In preparing for my day at V, I clicked onto the BBC Weather forecast to find a little round symbol depicting a day of rain and eventually sunshine. Now being an optimistic soul (you have to be as a photographer) I plumped for boots rather than wellies and lighter clothing rather than snow gear. As I drove out of Wrexham the rain part of the forecast proved accurate; it was pissing down as dark clouds besieged the town. But being and optimistic soul I thought that as I got closer to Weston Park, some forty miles away, things must get a little brighter (it always rains in Wrexham anyway). And for a while things looked quite promising. My optimism persisted as I found out from a clewed up journo at Weston Park that an unknown band called 606, appearing early on the V Stage, was in fact Dave Grohl in acoustic guise. I was then met by the smiling, attractive faces of my female minders from Cake Media by which time my optimism was at its peak – lovely and friendly young ladies, Grohl, light drizzle. On inspecting the performance schedule for the day I established that the Sunday line-up was the pick of the festival, and an opportunity to see certain acts for the first time, including, Sinead O’Connor, Terra Naomi, Pink, and Juliette & The Licks. My list of must-see acts also included The Editors, Snow Patrol, 606, and the Foo Fighters.

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