We spoke to some of the campers arriving at Leeds Festival after the dramatic scenes at Bramham Park as a result of Storm Lilian.
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00:00Cool, and we're just asking people, yeah, how have you found it so far, this first day?
00:04Yeah, it's been alright. Yeah, I don't know what all the fuss is about, to be honest, mate.
00:08Sun's out, got a beer, happy days.
00:10Yeah, yeah, so you weren't hit by the wind or anything?
00:13No, no, we got here today, so it's not been too bad since we arrived.
00:16Yeah, you were just saying you come from a village, so...
00:18Yeah, yeah, yeah, we only live round the corner, so it's...
00:20Yeah, kept shelter last night, and today's a new day.
00:23Yeah, so do you make the most of it every year?
00:25Yeah, yeah, been about 14, 15 times.
00:29What's the best thing you've seen in that time?
00:33It's a good question.
00:35Seen a lot over the years.
00:37Arty Monk is always good.
00:39Yorkshire, happy days, really, yeah.
00:41We live in Thornham, and we have residence tickets,
00:46so we come here, enjoy this wonderful arena, listen to the music.
00:51Fantastic.
00:52Yeah, yeah, so you've been enjoying today so far?
00:54Oh, and now.
00:56Apart from the fact that it was very windy this morning,
01:00and so some of the stages were closed.
01:02Yeah, yeah, so did that interrupt your travel plans or anyone you wanted to see?
01:06No, well, there's a free shuttle bus from Thornham, so...
01:10Yeah, so is it residents where you are, they get free tickets?
01:13That's right.
01:14So do you make the most of that every year?
01:15No, free tickets, cheaper tickets, so that...
01:18Because, obviously, it's a lot of noise, yeah, before Thornham.
01:22Yeah, but you're enjoying it so far, then?
01:24That's totally amazing.
01:26When did you get here?
01:27We got here this morning, about 11 a.m.
01:30Yeah, sharp.
01:31How's your day been so far?
01:33It's been a bit blustery, but it's been brilliant.
01:37Yeah, really, really brilliant.
01:38Yeah, as always.
01:39Not too much disruption?
01:40No, not too much disruption, we're just enjoying, just enjoying the vibe.
01:45We went all the Indies, haven't we?
01:46Yeah.
01:47Lafayette, Luton, Ormond, you know, it's been fun.
01:50Just soaking up the atmosphere.
01:52We come every year.
01:54You come every year?
01:55Yeah, Paper Festival.
01:56Love it.
01:57Love all the acts, great lineup.
01:59What about this year?
02:00Have you not been caught up in the wind?
02:03Have you been bothered?
02:04We have.
02:05We were the Indies who just brought, like, a pop-up tent.
02:08Yeah.
02:09And so we spent the whole night just, like, lying down in it, trying not to blow away the wind.
02:13Yeah.
02:14Got all our bags inside.
02:16Pretty relentless, wasn't it?
02:17Got everyone's bags inside, so it was, like, really heavy.
02:21And then the wind was blowing.
02:23Super stressful.
02:24I barely just got here with a pop-up tent.
02:26Oh, did you?
02:27Today?
02:29Couldn't recommend it more.
02:31How was it this morning?
02:33Windy.
02:35A bit miserable.
02:36Pretty windy.
02:37Did you have to, like, bunker down?
02:39Well, we didn't have any, we had to stay in the tent to keep it down.
02:42Yeah.
02:43You can't leave the tent in the morning, otherwise you come back and it's gone.
02:48It sounds pretty intense.
02:49Yeah.
02:50But that's the most stressful ever.
02:51And also the more cans that you drink, the lighter the tent gets and more likely to blow away, so.
02:57But you're not going to not drink the cans, are you?
02:59So, it's, yeah, it's been problematic.