Not going to Glastonbury? There are other things to do this weekend instead, writes Ed Ewing
Would you Adam and Eve it ... Andrew and Jane Flux, the naked faces of the Garden of Eden naturist party this weekend.
Sigh. We're not at Glastonbury. Instead we're in our offices staring out at the promised "showers and more showers" with nothing more to look forward to than a weekend of staying warm inside while sheltering from the sweeping storms.
But never fear, there are other things we can do. If you really want to spend the day under canvas, then this weekend the newly branded O2 centre - the Dome - is throwing open its doors for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival. Expect lots of outdoor circus performers and aerial artistes.
Then there's the Outsider Festival in Scotland. Held in the Cairngorm National Park this is like Glastonbury for fit people - KT Tunstall, Crowded House and Willy Mason will form the backdrop to a host of outdoor activities including a 65km mountain bike race, a 12km run, climbing, archery, quad biking or gorge walking.
Or you might like to head to Cornwall for the UK's biggest naturist event. The Eden Project is expecting up to 2,500 people to undress for the Garden of Eden party on Saturday night. What's more, if you're in a couple and called Adam and Eve, Adam and Steve, or Eve and Eve, you can claim free entry just by presenting your passport or other ID.
"Guests can enjoy the sights, smells and scale of the rainforests in the humid tropics biome. And the warmth and atmosphere of the orange and lemon trees, olive groves and gnarled vines in the warm temperate biome, in the nude," explains the event's press officer.
There are things to do that aren't Glastonbury then - the thought of spending quality naked time with a gnarled vine in a warm biome has certainly got me excited - so if you're not off with the ley lines this weekend, what are you up to?
