Things started to look a bit dicey on the day of the event. I remember it very clearly - sat at work, watching the clock and counting the hours before I could leave and go collect the goodies for the night (a large bag of clear capped mdma pills).  One of the guys in the work warehouse also had tickets for the event and he'd been listening to the local radio station and had heard in the news bulletin that local campaigners had succeeded in getting the event cancelled. I recall being so pissed off that I immediately rang the vision info line to see what was what. they were adamant that the event was still a go. so then I rang the radio station and proceeded to complain, at great length, about the false report and that they were being used to try to stop people from attending a legal dance event. evidently my complaint struck a chord as no sooner than I had put the phone down than I was called back and asked to be interviewed on the lunchtime news about the party!! yikes.   I wish I had a recording as I was really really angry and spouted a load of stuff about rights to party and how great the scene was.. hehe

Anyhoo, the rest of the afternoon I was feeling like the ravers champion, having given some spode from the local residents committee a real drubbing. unfortunately we didn't find out that the joke was in fact on us until we turned up at the venue later to find lots of cars with lots of annoyed ravers...all being relayed info from the laminated a4 notice pinned to the venue entrance stating that due to unforeseen circumstances the venue had been changed to Milton Keynes! well, feeling a little stoopid for the radio thing we got in the car and headed back onto the m4 and Denbigh.

On route one of the guys in the car decided to munch his first pill and as a result he came up like a rocket somewhere on the m1. most amusing and a good portent for things to come as the rest of us were on the same stuff

When we got to the venue - now about 10pm - there was a fairly big queue outside...but no audible signs of a party about to take place. finally, around midnight, the doors were opened and we were let in. having not been to the sanctuary before the first thing that struck us was how dark it was. sure the promoters hadn't had much time to get the venue dressed...but still. the likes of weekend world used to be able to transform a venue into a Dreamworld in a matter of hours...and they had to do it secretly!

As we were exploring the venue...1 room only open so not much to explore really.. I dropped my first cap and then checked my coat in and waited for things to heat up. which they sure did!

I remember dancing on one of the platforms to the sounds of ratty, and then Grooverider. both played very very dark sets and the atmosphere was a bit flat because of it. but due to everyone having driven to one venue and then to the next we were all pretty determined to have a good night regardless.

Annoyingly when I decided to take a second cap I found that they were missing! argh! nightmare!

Thankfully I had some spare cash and went off in search of replacements.   This wasn't 100% successful due to all the local bad/rude boys flogging dodgy pills (read "pro plus")...one of which I was actually forced to buy at knife point!!

By now it was around 3am and the buzz from my mdma cap was there but off the boil so I decided to have a rest on the perimeter of the venue...up against a fire escape door...which was promptly kicked open by one of the afore mentioned rude boys and a hoard of people outside flooded in...trampling me in the process!! actually this is one of my funniest memories of the night. lying on the floor with a big dirty footprint on my face just laughing and laughing. odd what you find funny ain't it?

Around 3:30 a mate gave me a xxx he'd procured and, coming up pretty quickly, I got down to some more boogying...annoyingly at 4am the lights all came on and it was announced over the pa that the promoters had done a bunk without paying for the venue, the sound or the artists and that out of the goodness of their hearts the venue would remain open for a further hour!!

Gutted.

That announcement kinda broke the spirit of the event finally and most people started leaving at that point. preferring to dance in the car park to peoples stereos than hang on for yet another dark set before heading home.

The best thing about the event was upon getting my coat back from the cloakroom,  I put my hand in the pocket to find my bag of mdma caps! result!!

We ended up driving back to reading and then out to the countryside to dance to dj sy summertime blasting out the back of my car...by far the best set of the night!

DJ Haze (forum member)