Budleigh Past and Present

Sorry, Budstock. I could stay for only a few hours in the afternoon. Really pathetic of me, especially as it was my first visit to a rock music festival. And it was free, and the rain held off! With talented bands playing and everyone enjoying themselves against that wonderful backdrop of Otter Head, it’s a unique event. And if you don’t like a particular band you can always go wandering down the path along the Otter, birdwatch or something, and then pop back to see how they’re getting on. But with 20+ bands playing there was a good choice for everyone, unless of course you were just into classical music, in which case there were the Budleigh Festival concerts. The Quails http://thequails.info/ were playing when I arrived. Hailing from Teignmouth, like world famous Muse, they’re talked about as an up and coming band. My friend fell in love with the lead singer because of his “strong voice.” Plenty of Quail-followers here at Budstock. They’re doing a lot of gigs in Devon over the next...