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Yikes.
Glastonbury 2014
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Yikes.
wiskey
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Well I shall be 35 next year so I'm angling for an oap discount
Oi!
newbie
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I've always thought that's to actively discourage parents from taking them, there's little provided for teens or aimed at their tastes and rather a lot that can go pearshaped if they get out of their depth.
Womad do half price tickets so there's herds of feral teens around, with parents respectably camped in the next field, checking them in the morning. It's a safe enough environment for them to make the transition into what adults get up to. Glastonbury is a lot more full on, and long may it remain so.
Womad do half price tickets so there's herds of feral teens around, with parents respectably camped in the next field, checking them in the morning. It's a safe enough environment for them to make the transition into what adults get up to. Glastonbury is a lot more full on, and long may it remain so.
I thought (although I may be completely wrong) it was more to do with the way the local council view kids in the licensing conditions i.e. Mendip consider 13+ to be adult but don't count under 13's toward the total site capacity whereas other councils count all kids and thereby the festivals that come under their jurisdiction have to make a charge or restrict the number of kids to make ends meet.
William of Walworth said:
I worked on that. Were you the couple who came over and said '£4.50 for facking Thatchers?' and stormed off?
I hope not!! Not saying it wasn't possible to be us
, but I really don't think so ... we were more bothered about the lack of choice, than the price.
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
It was odd. We were told it was a 'Thatchers Craft Cider' but for some reason that wasn't on the sign so naturally people thought there'd be more choice. It did sell well though.I hope not!! Not saying it wasn't possible to be us
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
What were Mumford and Sons like this year?
Out of date sounding .... 
Bit of a missed opportunity there I reckon. Thatchers Vintage and Cheddar Valley could obviously have featured strongly, but Somerset is scrumpy county (one of them, anyway
) so a wider choice including from local independents would have been pretty popular (and the price less unpopular).
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
i think it was an experiment by thatchers to see how well it sold. the manager/owner guy came down to take photos. didn't say hello to the people volunteering behind his bar, which I thought odd.Bit of a missed opportunity there I reckon. Thatchers Vintage and Cheddar Valley could obviously have featured strongly, but Somerset is scrumpy county (one of them, anyway
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I saw 3 scouse 14 yr olds necking cans and staggering around drunk at the Sonic tent.
Only right they paid to get in I think.
Security completely ignored them
alsoknownas
some bloke
Glasto tradition.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
I saw 3 scouse 14 yr olds necking cans and staggering around drunk at the Sonic tent.
Only right they paid to get in I think.
Security completely ignored them
Other places have a 'not quite an adult' wristband to identify those who can't drink or buy fags etc but at glastonbury you are an adult as soon as you start paying.
I might resent paying £200 for my 13/14/15yo to come away with me and sulk and refuse to leave the tent/play ipad all the time/moan. I can see why there's a bit of a gap in the demographics about that age. By 17 they will get far more out of the festival.
wiskey
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It would be interesting to see how many under 12's are on site each year, for the past few years they've been threatening to wristband every child on site ... last year Werv got one, this year I didn't see a single kid with one (except the ones with phone numbers on).
I paid two quid for his first festival ticket
(endorset).
alsoknownas
some bloke
Not that I took it personally, but this made me have a little rethink about the lowlights.Great and well balanced review William, wish everyone who had been there would do it like that, thanks!
Usually, especially if I'm spending lot of time on my own, I have a few lonely/awkward moments. Sometimes there are a few vibe-killers or bad scenes. Maybe it's cos I'm getting a bit older and a lot more comfortable in my skin, but I really can't remember any genuine downers this time around. I'm comfortable with big crowds. The only crowds I absolutely hate (Pyramid side-access churn) I actively plan to avoid. Mud and dirt don't bother me - in fact I like that getting back to nature vibe. I dunno - there were one or two idiots who could have spoiled the mood if i had let them - but I didn't, so that was that.
Forcing myself:
The late night areas have become a bit of a victim of their own success. Relocated Block 9 especially sometimes feels like a nasty inner city club vibe as a result. But I sussed that out last year and planned accordingly. Having said that, I had loads of fun in the Unfairground venues (forgot what they are called now - not bez's, but the other two) where there was room to dance and up for it crowds, reggae, and d&b, jungle.
I have no doubt that late-night railway line crushes occur - widely reported, and hence the one-way system etc., but believe it or not - in all my time I have never witnessed one!
The beer situation at the festival is crap. There is so little choice across lager and ale it's a joke. Considering the weight of local produce the situation is even more disturbing. Even cider only has the illusion of being well catered for.
The Krishna food wasn't as good as usual. Pasta??? They've sold out!
Voley
🐀
That made me chuckle.
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
this might be a silly question but it occured to me at genosys. How much music out there can really make use of rigs like that? Either DJ Pierre or Steffi played a track that descended right into the ground so that you could hear people talking normally but with this mental rumble around your feet. do most electronic tracks have stuff in the very lowest frequencies due to synthesisers etc but you can only hear it on the biggest rigs?
alsoknownas
some bloke
On a similar note - I regret not making it to Despacio. Anyone go?
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
Same. I walked right past it too, didn't realise what was going on
story
Changing the facts
As I was leaving site on the Monday evening, I was thinking about all that mud leaving the farm on cars and boots and tucked into trouser seams and travelling out across the country, and even the world (met a greater number of non-Brits this year than I normally do). I like the thought that Glastonbury is spreading out across the lands, but it made me wonder about how much topsoil has been lost in this manner over the years, and whether or not that might be an issue for the farm now or in the future.
As I was driving through Somerset and then Wiltshire and then along the A303 I was catching up with the slow-poke vehicles that had left Pilton hours earlier, and seeing muddy packed cars pulled into laybys with exhausted festi-folk catching a few zzzeees before pushing on. I love that thing when you're driving towards the festival and see the increasing concentration of festival goers on the roads, and equally I love to see the reverse scattering, everyone wending their weary way outwards across the country in a spreading web, with our mud and memories.
At Fleet services I bumped into a couple of friends who I'd last seen on the Main Drag, and another friend who Id not seen on site at all. The Glastonbury spirit was still with us all, strangers and friends alike, and there were friendly smiles and rueful wry expressions that shared our mutual tired gladness and sadness that it's all over.
This afternoon I am finally cleaning all the mud off boots and overcoats and folding away blankets and bedrolls. I thought about all the thousands of people up and down the country who are doing the same thing at the same time, and thinking about our confederacy.
A friend posted some video on YouTube last night, some clips of the fun and larks they had, the silliness and the playfulness and the ridiculousness, and it made me laugh outloud with that same bellylaugh we allow ourselves onsite, but somehow clip a bit when at home.
Every year I try to extend for as long as I can the bonhomie and patience that seems so easy on site, but gets challenged so easily back home.
As I was driving through Somerset and then Wiltshire and then along the A303 I was catching up with the slow-poke vehicles that had left Pilton hours earlier, and seeing muddy packed cars pulled into laybys with exhausted festi-folk catching a few zzzeees before pushing on. I love that thing when you're driving towards the festival and see the increasing concentration of festival goers on the roads, and equally I love to see the reverse scattering, everyone wending their weary way outwards across the country in a spreading web, with our mud and memories.
At Fleet services I bumped into a couple of friends who I'd last seen on the Main Drag, and another friend who Id not seen on site at all. The Glastonbury spirit was still with us all, strangers and friends alike, and there were friendly smiles and rueful wry expressions that shared our mutual tired gladness and sadness that it's all over.
This afternoon I am finally cleaning all the mud off boots and overcoats and folding away blankets and bedrolls. I thought about all the thousands of people up and down the country who are doing the same thing at the same time, and thinking about our confederacy.
A friend posted some video on YouTube last night, some clips of the fun and larks they had, the silliness and the playfulness and the ridiculousness, and it made me laugh outloud with that same bellylaugh we allow ourselves onsite, but somehow clip a bit when at home.
Every year I try to extend for as long as I can the bonhomie and patience that seems so easy on site, but gets challenged so easily back home.
alsoknownas
some bloke
It's really stupid of me, cos it's something I've been really interested in seeing in real life, let alone for free, in my favourite place on Earth. I have two major regrets from this G - that, and missing Anti-Flag in Leftfield, which I had marked as a good-un, and was apparently legendary.
alsoknownas
some bloke
Really liked this post. Love finding bits of errant Worthy mud around the house. Can happen any time of year for me (messy bugger me
).
story
Changing the facts
Really liked this post. Love finding bits of errant Worthy mud around the house. Can happen any time of year for me (messy bugger me
I found a half a brownie of some kind in a pocket as I was cleaning a coat earlier. I think it may be a hash truffle... I think I'll test that hypothesis later on this evening...
Careful now! If that's at all like the same sort as were 'available' round the SE area last Saturday
, they kick the arse ... in a very, very good way though 
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
I clearly didn't go because I've never heard of it.... What was it?
alsoknownas
some bloke
It's a supposedly very high-fidelity sound system designed by some of the people behind LCD Soundsystem and 2ManyDJ's. They wanted to build a system for people who really wanted to appreciate the music, and have set up parties in London, Manchester, and a few other places.
The array consists of 7 of the above stacks arranged in an oval, with several sweet spots. I'm not enjoying typing this!!!
More info:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-11/29/despacio
alsoknownas
some bloke
A closer look at those stacks. Purty, huh?
