Tolmin Gorges and the second night of PRH
We appear to have escaped a hangover from the night before, possibly by drinking water between pints of beer. We were feeling quite peckish though so went downstairs for breakfast. I was so impressed with yesterdays omelette I ordered the same again.
After breakfast we decided to explore Tolmin Gorges which cost just €5 to enter.
Tolmin Gorge is situated on the Southern-most portion of the Triglav National Park. The natural beauty of the gorges is stunning and the Tolminka River running through it is ice cold.
You're handed a map with a suggested route to take which takes you across bridges, along high up pathways and onto areas beside the river where you can paddle if you want. It was a really hot day so the lower down areas of the walk were really refreshing as the air was naturally cooled by the cold water temperature.
This video may give you a better idea of how it looked.
Rather than exit the Gorges where we'd entered we decided to take another route which lead us into Tolmin on the opposite side of the Tolminka river. We got slightly lost on the way but it was a beautiful route to take along the side of the hills and through a smaller town called Zabce.
I loved these hand painted signs at Bar Baron, nice eggs!
Back at the festival site we made our way towards the beach stage which had now officially opened.
Inflatable pizza slices, flamingos and rubber dinghies filled the Soca river. A wonderful area to chill out in the sunshine which is exactly what we did for a couple of hours.
The beach stage.
This Punk Rock Holiday Lager was specially brewed for the festival by Bevog Brewery. A great lager which was available in the campsite bar for €3 a can. Strangely though you couldn't enter the Punk Rock Holiday festival area with Punk Rock Holiday Lager as cans and bottles were banned in the main festival site.
This place had caught my eye last night, I was well up for some Indian food.
The chilli chicken and noodles from Maharaja were amazing! Tender chicken wings coated in a vibrant and fiery chilli sauce, well worth €8,50.
At Punk Rock Holiday all food and drink is bought using a payment card which you buy at the beginning of the festival and top up whenever you need to. I was initially apprehensive about it but once you get used to it you realise transactions are far easier and the queues go down far quicker when purchasing things.
Whenever you buy something you're given a receipt so you know what you're spending.
At the bottom of the receipt you can see how much you have left to spend on the card. You're charged a €1 cup deposit (this is refundable at the end of the night) when you buy your first drink, you can avoid paying this again by returning your cup whenever you buy another drink. This is a great idea as it keeps the festival site nice and clean.
Between bands on the main stage you can catch some acoustic sets on the American Socks Stage. This was the perfect opportunity to see more from some members of Ducking Punches.
One of my highlights of the festival was the fast paced set by five piece American Hardcore band Terror. This was the first time I'd seen them and just when I was feeling slightly tired they completely woke me up!
A snippet of Terror.
Right after Terror we caught an acoustic set by 'I said goodbye' featuring Ducking Punches drummer Pete.
The Mad Caddies from California kept the crowd going until the end of the night with their melodic ska/punk anthems.
Mad Caddies
I picked up a €4 slice of festival pizza to keep me going on the walk back to the hotel.
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