Truck Festival makes triumphant return

Sun shines for the postponed Oxford event

24 September 2007

Truck festival was finally able to celebrate its tenth anniversary this weekend, more than two months after flooding forced organisers to postpone the event.

The independent Oxfordshire weekender bathed in sun and revelled in fun, providing one of the few good news stories of a weather-ravaged festival summer.

The site at Hill Farm in Steventon was swamped back in July when its river bank broke, forcing organisers to postpone the event.

A number of bands were unable to reschedule due to touring or recording commitments, but the likes of I Was a Cub Scout, Foals, Blood Red Shoes and Electric Soft Parade more than made up for a few gaps.

Alex from Electric Soft Parade told BBC 6Music: "It keeps hitting me every few minutes - this almost shouldn't be happening, it was technically cancelled. It's just amazing that they managed to get it to happen. It's beautiful. And so far the weather's been holding out."