record-breaking 58.000 visitors. Wow! Talking about ‘big fun’…

As usual I was one of four organizers of the Dutch ‘Neetjur Wan’ group. We build our own stage on the camp site again and partied all day long. Not only at our own stage, but with our soon-to-be-famous carnival parade we also went party-crashing at other stages nearby. I think everyone enjoyed, at least we did.

Thanks to an enlargement of the festival area it really wasn’t too crowded in my opinion, despite the 58.000 visitors. I spent quite some time at the main stage, but also visited some other stages like Reverze (for 15 minutes, then I decided to save my ears from the ridiculously loud sound), Cocoon, Thunderdome, USB and the Classics Terminal where I saw the sun come up on Sunday morning… in one word: magical!

By that time I already put my camera aside to enjoy the music, but I still can offer you a set of pictures from the camping and the festival. It’s impossible to catch the true experience in just a set of images, but I hope it offers an glimpse thereof!

I’m particularly happy with the picture below, as it more or less represents my image when I think of Nature One… a bit fuzzy but with lot’s of atmosphere! If you like, you can click this picture for a desktop wallpaper version (1280×1024 pixels).

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