If heaven might happen
it would look like a racecourse
full of people not horses.
Everyone would have a place to pitch their tent
and there would be a lot of mud and weather.
We would all be the same as before
except our bladder functions would have dried up.
There would be a place
on the top floor of heaven
to be very [...]

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Over Greenbelt 2010, our team of talented, opinionated and observant Guest Bloggers shared a huge range of festival experiences. Now back home, reallyquitetired wraps up his reporting and suggests some ways to prepare for GB 2011 (and no, we didn't have to ask him to!)
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i'm sitting at home surrounded by the more awkward camping [...]

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We've asked a few people to share an hour (or more) of their festival experience, whether attending events, spending time with friends, or running around on a mobile phone making things happen. Jenny Baker shares the story of a final day that was considerably more hectic than expected.
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Monday morning 10:30am – the Greenbelt staff team [...]

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Over Greenbelt 2010 (and a little beyond), get the lowdown from our team of talented, opinionated and observant Guest Bloggers. Here, Lobelia Lawson explored the festival traders' provision for vegans and those with food allergies.
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What a contrast to when I was at Greenbelt 2 years ago! It seems that people are starting to recognise [...]

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Over Greenbelt 2010 (and a little beyond), get the lowdown from our team of talented, opinionated and observant Guest Bloggers. Here, Lobelia Lawson shares a little about doing Greenbelt with a baby in tow.
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I was skeptical when my husband said that Greenbelt with our 9 month old baby would be FUN. Steve is an [...]

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Throughout the festival our video diarists explored the festival and documented their paths through it. Since our last update we've had:
Mike Radcliffe looked sideways in the abide venue, interviewed baby Joshua about his Greenbelt experience, and inspected the boggy road in the campsite. [you can see a range of other contributions from Mike on qik.com]
Meanwhile, [...]

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Over Greenbelt 2010, get the lowdown from our team of talented, opinionated and observant Guest Bloggers.
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yesterday's exodus of cloud-cover made for both an extremely chilly experience last night and a bright and warm day today – sunburn and ground frost are not two things that often share the same 24hrs, but in [...]

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Last year, two crazy Greenbelt volunteers produced a newspaper from scratch, on site. It came out pretty well, considering, and seemed worth another try. But this time with a reasonably sized team and a little preparation.
The result is While We Were Here 2010, a newspaper collecting photographs, reports, and even a pull-out comic supplement. It [...]

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Over Greenbelt 2010, get the lowdown from our team of talented, opinionated and observant Guest Bloggers.
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A few days ago I and my friend decided Greenbelt is the alpha and omega of our annual calendar. New Year is severely over-estimated compared to the challenge, reflection, inspiration and party atmosphere of the festival weekend.
And so [...]

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Over Greenbelt 2010, get the lowdown from our team of talented, opinionated and observant Guest Bloggers. Susannah Cornwall tells us how she felt liberated and entertained while improving her drawing skills.
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Every year that I come to Greenbelt, I tell myself that I will learn, visit, try out or otherwise experience something new. I usually [...]

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