DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Adrenalinmonkey said:
But working on a comedown
Glastonbury 2005
- Thread starter J77
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But working on a comedown
Currently I'm very jealous of those with Oxfam jobs or crew passes etc.
Getting very nervous about Glasto T-Day!!
JTG -- hope Oxfam give you kind shifts at Glasto and WOMAD, leaving you time to socialise and party!
Our WOMAD tickets are booked, and by hook or by crook we'll be at Glasto also ...
Getting very nervous about Glasto T-Day!!
JTG -- hope Oxfam give you kind shifts at Glasto and WOMAD, leaving you time to socialise and party!
Our WOMAD tickets are booked, and by hook or by crook we'll be at Glasto also ...
Nearly ticket time now then. I found this site last year whilst going through the night from hell trying to get tickets. Someone tipped me off about the FREYA link and wallop! I got my tickets. Last year was my 11th Glasto. My first one was 1986. For the first time since then I know already that I will be watching on TV this year. This is because Mrs Biffo is having our first child in about a week and I'm going to (try to) be a sensible dad.
2007 sounds good though...... have fun y'all. Hope the sun shines for you.
2007 sounds good though...... have fun y'all. Hope the sun shines for you.
Adrenalinmonkey
of limitid interlekt
i thik i might have jammily balgged my way onto the early shift. anyhow, im the king of elvis shade comdown ramble work. love it. wouldnt want it any other way!
godam i want out of the real world and inot the festival season!
godam i want out of the real world and inot the festival season!
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
William of Walworth said:Our WOMAD tickets are booked, and by hook or by crook we'll be at Glasto also ...
Bollocks I didn't know they were out already
pennimania
still dre and drooling
Half way down page 2 peeps!
The wistful quality of this post reminded me of the opening lines of 'Rebecca'
'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley'
that was in the west country too
getting a bit nervous thinking about T-day!
hiccup said:
The wistful quality of this post reminded me of the opening lines of 'Rebecca'
'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley'
that was in the west country too
getting a bit nervous thinking about T-day!
DoUsAFavour said:Bollocks I didn't know they were out already
Buy soon -- there are only 5,000 WOMAD tickets at an early-booking discount (as opposed to unlimited numbers of early discount tickets in previous years, so long as you booked before a certain date). Tickets are quite expensive this year -- worth it though!
hiccup
King of the Vagabonds
pennimania said:The wistful quality of this post reminded me of the opening lines of 'Rebecca'
'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley'
that was in the west country too
getting a bit nervous thinking about T-day!
I now have the problem that I'm moving into a new flat next week, so once I've sorted the deposit and first months rent and all the other bollocks, I don't think I'll have enough cash for a glasto ticket. This is worrying me greatly.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
Buy one anyway.
If you find you really REALLY can't afford it you should be able to cancel it - think cut off date is sometime in May.
Someone on here will know more about that.
If you find you really REALLY can't afford it you should be able to cancel it - think cut off date is sometime in May.
Someone on here will know more about that.
I believe the cut off date for returning tickets is 15 May, but you'd need to check.
Don't not buy a ticket, that would be mad.
Don't not buy a ticket, that would be mad.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
hiccup said:
What are you waiting for?
tell her it's for health reasons!
binka
!!!!!!!!!
getting nervous about the tickets. im going home (from uni to my parents) the saturday before so i can use my dads internet and phone, i can tell tho that since ive actually planned on getting a ticket this year i will be disapointed. last year i didnt try on the day and just happened to be online weeks later when they put some back on sale and i decided on a whim to get one.
moose said:If that means being a shining model of sobriety behind the desk, I'd buy a ticket.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
Never mind all that sober stuff Tort - would you mind posting all that stuff (including link if poss) about your wonderful festy trolley?
Again?
Pretty please I will make it up to you at the Cider bus if WOW or Moose will introduce us?
pxxx
Again?
Pretty please I will make it up to you at the Cider bus if WOW or Moose will introduce us?
pxxx
pennimania said:Never mind all that sober stuff Tort - would you mind posting all that stuff (including link if poss) about your wonderful festy trolley?
Again?
Pretty please I will make it up to you at the Cider bus if WOW or Moose will introduce us?
pxxx
Can't access my Photobucket account from work so I'll tie a knot in something painful to remind me to do it this evening.
Alternatively if you're on broadband there is a bit about it in the pictorial FAQ's I did on TOS. Clicky
For Penni - Trolley blurb:-
Before the 2004 festival I also invested in this:-
Note the large inflatable tyres which are a must for rough ground and a sturdy tubular steel construction. I got it from my local garden centre for the princely sum of £17:99. Last year I used this to carry a 5-man tent, a double airbed, a collapsible chair, all my other camping gear and 48 cans of beer with room to spare. It can also double up as a 3-seater bench or even a Heath Robinson shower if you strap a water carrier to it and squat underneath.
Other successful means of transporting gear are wheelbarrows or golf trolleys or basically anything else that is sturdily constructed & has large wheels, but make sure you have plenty of rope or strong bungee chords to hold it all in place over the humps & bumps. Definitely out are wheeled suitcases, shopping trolleys, or lightweight collapsible trolleys which I know from personal experience tend to collapse just when you least expect them to.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
Thankyou Tort darling!
I shall look out for one¬
Last year we used a wheel barrow and a shopping trolley - actually found the trolley better than the wheel barrow which had alarge plastic wheel and kept getting snarled in the mud.
Thanks again - will see you by the Bus
I shall look out for one¬
Last year we used a wheel barrow and a shopping trolley - actually found the trolley better than the wheel barrow which had alarge plastic wheel and kept getting snarled in the mud.
Thanks again - will see you by the Bus
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
The nice man cometh
Well, has been a while since I've been round these parts...
I'll take the time to review the stuff I've missed in a bit, but I wanted to get started an idea I had during my prolonged absence. It'll most likely fall on its airse but one should always try.
The idea is that given the collective years and experience of many here on urban there is probably a wealth of knowledge and 'tricks of the trade' that others, including the seasoned festi-goers, may find useful. So, every now and again I'm gonna post up a question that should hopefully lead to loads of lovely tips and advice that'll make all our Glasto experiences all the better
Therefore, onto the first question:
What tips do you have for packing lightly? This could be an ingeneous device you have bought/created that cleans your teeth, cooks your dinner and can be used as a rainmack, or a brilliantly clever method of packing which makes your rucksack seem almost Tardis like.
Or something else.
So, fellow urban Glasto-goers, dispense thy festie-knowledge
Well, has been a while since I've been round these parts...
I'll take the time to review the stuff I've missed in a bit, but I wanted to get started an idea I had during my prolonged absence. It'll most likely fall on its airse but one should always try.
The idea is that given the collective years and experience of many here on urban there is probably a wealth of knowledge and 'tricks of the trade' that others, including the seasoned festi-goers, may find useful. So, every now and again I'm gonna post up a question that should hopefully lead to loads of lovely tips and advice that'll make all our Glasto experiences all the better
Therefore, onto the first question:
What tips do you have for packing lightly? This could be an ingeneous device you have bought/created that cleans your teeth, cooks your dinner and can be used as a rainmack, or a brilliantly clever method of packing which makes your rucksack seem almost Tardis like.
Or something else.
So, fellow urban Glasto-goers, dispense thy festie-knowledge
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
you could always look at the question the other way round, and work out those things you actually need to take. Cash, tent, loo roll and paracetamol to my mind, everything else is to some degree superfluous...
In answer to Lord Cam, the best 'packing light' advice I can offer is ...
Be like Stig, don't be like me ...
Be like Stig, don't be like me ...
packing light depends a lot on how much spare cash you've got - it's a lot easier to buy all your food and drink on site but you can save a lot of money if you take it with you. If you're taking food, obvious advice, take packets rather than tins.
Don't bother taking soap etc. or bog roll, take 4 or 5 packs of wet wipes instead - you can clean your face and your arse with them. I find a pack of wipes easier to fit in a pocket than a bog roll too.
Jeans aren't the best festival clothing, they are heavy specially when wet so if yer taking spare keks go for combats or similar instead.
Wear your wellies and carry your other shoes/boots.
If you want to get really obsessive about saving space/weight you can saw the handle off yer tooth brush.
or you could hire a tipi so it's already there for you when you arrive and carry your stuff in a nifty radioflyer trailer
Don't bother taking soap etc. or bog roll, take 4 or 5 packs of wet wipes instead - you can clean your face and your arse with them
. I find a pack of wipes easier to fit in a pocket than a bog roll too.Jeans aren't the best festival clothing, they are heavy specially when wet so if yer taking spare keks go for combats or similar instead.
Wear your wellies and carry your other shoes/boots.
If you want to get really obsessive about saving space/weight you can saw the handle off yer tooth brush.
or you could hire a tipi so it's already there for you when you arrive and carry your stuff in a nifty radioflyer trailer
kained&able
Here for the football.
cam the best way to pack light is to stop thinking that your likely to shave/brush your teeth or chnage clothes everyday.
its not going to happen we all know its not going to happen so don't bring loads of clothes that your not going to use.
dave
its not going to happen we all know its not going to happen so don't bring loads of clothes that your not going to use.
dave
I know a van driver who may help so no worries there. We'll cope!
so no worries there. We'll cope! 
