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name="&lid={badge}{Webfeed}&lpos={badge}{1}">Webfeed</a> </div> <div id="page-heading" class="page-heading trail trailblock"> <h1>Festivals</h1> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <ul id="main-trailblock" class="trail trailblock alternative"> <li class="major-heading"><h2 class="first">Editors' picks</h2> <li class="normal live wide image"> <div class="pictureurl"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011236/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/interactive/2009/may/18/best-festivals-interactive-map-europe" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Festivals Guide}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-image"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011236im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2009/5/18/1242640036968/Reveller-at-a-festival-002.jpg" width="300" height="180" alt="Reveller at a festival" class="interactive-mask"/> </a> </div> <div class="trail-caption media-above"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a 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Larkin</strong>, founder of The Big Chill, explains how to turn a festival trip into a holiday </div> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011236/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/may/02/festivals-short-breaks" name="&lid={sublinks}{Win Tickets to the festivals See page 4 for details}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text" rel="nofollow"> The best post-festival pint of cider ...</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="normal live image"> <div class="pictureurl"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730011236/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/apr/24/small-festivals" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Shh! 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