Glad you're alive, we were packing the camp up and wondering where you'd got to!
Glastonbury 2008
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Glad you're alive, we were packing the camp up and wondering where you'd got to!
Looby
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Looby
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good oh, there were a few texts being sent to try and grab your phone number
It took three hours to travel the 30 miles or so from Pilton to home!
Shit!!
It took us about an hour to get off site (including 20 mins with the AA man because my mate hasn't checked her tyre pressure since she split with her bloke 18 months ago), then another hour stuck in queues through the village then 2 hours home so not too bad really.
psycherelic
I'm not an old hippy!
It only took us an hour longer than that to get all the way to London via Salisbury and Warminster
When we driving through Whitchurch and Knowle (suburbs of south east Bristol) we noticed that almost every car around us on the crawl into town had been to Glastonbury
I met/recognised so many people from Bristol while I was there, I think the road back to the city via Shepton and Gurney Slade must be the busiest route off site on the Monday.mysterygirl
Stealth visit from work
I managed to drive straight off the site, took about an hour through the village and round to a free flowing road where I guessed the direction I needed to go in (but guessed right).
It was all going great until I got stuck in the humungous traffic jam on the A303 - rang my sister there was a broken down vehicle causing it. She said the BBC were saying severe delays due to the heavy traffic from Glastonbury (no shit! lol) and I sat in that for well over an hour (anyone else?), then I decided to visit Stonehenge on the way home. I've been past, but never stopped there before, and it was a glorious day, spent quite a while mooching around there. It was nice.
I got in my car at 7.55 yesterday morning, got through my front door around 4.15, but had a day out on the way, iyswim.
It was all going great until I got stuck in the humungous traffic jam on the A303 - rang my sister there was a broken down vehicle causing it. She said the BBC were saying severe delays due to the heavy traffic from Glastonbury (no shit! lol) and I sat in that for well over an hour (anyone else?), then I decided to visit Stonehenge on the way home. I've been past, but never stopped there before, and it was a glorious day, spent quite a while mooching around there. It was nice.
I got in my car at 7.55 yesterday morning, got through my front door around 4.15, but had a day out on the way, iyswim.
hammerntongues
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I managed to drive straight off the site, took about an hour through the village and round to a free flowing road where I guessed the direction I needed to go in (but guessed right).
It was all going great until I got stuck in the humungous traffic jam on the A303 - rang my sister there was a broken down vehicle causing it. She said the BBC were saying severe delays due to the heavy traffic from Glastonbury (no shit! lol) and I sat in that for well over an hour (anyone else?), then I decided to visit Stonehenge on the way home. I've been past, but never stopped there before, and it was a glorious day, spent quite a while mooching around there. It was nice.
I got in my car at 7.55 yesterday morning, got through my front door around 4.15, but had a day out on the way, iyswim.
Yep I was in that one , it was a broken down Glasto type bus , by the time I got there it had a big banner with
" please help , we need more booze , more weed or 2 gallons of oil "
breasticles
the smell of life
stupid double post!
breasticles
the smell of life
i'm not quite sure how, but the oxfam shuttle bus seemed to get off site in about 20 minutes and i was home in less than an hour and a half. 
after such a long time away from glastonbury i wish i'd listened to the people who reminded me not to plan, but to amble. my shifts meant that i was totally wiped on friday and working on sunday, so i tried to do too much on saturday, blue- arseing it about to see fairly mediocre bands when i really should have just pulled up a pew in the circus field or something. the stupid thing is, i don't even LIKE bands. well, i do, but i like sitting in a field watching people titting about much more.
having said that, i had a wicked time, and can't believe it's a year til the next one.
highlights:
the word 'highlight' doesnt even really cover phil hartnoll's set, really. i haven't danced like that for um, three years maybe, and yesterday my left hip was totally fucked. the nicest thing was the two old ravers next to me at the barrier reaching towards the decks and shouting 'we miss you! we miss you!' aww, bless.
derrick may was pretty awesome too (although i do have to say, the crowd were a bit clueless. what is this thing about coming into the middle of the dancefloor and STANDING STOCKSTILL, TEXTING? what the fuck? you're on the dancefloor: dance. seriously. NO TEXTING, NO CHATTING: DANCE OR GET THE FUCK OUT.)
listening to the mexican cheer sweeping the site on wednesday evening whilst up at the stone circle for sunset. bit of a spinetingler, that.
the majorette kazoo band in the circus field playing kraftwerk and seven nation army
brendon burns
martha wainwright in the guardian lounge. i love her. i want her to be my big sister and give me advice about scarves and earrings and scurrilous heart-breaking men.
lowlights:
the rubbish. i spent a lot of the first three days up in the green and healing fields, which looked immaculate in comparison to the main arenas. christ. how difficult is it to pick up after yourself? these people need culling.
i thought massive attack were dull as dishwater, personally. dull dull dull dull dull. and watching them means that i dont get to have an opinion on jay- z, which annoys me.
the crowds in shangri- la and trash city. made going there utterly pointless. you queue for twenty minutes to get in somewhere, and when you get in, it's a woman dressed as a cat, miming to a song about a cat. total anti- climax. there's no space to enjoy, you're just herded around, surrounded by braying idiots, high on nitrous and wearing aviators in the dark. 'OH MAN, THATS SO RAAAANDOM'! fuck off, cunt.
seeing amy piss it all away, when during cupid i was on the verge of tears she looked and sounded so good. oh, amy amy amy.
after such a long time away from glastonbury i wish i'd listened to the people who reminded me not to plan, but to amble. my shifts meant that i was totally wiped on friday and working on sunday, so i tried to do too much on saturday, blue- arseing it about to see fairly mediocre bands when i really should have just pulled up a pew in the circus field or something. the stupid thing is, i don't even LIKE bands. well, i do, but i like sitting in a field watching people titting about much more.
having said that, i had a wicked time, and can't believe it's a year til the next one.
highlights:
the word 'highlight' doesnt even really cover phil hartnoll's set, really. i haven't danced like that for um, three years maybe, and yesterday my left hip was totally fucked. the nicest thing was the two old ravers next to me at the barrier reaching towards the decks and shouting 'we miss you! we miss you!' aww, bless.
derrick may was pretty awesome too (although i do have to say, the crowd were a bit clueless. what is this thing about coming into the middle of the dancefloor and STANDING STOCKSTILL, TEXTING? what the fuck? you're on the dancefloor: dance. seriously. NO TEXTING, NO CHATTING: DANCE OR GET THE FUCK OUT.)
listening to the mexican cheer sweeping the site on wednesday evening whilst up at the stone circle for sunset. bit of a spinetingler, that.
the majorette kazoo band in the circus field playing kraftwerk and seven nation army
brendon burns
martha wainwright in the guardian lounge. i love her. i want her to be my big sister and give me advice about scarves and earrings and scurrilous heart-breaking men.
lowlights:
the rubbish. i spent a lot of the first three days up in the green and healing fields, which looked immaculate in comparison to the main arenas. christ. how difficult is it to pick up after yourself? these people need culling.
i thought massive attack were dull as dishwater, personally. dull dull dull dull dull. and watching them means that i dont get to have an opinion on jay- z, which annoys me.
the crowds in shangri- la and trash city. made going there utterly pointless. you queue for twenty minutes to get in somewhere, and when you get in, it's a woman dressed as a cat, miming to a song about a cat. total anti- climax. there's no space to enjoy, you're just herded around, surrounded by braying idiots, high on nitrous and wearing aviators in the dark. 'OH MAN, THATS SO RAAAANDOM'! fuck off, cunt.
seeing amy piss it all away, when during cupid i was on the verge of tears she looked and sounded so good. oh, amy amy amy.
mysterygirl
Stealth visit from work
hahahahaha! It was cleared by the time I got there, that would have been one for the album otherwise
Another vote for the best Glasto ever here!!! So much more going on late at night. Security all dressed in pink & full of smiles. Wacky Races with inflatable cars. Trash City was just unbelievable & Shangri La was everything that Lost Vagueness could have been but never quite achieved. Stunning views from the new "Lounging Area". Amazing sets from Bison, Balkan Beat Box, Seasick Steve, Tuung & Manu Chao among others. Happy faces everywhere. Even getting robbed on Sunday night couldn't take the lustre off an amazing weekend!
Nearly 2,000 photos in the camera so it's going to take a while to get the pick of them online.
Will Young's rider - Champagne, Cocaine &.... Sushi! Rock 'n' Roll!
So much more going on late at night. Security all dressed in pink & full of smiles. Wacky Races with inflatable cars. Trash City was just unbelievable & Shangri La was everything that Lost Vagueness could have been but never quite achieved. Stunning views from the new "Lounging Area". Amazing sets from Bison, Balkan Beat Box, Seasick Steve, Tuung & Manu Chao among others. Happy faces everywhere. Even getting robbed on Sunday night couldn't take the lustre off an amazing weekend! Nearly 2,000 photos in the camera so it's going to take a while to get the pick of them online.
Will Young's rider - Champagne, Cocaine &.... Sushi! Rock 'n' Roll!
pk
drink flounce rinse repeat
seeing amy piss it all away, when during cupid i was on the verge of tears she looked and sounded so good. oh, amy amy amy.
mysterygirl
Stealth visit from work
Digital camera? How did you make the batteries last 2,000 pictures-worth?? Mine kept dying, and I took nothing like that quantity!.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
What happened?
It was hinted at in the press that crime was significantly up compared to last year, how did it seem to those of you actually there?
Digital camera? How did you make the batteries last 2,000 pictures-worth?? Mine kept dying, and I took nothing like that quantity!.
The battery for my camera usually lasts about a day at festivals. More if I don't use the flash too much. I had 5 batteries with me. Just about made them last.
What happened?
It was hinted at in the press that crime was significantly up compared to last year, how did it seem to those of you actually there?
Got back to my tent on Sunday night to find it open. The only thing of any value that went missing was a head torch worth about £35. They even left my last can of cider which was nice of them.
Agree with most of what you say but you're just wrong about this. They were utterly fantastic as usual.
The stewards you mean, security were in their usual blue and yellow with big frowns. For some reason it was decided that we should wear the same coloured tabards, meaning we got some funny looks at times.
The award for outstanding team of the year were the pedestrian zone traffic marshalls in their yellow and orange with megaphones. When we were doing escorts off site for the bands on the Other Stage and Pyramid on Friday night they did a wonderful job keeping the crowds off the stage road in pretty trying circumstances. Shame so many people didn't seem to understand these people were trying to stop them from getting hurt.
Only heard that there were a few robberies on Wednesday night with security hard to find (which surprises me given that there are campsite stewards in every field). It got better once a lot of people had been arrested on Thursday.
I'm now at Castle Cary. Managed to get a lift to Red Gate with the village liaison manager - he'd had dinner with the head of litter, and reckoned the aftermath this year was alot better (though there were still some shocking bits). Generally more stuff bagged up, and apparently Michael is planning to have the cows back out in a week. Just one field at first, but quicker than any recent festival. I seem to recall that last year the cows didn't make it back out at all.
it took them several weeks to clear up last year, partly because the rain didn't stop for another three weeks and partly because of the mess left behind.
Cockmills was looking reasonably decent when I left yesterday, though the attitude of people in family camping may be a little different to those who camp elsewhere. Out and about in the land rover on Sunday morning we were amazed at the job the litter crews did as they toured the arenas one by one. The organisation of the litter, toilet emptying and hygiene crews is amazing considering the logistics involved.
Cockmills was looking reasonably decent when I left yesterday, though the attitude of people in family camping may be a little different to those who camp elsewhere. Out and about in the land rover on Sunday morning we were amazed at the job the litter crews did as they toured the arenas one by one. The organisation of the litter, toilet emptying and hygiene crews is amazing considering the logistics involved.
As ever, with such a large security team, there's going to be some bad apples. We witnessed a police raid on four guys who'd removed their tabards, and just had baseball caps with security on them. They volunteered a very large bag of something (other people's weed?) which the police took away. They spent a good 15 mins checking and rechecking ID. There were 8 police including one quite senior guy. In the end they weren't arrested but I was pleased to see that the police were taking seriously.
Incident was up the lounging area above Pennards.
I have at least two of their tabard numbers (they finally put them on after the police left) plus photos, so I'll be reporting this to the festival office. Anyone acting as security but hiding their tabards is dodgy in my book.
Incident was up the lounging area above Pennards.
I have at least two of their tabard numbers (they finally put them on after the police left) plus photos, so I'll be reporting this to the festival office. Anyone acting as security but hiding their tabards is dodgy in my book.
I did see some security searching kids at their campsite in Pennards and also round the Glade area. I just cannot see the point of randomly searching people if no disturbance is being created.
By the stones on Sunday morning someone was rapping through a megaphone to an appreciative crowd of people. One of those mysterious blokes with a radio and no other official identification came up and told us to help him stop it. Not seeing any reason to, and not knowing who this bloke was, we didn't bother.
By and large though, I saw very little of this sort of nonsense.
By the stones on Sunday morning someone was rapping through a megaphone to an appreciative crowd of people. One of those mysterious blokes with a radio and no other official identification came up and told us to help him stop it. Not seeing any reason to, and not knowing who this bloke was, we didn't bother.
By and large though, I saw very little of this sort of nonsense.
thelittlechef
Ale Drinker
Another vote for the best festival ever (or since '98 at least). Good music, mostly good weather, friendly laid back atmosphere and minimal mud.
Highlights have to include Massukos, Jay Z (can't stand his music but anyone who can take a relatively hostile/apathetic crowd and get them in the palm of his hand within minutes is a highlight in my books), random comedians, sunshine, the verve and creole food.
Lowlights were a feeling of impending mud and misery on Friday, shocking Friday night headliners and people overdoing it in the pyramid arena.
I thought litter was well down on previous years. The stage arenas suffer from no bins but lots of people. However, if you can be arsed to go get beer from the bar you should be able to go dispose of the cups... The nitrous cannisters were everywhere - just as coffee can't be sold in plastic, nitrous should be sold in card boxes...
Tort - thought I saw you at Bedouin Jerry Can Band, but you blanked my wave and shout of "TORT" and got yourself breakfast and cider - at this point I had a crisis of confidence and thought I might just be waving at a bald bloke with a camera! Glad you decided to come along and enjoy in the end!
Highlights have to include Massukos, Jay Z (can't stand his music but anyone who can take a relatively hostile/apathetic crowd and get them in the palm of his hand within minutes is a highlight in my books), random comedians, sunshine, the verve and creole food.
Lowlights were a feeling of impending mud and misery on Friday, shocking Friday night headliners and people overdoing it in the pyramid arena.
I thought litter was well down on previous years. The stage arenas suffer from no bins but lots of people. However, if you can be arsed to go get beer from the bar you should be able to go dispose of the cups... The nitrous cannisters were everywhere - just as coffee can't be sold in plastic, nitrous should be sold in card boxes...
Tort - thought I saw you at Bedouin Jerry Can Band, but you blanked my wave and shout of "TORT" and got yourself breakfast and cider - at this point I had a crisis of confidence and thought I might just be waving at a bald bloke with a camera! Glad you decided to come along and enjoy in the end!
