fforest, West Wales, 10-16 August, 2015
Photos by Wendy Barrett
Whichever way round you look at the map of Britain, fforest farm sits pretty much at the edge of it. Tucked away in the far west of Wales, it takes a bit of effort to get there, an investment of half a day at least if you’re coming from the Smoke. When you finally arrive in glorious Ceredigion though, it doesn’t disappoint. If you’re going all that way, what you’re no doubt after is pure nature, for mile after mile after mile. The kind of thing us city dwellers read about, dream about, yet get so little access to. fforest is just nature. There’s nothing else there. The mobile signal blinks in and out like the light from a distant star and the onsite pub feels like a shelter you’ve stumbled across halfway up a mountain on a cross-country hike. Although we’ve done festivals before, it’s something of an understatement to say the first Caught by the River Teifi was a trip well away from our comfort zone. (Robin Turner)
Nick Hand with letterpress bike
Letterpress workroom
Campfire talk featuring James Endeacott and Richard King
fforest founder James Lynch
fforest founder Sian
Pete Fowler, Monsterism mask making
Campfire storytelling, Anna Wood, Nina Lyon, Will Burns
Sunset over fforest
Artist and writer Rob St. John
Field recording workshop with Rob St. John
Creative writing class with Nina Lyon and Will Burns
Helena Turgel, leader of the scavenger hunt
Matt Sewell
Jeb Loy Nichols
Jeb Loy Nichols on the Nyth courtyard stage at Cardigan Quayside
Meilyr Jones and his band on the Coalyard stage, Cardigan Quayside
Gwenno
Emily Stealing Sheep
Lucy Stealing Sheep
Becky Stealing Sheep
Eaves
H.Hawkline