'It is what it is' - Electric Picnic campers speak amid Met Éireann storm warning
Nathan Dee’s farming background came in handy as he was well equipped for the rain, telling the Leinster Express/Laois Live that he was “feeling bad for anyone from the towns wearing the runners” and not the wellies.
Electric Picnic campers are largely undeterred by the awful weather in Stradbally with one cheery Cork man telling us, “it is what it is.”
We have been out chatting to campers as rain hammers down on the site in Laois on Sunday and Met Éireann issued a nationwide weather warning for heavy rain, lightning and thunderstorms.
Despite this weather update, the show must go on and campers are certainly not allowing conditions get them down.
Nathan Dee from Mayo was in high spirits as he awaited the Saw Doctors who are due to share a nice moment with some Mayo All-Ireland winners during the Green and Red of Mayo on Sunday evening.
Nathan’s farming background came in handy as he was well equipped for the rain, telling the Leinster Express/Laois Live that he was “feeling bad for anyone from the towns wearing the runners” and not the wellies.
He added that “Thursday night was probably the worst [conditions wise] but that he managed to get his tent into a dry spot before an “awful thunder shower” arrived. He said: “At least the rain was coming down off the tent and not into it, so it wasn’t too bad.”
Nathan’s top tip for camping at EP was to “keep that tent as dry as you can” and not to get bogged down, adding, “even if you were to get wet, there is showers, there might be queues and stuff but just keep the tent as dry as you can. Having one dry spot is definitely the best part.”
As a proud Mayo man, nothing could get in the way of Nathan’s excitement for the Saw Doctors. He said that “is definitely going to be the highlight of the weekend for us and it’d be great if they brough out Sam Maguire. We heard there’s a few of the Mayo lads around, saw captain Jack Coyne yesterday so he might bless us with Sam, we’ll see, we’ll see.”
A group from West Cork managed to nab glamping spots and insisted they’ve only needed their rain ponchos for around 20 minutes so far over the last few days.
One of them told us: “You’re here, you’re having fun. You’ve got drinks, you’ve music, it is what it is.”