Been thinking about attending Defected opening party at Eden, stay in Ibiza for a few days afterwards, then head to London for We Are Fstvl.
I did this the first year they threw We Are FSTVL. A week on the razz doing all sorts: 2 messy nights on the West End, Wisdom of the Glove opening, both days at IMS. Dragged myself away from Sankeys Opening part II when Solomun was in full flow about 4am still off my bonce. Flight at 6am back home via Barcelona, getting into Gatwick about 2pm, picked-up by a mate and taken to Upminster... well, that was the plan.
Predictably Vueling were behind schedule, so missed my connecting flight in Barca and had to fork out almost €200 for a new flight. An hour delayed and wallet considerably lighter, i landed in Gatwick. Wrong terminal though, and in my pickled state spent half hour on phone to mate communicating this.
Finally he dropped me at We Are FSTVL. They had advertised last admission was 4pm, it was now gone half 4. Queued-up for
ageeeeeeeeees. Of course, they were still letting people in. Anyway, got to the front scanned the bar code on my phone "sorry, this ticket has already been used." I'd bought a load for friends, and they were already inside. Was there signal? Was there f***. Couldn't access my email to find the unused ticket. Jumped on the shuttle bus back to Upminster to find a café or coffee shop to nick their wifi. Found a costa - battery died. I'd left charger along with other luggage in my mates car.
Tail between my legs I jumped on the tube and took the arduous journey back to Kent, westward along the Central Line to Victoria stopping at every single station and finally an hour commute back to Maidstone.
Got back to my flat - which i shared with the friend who had picked me up - and slumped onto the sofa a broken man. He took one look at me and burst out laughing. Can't remember what time it was I got home, but it was dark by this point.
It may have been a blessing in disguise as I was written-off for a week. In fairness, it was probably one of the heaviest weeks of my life - a lot of ket, and MDMA every day. Little sleep as well.
it was nice at Mambo ) , or pacha Defected closing 12 (bob sinclar junior jack), i guess it was good at Ushuaia & decent at Pacha...with Saga Bedouin at Heart, woomoon (cova Santa?) & solomun that night, it's hard to compete ...
