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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion." - Thoreau

Today I am leaving for Glastonbury Festival! By no means am I suggesting that Glastonbury festival could ever compete with the woods of Thoreau but in some ways I feel that it does; the removal from every day reality does equate to this sentiment for the fields on which the festival stands upon encompass every participant, bringing all together in a harmonious fashion. I'll be back on the 27th June, this is my third Glasto experience and let's hope it's the best...