I actually wrote this entry a few weeks ago, I just completely forgot to post it.

In a small, unassuming Dorset country park, five thousand mud-spattered music-lovers gathered in a field to share three days of bad weather, good music and unhealthy amounts of alcohol and debauchery.

I’ve just come back from the End of The Road festival at the Larmer Tree Gardens on the Wiltshire/Dorset border. Organised by The End of The Road record label, the festival showcased the best of indie/folk, Americana and all the other musical genres that you seldom find on the shelves of your local HMV. With headlining acts such as Mercury Rev, Tindersticks and Calexico, the festival’s line-up didn’t exactly attract Glastonbury-style crowd numbers.

This is what makes a small festival such as The End of the Road such a special occasion. With only a handful of stages surrounded by a small selection of food stalls and bars, the festival has the feel of a village fete. Include the fact that the festival is tw*t free thanks to its non-inclusion of popular bands, you’re onto a winner.

Here is a selection of photos that I took over the weekend. They were taken using my camera phone whilst drunk, in the dark, from a long way away. I hope you enjoy/can make head nor tail of them.