This Is So Scary , My Grandson Is There

[Bobbisox1]

https://news.sky.com/story/boy-16-dies-after-falling-ill-at-leeds-festival-police-say-he-may-have-taken-ecstasy-tablet-12684274

I can’t imagine the shock that his parents are going through

[jno]

have you heard from him yet?

[mallyh]

my grandson is at reading festival and out of 9 tents he and friends took only one wasn't trashed ,camping chairs and other stuff trashed but thank goodness they are all fine x

[Bobbisox1]

Yes jno, he’s on his way back thankfully
Malloy that’s awful and mindless

[LadyCG]

I'm relieved for you both, Bobbi and Mally. I've never ever desired to go to these Festivals. When is drug culture going to end? It's such a mugs game.

[sunny-dave]

"Its only scary if you think your grandson does drugs"

Rubbish - unless you only drink from a sealed bottle you opened yourself and eat food which you brought with you and have supervised 24/7, you are at risk.

It may be a small risk (although higher for young women), but it's still there and worrying for parents.

[ I speak as someone who wound up in A&E after eating an omelette which some comedian had spiked with magic mushrooms ]

[Bobbisox1]

Malloy? Mally ( sorry )

[Bobbisox1]

I wasn’t aware that whole families go these things,even those with baby’s , I was having this discussion with my daughter, why would anyone take small children to what appears a free drug fest at times.?

[pastafreak]

Be glad he wasn't at the Reading Festival too...mass brawls and trashing, and who knows what else.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11155993/Yobs-TORCH-tents-Reading-Festival-descends-violence-Fans-leave-early-brawls-break-out.html

[MissTerious]

My hippy friends now in their 60s took their children to festivals for years from a very young age. The whole family still go yearly to Glastonbury. Considering how many people go there are very few problems. Personally I wouldn't go because of the awful loos. My son went regularly from 16 until he met his wife to be, who hated camping and festival loos.

[gulliver1]

I thought , Only Druggies went to these festivals anyway, just to get more drugs.

[ParsleyDumpling]

My niece (17), is on her way back from Leeds Festival. She and her friends tried to stay awake all last night as people were setting fire to the tents!!!!!!

[Bobbisox1]

Parsley no doubt they’ll be some tales to tell when he has at least a full day in bed to get over it

[LadyCG]

Parsley, that's horrific :-(

[ParsleyDumpling]

Just found out from her sister, that it is a regular thing (burning tents). They do check that the tents are empty, so I guess that's alright then, (not).

[Bobbisox1]

What a nasty mindset to do that ?
The mind boggles

[tiggerblue10]

That's awful. His poor parents!

I've never been to a festival or camping and never will. All the mud, yukky portaloos, and sleeping in tents. Not my idea of fun at all.

[LadyCG]

I agree, Tiggs, I really couldn't think of anything worse.

[Bobbisox1]

Just been told you can get ‘disposable festival tents’ :0/

[mallyh]

grandson (just 18) now home, of all the stuff he took to camp he only came back with rubber mallet and sleeping bag ,he said people were just going mad burning things, throwing things, breaking things .