Outdoor Event Catering Bristol and Bath

Event Catering at Dyrham Park for Jools Holland et al (Part2)


I was suddenly summoned back to my car where I was told the coach driver had tried to reverse out of the lane and my car was in the way! No Problem! I said and sauntered back to my car, by this stage all clothing was reduced to a soggy, brown mess. The driver had managed to reverse in to the big metal gate and his radiator grill was hanging off, not being helped by the nice friendly security man attempting to pull it off, push it back on, pull it off etc etc. It transpired that my car wasn't in the way at all so I merrily drove off back to Bristol, with an empty vehicle and a happy marquee of scoffing musicians and artists.

Along with the organisers, we decided for the Jools Holland event the next day, that I should just drive straight across the field to avoid the kerfuffle from that day. No problem.
After a night of persistant, heavy downpour it was apparant that my rally driving skills were really going to have to be put to the test this time!

Armed with more sandwiches for the hard working backstage crew, I stopped for a moment at exit No 2 (yes, exit, well, there was no-one there...) and contemplated the slight slope (now looking more like a peat bog) which led across the main field and around to the backstage area.
Putting my foot firmly on the accelerator, I imagined being the celebrity lapper, and successfully arrived at the gate leading to my destination. This is where it became a full on rally, with hay being thrown on the worst bits, cars in the distance being pulled from their predicament by tractors or sympathetic if not slightly smug land rover owners..
I managed to get round to the backstage area but as the car started to slip and slide and become bespattered with mud and hay, I made the executive decision to stop. Just where I was. This made me look really efficient and clever but I still had to negotiate the 2 foot mud wells that had formed between me and the tent. In for a penny in for a pound I bravely stepped, skidded, slided my way to the buffet table with lunch for the crew. 3 down, 1 to go! Hoorah!

With further monsoon level rain throughout the afternoon the final drop was not going to be easy. But it WAS Jools Holland, and I was going to finish this job with the professionalism and calm that it deserved.

Sure enough, our buffet of home made quiche, Local Cheese board, Organic bread, antipasto pots, Fresh Green salad, Fresh fruit platters, charcuterie and Home Made Shepherd's Pie looked delicious and on Sunday morning when I went to collect all of our kit, there wasn't a morsel in sight!



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