Two weeks tomorrowJust been down to the site today, all looking very lovely and green.
Glastonbury 2014
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Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
I took a load of stuff down today, tent, sleeping bag and air mattress. Will be taking my dressing up wardrobe and so forth down during the week, then the rest of it a bit later when I move down full time. If the 17 year old me could see me now, he'd punch me in the face for being a poncy cunt I'm sure. I think the first time I went to Glastonbury all I packed was a sleeping bag, some loaves of bread and salad cream.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
I'm also taking a super king size duvet and feather pillows. Was a bit embarrassing one morning last year when the rest of the crew were all saying how cold they'd been in the night, and I'd been toasty warm.
hammerntongues
Well-Known Member
Last year for the first time I camped just off site , I could just feel my younger self giving me shit but I stuck to my principles ignored the devil on my shoulder and went for it . I have to say it was fucking ace , showers , toilets , phone chargers , 24 cafe/bar . Big bell tent without anyone treading on my head at night ,space to lounge around in chairs waiting to go back in . Did i get old ? most definitely , can i afford it ? for sure . I was begining to doubt if I would keep going but it changed my opinion completely
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
I'm kind of the opposite. I went in my camper last year and all I want to do next year is take a tent and camp at Pennards again. Can't be bothered coming in and out of site. It took the vibe away. I'm having a year out this year.
FunkyUK
u=5337
i did the campervan thing years ago, same thing. I hate being outside the fence.... and the walk
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
Good.
There will be tvs around, you'll have.... Hang on you aren't even going are you!
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
Might user my camper next year as I could get parked a hell of a lot nearer then take my tent in as normal. I've had trouble with my feet and if I screw them up that's the festival fucked.
FunkyUK
u=5337
My entire festival prep this year is about looking after my feet. They are currently totally fucked, and i'm fully expecting to ruin them more raving like a loon on the wednesday night, then having to spend the rest of the week crashed on the floor in West Holts. I'm really not looking forward to the commute between arcadia and Shangri La this year
hammerntongues
Well-Known Member
Understand the sentiment and would have said the same thing myself just a couple of years ago but for me it worked a treat , the worst ( least best ? ) part of Glastonbury for me has always been the waking up time whatever that may be to 1 ish when you can get back on it and the music starts again , the luxury of lazing about for a couple of hours after a shit and a shower was great . The walk obviously depends where you finish up which in my case was 15 mins from gate D , so yes there is probably nowhere further from Shangri la !!
I dream of a campervan ( 
@ skintness) but for now we do make as many creature comfort compromises as we can. Big tent -- and we're buying a new one in a few days -- big inflatable mattress, sleeping bag AND duvet, pillows ..... our lovely 4-wheel garden trolley (green cage type) to transport our mountains of tat easily.
Well I'm an old git and I don't care. I'll do whatever I can to make my 18th Glastonbury comfortable.
We'll be importing a large supply of Hecks Medium ("the port wine of Glastonbury") from town as well
Eleven more sleeps before we head down on Friday 20th, then two nights staying at Isle of Avalon site near town, then onsite properly from Sunday 22nd
@ skintness) but for now we do make as many creature comfort compromises as we can. Big tent -- and we're buying a new one in a few days -- big inflatable mattress, sleeping bag AND duvet, pillows ..... our lovely 4-wheel garden trolley (green cage type) to transport our mountains of tat easily.Well I'm an old git and I don't care. I'll do whatever I can to make my 18th Glastonbury comfortable.
We'll be importing a large supply of Hecks Medium ("the port wine of Glastonbury") from town as well
Eleven more sleeps before we head down on Friday 20th, then two nights staying at Isle of Avalon site near town, then onsite properly from Sunday 22nd
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FunkyUK mentioned fucked feet, this reminds me of my need to break in my boots a bit more.
Was wearing them all the weekend just gone, mostly because I was expecting Strawberry Fair to be much muddier than it was (there was almost none) but I'm now feeling quite blistered. A chunky walk on Saturday coming up beckons. Maybe a walk or two to work as well (2 miles, uphill).
Was wearing them all the weekend just gone, mostly because I was expecting Strawberry Fair to be much muddier than it was (there was almost none) but I'm now feeling quite blistered. A chunky walk on Saturday coming up beckons. Maybe a walk or two to work as well (2 miles, uphill).
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Did my Info Crew training in London yesterday afternoon, it properly got me into the mood!
Apparantly the main issues with the now abolished Q Review, were financial -- sales fell by over 10,000 last year (I reckon the £1= price jump made them suffer), and the Powers of Worthy has been getting dissatisfied with it for a while -- not least the photo quality of the famous aerial shot had been getting worse and worse ... if it ever gets replaced by a new type of Review it won't be this year for definite.
Looks like some more Info Points will be kept open on the Monday morning (not just the main Ford Info as previously). There'll be a new one near the John Peel Tent as well.
We'll have to remember that Arcadia has been shifted wholesale right up near the Park, losing a fair chunk of the public camping space in Park Home Ground. In slight compensation, Arcadia's other crew area at the bottom of Pennards looks like its been noticeably reduced in size -- does the public on line map reflect this yet I wonder?** Will check, wasn't sure whether we being shown an unreleased prototype.
**Yes it does, just looked. There'll be some more public camping again in Pennards, but not nearly as much more as is lost from Park Home Ground
The main Medical Centre (Ivy Mead, near Worthy FM) has been moved a little.
Not too many other site or Info-related changes, nothing major anyway.
Apparantly the main issues with the now abolished Q Review, were financial -- sales fell by over 10,000 last year (I reckon the £1= price jump made them suffer), and the Powers of Worthy has been getting dissatisfied with it for a while -- not least the photo quality of the famous aerial shot had been getting worse and worse ... if it ever gets replaced by a new type of Review it won't be this year for definite.
Looks like some more Info Points will be kept open on the Monday morning (not just the main Ford Info as previously). There'll be a new one near the John Peel Tent as well.
We'll have to remember that Arcadia has been shifted wholesale right up near the Park, losing a fair chunk of the public camping space in Park Home Ground. In slight compensation, Arcadia's other crew area at the bottom of Pennards looks like its been noticeably reduced in size -- does the public on line map reflect this yet I wonder?** Will check, wasn't sure whether we being shown an unreleased prototype.
**Yes it does, just looked. There'll be some more public camping again in Pennards, but not nearly as much more as is lost from Park Home Ground
The main Medical Centre (Ivy Mead, near Worthy FM) has been moved a little.
Not too many other site or Info-related changes, nothing major anyway.
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Yes there's plenty of truth in that, but I don't think a physical souvenir paper review need necessarily ever completely die, it used to sell pretty well until comparatively recently. But the quality had been declining a fair bit, and combining a £1= price rise with more limited content last year was a bit suicidal of them.
If the main USP of the Review is an aerial photograph you'd better make it good quality printing without colour being bleached, corners cut, appearance of Photoshopping in bits, etc, Looked terrible last time, Paolo999 (once of Urban) and his mate (both Arcadia photographers) were seriously critical of it from a technical/professional POV.
'Allegedly' the Q Crew had become decreasingly popular with the Festival anyway -- too many crew and guest blags -- or so I hear
If the main USP of the Review is an aerial photograph you'd better make it good quality printing without colour being bleached, corners cut, appearance of Photoshopping in bits, etc, Looked terrible last time, Paolo999 (once of Urban) and his mate (both Arcadia photographers) were seriously critical of it from a technical/professional POV.
'Allegedly' the Q Crew had become decreasingly popular with the Festival anyway -- too many crew and guest blags -- or so I hear
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
So those who have been to site --- Gerry1time mainly --- are you able to confirm (or hopefully deny) my fears that the site is already saturated and we're in for a muddy one, even if it doesn't rain much between now and then it's rained a LOT here recently.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
I would also like to know the answer to this. We have to decide whether to fix a pole and take an old tent (ok option if weather not shit as tent is old) or buy a new one.
Weather starting to look good for later this week and next, if that's any help for a dry-up. But yes I'd also like to know site conditions atm.
Just been down to the site today, all looking very lovely and green.
And that was from the Saturday just gone. With luck we might be OK if there's no/not much more rain.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
I had a big old tramp around the site on Saturday, and it all seemed fine to me. Not bone dry obviously, but no standing water or any squelchiness in any of the grassed areas. There were a few small puddles in potholes on hard tracks, but otherwise I'd say ground conditions were just about perfect, dry enough not to be muddy, not so dry you couldn't get tent pegs in. Am off down there again during the week this week, will report back after that too.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
This pleases me, the other reports I've heard have not been so positive ... so I shall go with yours
No point speculating about ground conditions now in my book. A single super-Glasto powered rain outbreak at the start of the festival will turn the earth in a temporary mud bath for sure. It's only a few years since a month's worth of rain fell just as the gates opened, turning everything rapidly into boot-sucking mud.
Still recovered and had a marvellous time then, and we'll cope again if needs must.
Beginning to feel a little excited again. Arcadia in a new and improved field ftw.
Still recovered and had a marvellous time then, and we'll cope again if needs must.
Beginning to feel a little excited again. Arcadia in a new and improved field ftw.
umi
The GIMP
The 1 way pedestrian system around the whole of the shangrila areatake velcro if you are camping in Dragon, I know plenty of people who've woken up in a heap because of the hill
Which 1-way system are you referring to? the late night pedestrian one or the traffic one?
