Download Festival 2023 VLOG - RIP Sleepy Hollow
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Download Festival celebrated it's 20 year anniversary in style, so I decided I would too!
Join me for 5 days of festival fun, whilst camping in Download's premium camping area - RIP Sleepy Hollow.
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In order of appearance
@simon_bond
Regular rock/metal content, with his Download Festival 2023 VLOG coming soon!
@deardownloadpodcast2681
A love letter to our favourite festival in the form of a podcast
@chidzvidz
A brilliant video of his experience over the 5 days is on his channel, with still more to come!
@TPD
I mean.... you know who TPD are
Time lapse Song title - Nu Metal, artist name - Lite Saturation, source (Free Music Archive) and license type (CC BY-ND) - Hudba
Hi I’m Simon’s mum from Dear Download and loved watching your vlog. I’m over in the US so anything I can watch from home is fantastic. And I was so happy to see Simon pop up in yours. Keep up the great work 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Hey! Thanks so much for commenting. I’m glad you enjoyed, yeah we have a laugh 😄
Something tells me we’ll be popping up in a few more, they can’t get rid of me now
Finally mate! Me and the Mrs have been searching for a great RIP video and this did not disappoint, everything we wanted to see, blinding VLOG
Legend! Thanks for that buddy, if you’re going for it you won’t be disappointed! You booked up?
@@SMTV__ booked up the day we got back from this year my dude. Post DL blues. Nabbed a bell tent. See you next year 😀
Very good vlog, found your channel recently due to Simon's vlogs. You covered rip very well and I am staying in rip this year so hopefully see you there and say hi.
Thanks buddy! Had a great time. I will be with Simon in general this year, no more luxury 😄
@@SMTV__ no worries man, if you are going for 5 days this year, you should check out flat line on the Wednesday.
@@jonathancarroll185 Yeah man, I rate them! We were in talks of getting them on Trash Talkin', but theres been radio silence... So hopefully we can sort something
Great Vlog Stu, you've covered RIP really well and given everyone a good feel for it. It was a pleasure to meet you and thanks for the shout out ❤. Hope to see you in Sleepy Hollow again next year. ❤
Thanks Claire, I might’ve already booked up next year 🙄
Best RIP video, shows all details I need. All booked for next year! Did camping plus this year which was good which is somewhere in between this and general but good for only 100 quid extra
So what did you get with camping plus? I’m guessing you camped in general site?
Hi I was thinking off doing camping plus for next year. I know you have to buy your weekend camping tickets but is it a separate campsite or do you still camp in the normal campsites?
@@emmaatkins3957 Hi, thanks for your comment. Here’s some info for you -
Enjoy a dedicated private campsite and take advantage of the perks Camping Plus Upgrade offers to help you focus on making the most of Download!
Camping Plus Upgrade includes:
- Access to camp in Camping Plus
- 24h Reception and security
- Showers & flushing toilets
- Pamper area with blow dryers, straighteners and mirror
- Phone charging at reception*
@@SMTV__thank you for that information I knew you got showers etc but weren’t sure about it being a separate campsite or normal campsites, will definitely be getting the camping plus for next year. We wanted to do RIP next year but sleepy hollow/park farm have already sold out
@@emmaatkins3957 there should be more SH and PF tickets on sale around Oct/Nov time when the lineup is announced. That’s only the early bird allocation that has sold out
Loved this. Top notch content. Looks like you had fun mate
Cheers for that!
Yeah man brilliant time
Really enjoyed your DL vlog. Considering it was just you on your own, you had me interested all the way through.
Look forward to this years vlog if you're going?
Will say hello if I bump in to you 🤘🏻
Thanks! Really appreciate that, and yeah I’ll be there again, but this year in general! Can’t wait to do it all again. Yeah of course say hi!
Nice to see how the other half live. Great vlog!
Tory camping mate 😄
@@SMTV__ ii's only just a wee bit more than campervan plus ticket now and you get way better facilities. If they put campervan up any more I'll be in RIP shagging pig's heads and having lock down parties too 😂
@@PeteDevlinootnaboot so you’ve heard about the after parties this year….
Will be watching your vlog later tonight 🤘
@@SMTV__ cheers. Hope you enjoy.
The TPD cameo 😂
Such a sound group, each one of them happy to stand and chat to me
@@SMTV__ Top lads! Great vid mate! Was my first Download this year and had a blast 💥
@@danpearson9096 that’s it now, you’ll be raring to get back. This was my 8th, and booked up for next year again
Great video, thank you!
We could see your flag from our tent, we couldn’t work out what is was.
Thank you 😁
It’s the Black Country Links
Great video man. You bumped in to a shut load of people there. Loved the Tpd cameo 😂 also jealous of the Bloodywood meet. Very useful review of the festival mate. Rip has definitely improved a bit since I was last there (mostly because everything has moved closer)
Thanks man, always appreciate the support
Great vid, Electric Callboy have been on my list for a while and got lots of others now 😅
Awesome vlog mate! I’m doing RIP for the first time next year 🤘 luckily I managed to pay £615, I saw they went up to £750 and now sold out. Park farm here I come!
Cheers buddy! You are lucky… wish I didn’t umm and arr about it, unfortunately got mine the day after. I’ll be sleepy hollow again!
me and a m8 were in Park Farm itself. The whole luxury about not having to hump a ton of gear up the tarmac slope of doom to the wristband marquee made the price worth it alone. Add in clean flushing loos, showers and no one stomping through you're camp area just added to it... plus the Gnome :)
I’ll have to have a good look around Park Farm’s camp site next year. Just takes all the stress out of getting set up doesn’t it, then knowing you’ve literally just got to pack your stuff away straight into your car is soooo much better
Really enjoyed your RIP footage, cheers, as ive been considering it. Issue is i have a group of 4 couples so not sure all will want to. Rather all be together.
Certainly looks to be a very cool upgrade!
Thanks dude, really appreciate that. It truly is excellent, Sleepy Hollow especially!
Just watched this with my bf a week after getting back from download (eco camping) - still suffering from post DL blues :( Really enjoyed watching this vlog start to finish! Never watched SMTV before but have subbed after watching this. Looks like you had a nice time. RIP looks great! Maybe we'll bump into you in the pit next year!!🤘Any other festivals/vlogs planned for the rest of the summer? Charlotte & Josh x
Hey, thank you so much for your comment! Glad you both enjoyed it! I’m looking to book up Bloodstock the end of the month, and we’re going to book up a few camping trips along with a trip to Cornwall. Glad to have you along!
Great vlog! It's not just saving time with click and collect, it's also guaranteeing to get the items the buyer wanted instead of chancing it at merch stand for it to be sold out
Ah ok, that’s fair. With everything selling out so quick this year, I get it now
Booked RIP for next year, can’t wait! This year was my 3rd download and the walking wrote me off more than ever so we gave in and have gone for it 😂
Fair play buddy! You’ve done it now though, no going back 😄
haha that’s me in the background at 1:05 walking into the tent 🤣 i remember your chubb van being across from us.
hope you enjoyed it mate, i had a great time
Thanks dude! Bloody brilliant time wasn’t it. Will be doing an RIP review soon
nice! that was my first RIP, mind you it’s only my second year going. well worth the extra money hands down
Great vlog buddy...ive avoided watching RIP ones since dont want to tempt myself considering im paying for me and 2 sons. Did camping plus this year. Only downside was a big walk to the village but it was right near the north carpark so trek was nothing. Wasn't too bothered about the village in the day anyway and the walk back from there at night was fine since we were pjarmad😂
Already booked for next year so hopefully see you unless you managed to get some RIP..
Cheers matey!
So was camping plus a separate campsite? Or just general camping, with access to a separate area with showers/toilets etc?
I’ve got Sleepy Hollow booked up again for next year 👍
@@SMTV__ It's a sectioned off site where you camp and the toilets and showers are in the area so fully confined area. Showers were busy from around 9 till 12 but we left them to later anyway. Looks like the same showers as RIP, spot on. Toilets were great but they did get messy back end of the day. I'm not skint but I'm not paying over 700 quid each for RIP and even at 53 don't mind getting my steps in😁
@@sidstewart7399 sounds a great alternative to RIP camping!
@@SMTV__ To be fair watching your vid I think you'll miss the perks of RIP.. Which is why I resist doing it. Think once you've done it would be hard to go back. The guest area looked nice and chilled in the nice weather.
So stumbled across your content in mine and my housemates pre 2024 download hype up. Realised you sounded oddly familiar - realised we were your next door tent neighbour 🤣 belated hello from the tent with the blue Vauxhall in this vid hahaha
I bought a day ticket, and was there Friday. Got smashed by about 3. Bumped into a load of randomers, and then ended up in the campsite cos I took a wrong turn and partied in the doghouse til 5 in the morn. Security was chill. Feckin good day though. Used to camp out, but find I can't hack it like I used to. Contemplating a Download day again this year. You going this year ?
Always wondered about the potential for of day ticketers getting into the village, sounds like you had a quality time!
Yep I’ll be there!
Best download vlog I've seen this year so far. Do you know what the locker situation was like in RIP?
Thanks for that buddy, appreciate that. I don’t know the situation to be honest, the fact you have your car next to you in the camping sections you can just lock your valuables in your vehicle. Which I didn’t feel like I needed to do anyway, everyone was there for the same reason, and everyone just looked out for each other
Hey man, awesome vlog covers everything we needed to see! What camera do you use? The quality is amazing! We are thinking of giving the download vlog a go next year so looking for any good recommendations 😁
Hey! It’s a Go Pro Hero 11. It was great, and really stood up to being battered, as you can see! Yeah go for it, vlogging it this year escalated the experience for sure
@@SMTV__ How do you find the battery life Stu? How many spares were you taking along with you / what framerate / resolution were you running at because its POIFECT :)
@@PhilFlaherty appreciate that dude! Honestly can’t sing it’s praises enough. I packed 2 of the enduro batteries, thinking they’d both end up running out each day. BUT a single enduro battery lasted all day, and still had on average about 20% left come 23:00 each day. When it came to time to sleep I was just leaving it to charge overnight with a battery pack.
In terms of resolution I shot at - 1080p 60fps. If you want a full breakdown of the preset used let me know!
What did you think of the prodigy at your first dl mate? Big fan me. I bet it was different being a metal festival. Myself i never been hoping to go next year. I was booked for 2021 for system of a down disappointing they weren’t booked again Take care
Evening buddy, The Prodigy we’re ridiculously good that year. But the mud was truly horrific 😄
I was right at the front, and with people’s feet just solidified into the ground, it was pretty damn rough. Luckily got to see them again at the O2 in Birmingham a year or so later too
Thanks for the comment matey
Not long now only 16 days x
So close I can smell it!
34:46 Kevin is very good at making babies ^^
Hey mate if u don’t mind me asking how much did u pay for your rip ticket?
Hey dude, early bird last year I paid £615… compare that to 2024….
Yes Luke the legend of RIP security 😎🤘🏼
Had to have him feature! Always a smile and a fist bump, proper lad
@@SMTV__ yeah he’s awesome! I had to give him a cold lucozade and some Haribo’s on the Wednesday - poor fella did 16 hours in that heat whilst still making everyone’s day
Great video. Have been looking at doing RIP next year and listen to Dear Download and watch TPD TV regularly. RIP looks great. Silly question. - We dont drive. Is Sleep Hollow just fir cars and tents and oark farm for campers without a car? It looks like you have a square market out plot for your tent/car. Any advice is great 👍.
Enjoyed doing that RIP episode of Dear Download 🤘
There’s nothing to say that RIP camping is only designated for people with cars, your pitch is yours. Which is 22m2 per ticket holder. So just getting dropped off at the Park Farm gates should be fine!
spent 3 hrs in the click and collect queue. never again
It really doesn’t make sense to me… obviously there’s the guaranteeing your size and design you want, but click and collect for me is meant to reduce the time spent waiting. I’m sure like yourself, a lot of people will have learnt not to do it again 😄
Some might struggle, but just heading straight to the merch stand as soon as you arrive can’t be beaten!