Looby
Well-Known Member
It was such a great atmosphere in the crowd I really didn’t notice. We just got shitfaced and danced for hours.
Glastonbury 2019
- Thread starter Riff
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It was such a great atmosphere in the crowd I really didn’t notice. We just got shitfaced and danced for hours.
I'm sure it was great in crowd!
AverageJoe
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Miley was my fave act that I watched. (on TV). The covers were spot on a reverant and her Ashley O/NIN thing was a masterclass in trolling. Plus bring out her dad for Old Town Road and not even saying who he was was pretty cool too.
And who doesn't want a dad who looks like that
And who doesn't want a dad who looks like that
Looby
Well-Known Member
The crowd went absolutely batshit for Old Town Road.
AverageJoe
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Which is also based on a NIN sample.
The NIN forums are literally going batshit about Trent Reznor selling out over Miley Cyrus at the moment, but he's engineered it all via Black Mirror so he's having the last laugh.
I wouldn't be surprised to see her pop up on guest vocals on his next album to really rub it in.
Riff
B@nned from eGofestivals
Well that was all rather good.
Trips:
Seeing Sir Michael twice on our way in.
Cider bus meet, albeit brief.
Watching the firework display from the comfort of my tent on Wednesday night.
FINALLY watching England win a footy match at Glasto. And it took the girls to do it!
Chilling at Tiny Teas.
Vaccines kicking things off nicely.
Hobo Jones doing their usual cracking set.
Sheryl Crow.
Finally getting to see The Magic Numbers. Every year previous, they've clashed with something.
Tame Impala's light show. Just wow.
Red Arrows fly-past.
Saturday bounce-along to The Proclaimers.
The wonderful bonkers-ness of Fantastic Negrito.
Saturday afternoon meander with a parasol i.e. portable shade then relaxing at the 50p tea tent.
The Killers and their wonderful guests (PSB!)
Puppetry of the Penis.
The Doonicans picking up a few new fans.
Kylie from my tent. Went for a poo mid-set and missed Nick Cave.
Bootleg Beatles singalong in the Acoustic Tent.
The Cure. Slow burner but got there - oh yes!
Arcadia signing-off with "Firestarter" at 2.30am on Monday morning. Most fitting!
The God Botherers who were genuinely lovely and kept us in water and cake.
Seeing William and Debs in various states of inebriation a few times over the weekend.
Food, glorious food. Falafels, kebabs, ostrich burgers, oggies, haloumi fries.
A LOT less litter.
Leaving my wellies in the car - yay!
Absolutely no hedge pissers. Anywhere. At all (probably the first time I've ever noticed this).
Clean loos (apart from a couple of exceptions).
Using my knowledge and experience to use the quieter water taps and toilets.
Bummers:
Silly queue to get in, but we had to join it early in order to get to the camp we wanted with friends coming in from a different gate.
Being sent to bed early on the Friday after being sapped by the heat.
Two millennials complaining that some of the showers had been turned off on Saturday morning. #firstworldproblemseh?
Several food traders either overcharging against the prices on the board (until I questioned them) or "forgetting" to give me my change.
The NOS-heads up the hill from us who didn't grasp the concept of "leave no trace" even after the Campsite Crew had a word with them.
Not drinking as much beer as it was the temperature of tea. Perhaps not such a bad thing, but I actually took some home which is a first!
Urinals could be better marked. A few lads were using the long drops to wee in (going by the position of their feet). Beats pissing in a hedge, though.
Trips:
Seeing Sir Michael twice on our way in.
Cider bus meet, albeit brief.
Watching the firework display from the comfort of my tent on Wednesday night.
FINALLY watching England win a footy match at Glasto. And it took the girls to do it!
Chilling at Tiny Teas.
Vaccines kicking things off nicely.
Hobo Jones doing their usual cracking set.
Sheryl Crow.
Finally getting to see The Magic Numbers. Every year previous, they've clashed with something.
Tame Impala's light show. Just wow.
Red Arrows fly-past.
Saturday bounce-along to The Proclaimers.
The wonderful bonkers-ness of Fantastic Negrito.
Saturday afternoon meander with a parasol i.e. portable shade then relaxing at the 50p tea tent.
The Killers and their wonderful guests (PSB!)
Puppetry of the Penis.
The Doonicans picking up a few new fans.
Kylie from my tent. Went for a poo mid-set and missed Nick Cave.
Bootleg Beatles singalong in the Acoustic Tent.
The Cure. Slow burner but got there - oh yes!
Arcadia signing-off with "Firestarter" at 2.30am on Monday morning. Most fitting!
The God Botherers who were genuinely lovely and kept us in water and cake.
Seeing William and Debs in various states of inebriation a few times over the weekend.
Food, glorious food. Falafels, kebabs, ostrich burgers, oggies, haloumi fries.
A LOT less litter.
Leaving my wellies in the car - yay!
Absolutely no hedge pissers. Anywhere. At all (probably the first time I've ever noticed this).
Clean loos (apart from a couple of exceptions).
Using my knowledge and experience to use the quieter water taps and toilets.
Bummers:
Silly queue to get in, but we had to join it early in order to get to the camp we wanted with friends coming in from a different gate.
Being sent to bed early on the Friday after being sapped by the heat.
Two millennials complaining that some of the showers had been turned off on Saturday morning. #firstworldproblemseh?
Several food traders either overcharging against the prices on the board (until I questioned them) or "forgetting" to give me my change.
The NOS-heads up the hill from us who didn't grasp the concept of "leave no trace" even after the Campsite Crew had a word with them.
Not drinking as much beer as it was the temperature of tea. Perhaps not such a bad thing, but I actually took some home which is a first!
Urinals could be better marked. A few lads were using the long drops to wee in (going by the position of their feet). Beats pissing in a hedge, though.
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alsoknownas
some bloke
I is had great festival 
.
It's a great and magical place, there's no denying it. Just being there is quite heartwarming a lot of the time.
No 1 brilliant thing - Janelle Monáe. Watching her live is like seeing a Motown great in their prime. She channels Prince, James Brown and Micheal Jackson in her onstage persona (and quite a few others), and both lives up to them, and shines through with her own originality, while grooving on black sapphic lovesexy abandon. Stunning.
No 2 brilliant thing - all that Sons of Kemet / Ezra Collective / Steam Down / The Comet Is Coming jazz madness. I knew I'd enjoy it, but I didn't realise how deeply explosive that whole scene is. The big stage shows were good, but the jams in the Wormhole were sensational. Those instruments sound incredible in a small venue - resonating right through you. And the sound is so large and funky!
Unfortunately I only caught the first one (TCiC vs SD), but that was wild. 2 hours flew by. I rocked up early for the following night's jam and it seemed like half the festival had sussed out the scene by then - there were the longest queues I think I've seen for a small venue (right the way down the Park hill
), so I had no chance of getting in.
Deffo recommend anything this lot are doing in South London
.
Didn't love so much - the weather on Thursday and Friday. We all obsess over rain and mud, but truth be told there's a sunshine limit too. That was just too too hot. It sucked the life out of the festival for a bit and made it impossible to roam around site. I'm so pleased it let up. Saturday and Sunday were gorgeous weather-wise (though I think people were still a bit drained from the earlier onslaught).
I do love Lauryn Hill, but unfortunately her set was a bit unlovable. Her vocal delivery was a bit eccentric, bordering on Dylan-esque at times, and she spent large parts of the set angrily trying to wrangle her monitoring earpiece. It was all very sad, and to be honest, I wish I hadn't witnessed it at all
.
Was very pleased to see site looking a lot less like a warzone post-festy. Obviously the weather helps with that, but there's no doubt that the very loudly pushed message is getting through to punters, which is great.
Enjoyed the pier. Think it would even work well with small bandstand acts there (though how they would manage crowds and access - I dunno).
Wasn't so smitten by Pangaea, but a) I accept that it's a bit of a work-in-progress, so will probably become more captivating as they develop it, and b) I suspect that after that fuck-off fire-breathing spider anything that followed was going to be a mite underwhelming by comparison.
Overall a great festival. Not a classic for me, but it doesn't have to be every time. Just gorgeous to be in an environment where there's a real emphasis on not being a dickhead, and where, for the most part, people are able to embrace their inner fool, hug a stranger, recharge (or reawaken) their activism, howl at the moon, whittle a chillum etc.
.It's a great and magical place, there's no denying it. Just being there is quite heartwarming a lot of the time.
No 1 brilliant thing - Janelle Monáe. Watching her live is like seeing a Motown great in their prime. She channels Prince, James Brown and Micheal Jackson in her onstage persona (and quite a few others), and both lives up to them, and shines through with her own originality, while grooving on black sapphic lovesexy abandon. Stunning.
No 2 brilliant thing - all that Sons of Kemet / Ezra Collective / Steam Down / The Comet Is Coming jazz madness. I knew I'd enjoy it, but I didn't realise how deeply explosive that whole scene is. The big stage shows were good, but the jams in the Wormhole were sensational. Those instruments sound incredible in a small venue - resonating right through you. And the sound is so large and funky!
Unfortunately I only caught the first one (TCiC vs SD), but that was wild. 2 hours flew by. I rocked up early for the following night's jam and it seemed like half the festival had sussed out the scene by then - there were the longest queues I think I've seen for a small venue (right the way down the Park hill
), so I had no chance of getting in.Deffo recommend anything this lot are doing in South London
.Didn't love so much - the weather on Thursday and Friday. We all obsess over rain and mud, but truth be told there's a sunshine limit too. That was just too too hot. It sucked the life out of the festival for a bit and made it impossible to roam around site. I'm so pleased it let up. Saturday and Sunday were gorgeous weather-wise (though I think people were still a bit drained from the earlier onslaught).
I do love Lauryn Hill, but unfortunately her set was a bit unlovable. Her vocal delivery was a bit eccentric, bordering on Dylan-esque at times, and she spent large parts of the set angrily trying to wrangle her monitoring earpiece. It was all very sad, and to be honest, I wish I hadn't witnessed it at all
.Was very pleased to see site looking a lot less like a warzone post-festy. Obviously the weather helps with that, but there's no doubt that the very loudly pushed message is getting through to punters, which is great.
Enjoyed the pier. Think it would even work well with small bandstand acts there (though how they would manage crowds and access - I dunno).
Wasn't so smitten by Pangaea, but a) I accept that it's a bit of a work-in-progress, so will probably become more captivating as they develop it, and b) I suspect that after that fuck-off fire-breathing spider anything that followed was going to be a mite underwhelming by comparison.
Overall a great festival. Not a classic for me, but it doesn't have to be every time. Just gorgeous to be in an environment where there's a real emphasis on not being a dickhead, and where, for the most part, people are able to embrace their inner fool, hug a stranger, recharge (or reawaken) their activism, howl at the moon, whittle a chillum etc.
pesh
Well-Known Member
I had a blinding festival this year, arrived the Wednesday before gates opened to work on an installation in the Greenpeace field with a few mates, we got it all done by the time gates opened the following week then got stuck into basically doing nothing. The Chemical Brothers made my eyes go funny again, Squarepusher's new acid rave set is fucking outstanding, we saw about 10 minutes of Kylie before she unleashed Chris fucking Martin which we thought was a bit out of order given how hard it was to get out of that crowd, and that was enough for us, think we spent the vast majority of the weekend in the naughty corner.
alsoknownas
some bloke
What did you build? The bee thing? Really enjoyed that.
I had a beyond-fabulous time
I'll put up bests (lots!) and worsts (few!) posts tomorrow but for now I'm doing laundry and cleaning up the van so festivaldeb doesn't too much resent the fact that she's at (real-world) work and I'm not ...... not until Tuesday 9th either!
I'll put up bests (lots!) and worsts (few!) posts tomorrow but for now I'm doing laundry and cleaning up the van so festivaldeb doesn't too much resent the fact that she's at (real-world) work and I'm not ...... not until Tuesday 9th either!
Just one thing though : For me The Cure were fucking brilliant
Almost all of Disintegration as well as plenty of greatest hits. I've always loved them, but I'd never seen them live -- I may never again either , but Sunday's set was amazing -- no disappointments at all.
Because of working earlier on, I was half-sober at the time (did bring cider though ) which meant that I could properly appreciate them -- Robert Smith's voice was on top-grade form, and as for the basslines
Almost all of Disintegration
as well as plenty of greatest hits. I've always loved them, but I'd never seen them live -- I may never again either , but Sunday's set was amazing -- no disappointments at all. Because of working earlier on, I was half-sober at the time (did bring cider though
) which meant that I could properly appreciate them -- Robert Smith's voice was on top-grade form, and as for the basslines
pesh
Well-Known Member
yep, we did the video side of it... it was ace, and turned into a proper munter trap in the early hours
alsoknownas
some bloke
Great stuffyep, we did the video side of it... it was ace, and turned into a proper munter trap in the early hours
. I happened to be at an info desk somewhere when a couple turned up asking about the piece and where to find it. They'd heard an interview by the artist (someone van-something? pardon my ignorance) on the radio and were interested in finding it. Took info yonks to suss it out, but they pointed them in the right direction in the end.
alsoknownas
some bloke
19sixtysix
Life as viewed from a Gay Gorbals Garret
I think there could be a whole thread on Glastonbury bands I have heard from a long drop.
pesh
Well-Known Member
alsoknownas
some bloke
Nice. I enjoyed being inside the timber structures a lot. The clearing was great too, though I only went once during the day so experienced more of the LED's than the projections, which were only faintly visible. I had planned to come back one evening for this very reason, but, well, you know... .
.
alsoknownas
some bloke
Enjoyed Owen Jones' run around the more 'Avalon' half of site:
That's a great improvement.
But gutted to read the festival hired G4S to supply some of the security.
Yeah but to get perspective... 20 I think it was. Out of, at a rough guess, 2000.
I'd love to see an in-depth academic analysis of the ad-hoc town planning of festival camping grounds
There’s a book about “camp sites”... everything from refugee camps, prison camps, through to Glastonbury.
It’s an analysis of temporary communities. I’ve got it somewhere, will try to find the title for you.
As I said above, I had a beyond-fantastic Glastonbury this year
So here's my run through the likes and not-so-likes -- in no particular order of preference apart from Likes 1.!!!!! Here goes :
Likes -- Music
1. The Cure x 10,000. See my post #734 above. This was the only act I saw at The Pyramid -- hugely well worth it though. Amazing sound, amazing singing, amazing basslines
2. Before I went, I wasn't expecting too much of The Mavericks at Acoustic, but it was a fabulous gig, they threw a load of energy to it and got the crowd properly going.
3. The Magic Numbers at Avalon
4. Usual big fun with friends at/such as Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs plus The Doonicans at Avalon
5. Pronghorn, backstage Theatre and Circus
6. Very varied mixture of superb rootsy, dubby reggae late night at the waterfall installation on Friday -- either Bloc 9 or The Common? And no idea what sound system either, as I was a bit "confused" at the time 
... the sounds and especially visuals were both excellent anyway
7. Johnny Marr, Saturday, Other -- I'd never seen him, and his guitaring was expectedly excellent. Some actual Smiths songs including "How Soon is Now?" ... most of the solo stuff I didn't know, but did it matter!? No, because Johnny and the band were great anyway
8. Truckstop Honeymoon at Greenpeace, ahead of our Saturday shift -- they're lovely, and great players with nice songs. Rootsy U.S. band in "Recently moved to Machynlleth" shocker!
10. Several small-stage favourites who we know from grassroots festivals -- FFTP, The Leylines, and a good few more. I particularly liked Dana Immanuel and the Stolen Band, despite the (pub-affected) sound at Avalon Inn on Thursday being suboptimal.
Not-so-Likes -- Music
1. We missed too much overall, either from work or act-clashes or cider (etc.!) or heat or general Glastonbury distractions and disorganisation -- usual (fun) story. Which was not all bad, but seeing some more acts would have worked better. For instance, for the first time, nothing was seen by us at either The Park or West Holts
2. Not enough full on dancey-ravey stuff -- largely because we only went to IICON (Bloc 9) when there wasn't a show, and we only saw a bit of the proper Pangea show at Arcadia, and from no nearer than the old railway track. Too knackered by Glastonbury??
3. In relation to 2., the music at Maceos was too bloody bonkers-loud, forcing quite a few people (including us) to run away.
4. Completely unintendedly, and despite being at Sistafest the weekend of 15th June, we saw scarcely any female or female-led acts -- I would have particularly like to have seen Janelle Monae (Cure clash), and some people were bigging up Lizoo a lot too -- we'll catch up soon with those!
5. Would definitely have gone to Kylie's show, but I'd swapped shift with my Kylie-keen mate so I could see The Cure. No regrets there, but I missed the Nick Cave-with-Kylie cameo .... iPlayer imminent!
6. Hawkwind's headline show at Acoustic on Saturday was a tad disappointing for me really. It was supposed to be big, what with 49 years since "their" first Glastonbury appearance. Dave Brock and the Session Musicians as they should now be called -- underwhelming . I was with friends, and the lightshow was great, and Silver Machine and a couple of other famous oldies were done, but ..... meh! 
Also, much as I like good guitar solos, we timed one as a laugh at about 14 mins 
Non-music things in next post in just a moment
So here's my run through the likes and not-so-likes -- in no particular order of preference apart from Likes 1.!!!!! Here goes :
Likes -- Music
1. The Cure
x 10,000. See my post #734 above. This was the only act I saw at The Pyramid -- hugely well worth it though. Amazing sound, amazing singing, amazing basslines 2. Before I went, I wasn't expecting too much of The Mavericks at Acoustic, but it was a fabulous gig, they threw a load of energy to it and got the crowd properly going.
3. The Magic Numbers at Avalon
4. Usual big fun with friends at/such as
Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs plus The Doonicans at Avalon5. Pronghorn, backstage Theatre and Circus
6. Very varied mixture of superb rootsy, dubby reggae late night at the waterfall installation on Friday -- either Bloc 9 or The Common? And no idea what sound system either, as I was a bit "confused" at the time
... the sounds and especially visuals were both excellent anyway 7. Johnny Marr, Saturday, Other -- I'd never seen him, and his guitaring was expectedly excellent. Some actual Smiths songs including "How Soon is Now?" ... most of the solo stuff I didn't know, but did it matter!? No, because Johnny and the band were great anyway
8. Truckstop Honeymoon at Greenpeace, ahead of our Saturday shift -- they're lovely, and great players with nice songs. Rootsy U.S. band in "Recently moved to Machynlleth" shocker!
10. Several small-stage favourites who we know from grassroots festivals -- FFTP, The Leylines, and a good few more. I particularly liked Dana Immanuel and the Stolen Band, despite the (pub-affected) sound at Avalon Inn on Thursday being suboptimal.
Not-so-Likes -- Music
1. We missed too much overall, either from work or act-clashes or cider (etc.!) or heat or general Glastonbury distractions and disorganisation -- usual (fun) story. Which was not all bad, but seeing some more acts would have worked better. For instance, for the first time, nothing was seen by us at either The Park or West Holts
2. Not enough full on dancey-ravey stuff -- largely because we only went to IICON (Bloc 9) when there wasn't a show, and we only saw a bit of the proper Pangea show at Arcadia, and from no nearer than the old railway track. Too knackered by Glastonbury??
3. In relation to 2., the music at Maceos was too bloody bonkers-loud, forcing quite a few people (including us) to run away.
4. Completely unintendedly, and despite being at Sistafest the weekend of 15th June, we saw scarcely any female or female-led acts -- I would have particularly like to have seen Janelle Monae (Cure clash), and some people were bigging up Lizoo a lot too -- we'll catch up soon with those!
5. Would definitely have gone to Kylie's show, but I'd swapped shift with my Kylie-keen mate so I could see The Cure. No regrets there, but I missed the Nick Cave-with-Kylie cameo
.... iPlayer imminent!6. Hawkwind's headline show at Acoustic on Saturday was a tad disappointing for me really. It was supposed to be big, what with 49 years since "their" first Glastonbury appearance. Dave Brock and the Session Musicians
as they should now be called -- underwhelming . I was with friends, and the lightshow was great, and Silver Machine and a couple of other famous oldies were done, but ..... meh! Also, much as I like good guitar solos, we timed one as a laugh at about 14 mins Non-music things in next post in just a moment
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And as for "and apart from all that music ... " stuff , here we go ...
LIkes -- it's Glastonbury
1. Virtually no mud, unexpectedly -- with no rain at all after earlyish on the Tuesday prior to gate-opening . Too hot sometimes, but the sunshine and blue skies were lovely
2. Meeting and chatting and in some cases wandering with lots of people -- Riff , paolo , wiskey included. And it was the biggest hippy in Glastonbury town's first ever Pilton Megafest -- I think Eva Luna quite liked it 
despite her having to camp with us
3. We absolutely +love+ our job -- helping people with information is really rewarding. Our shifts were great, meaning we were under shelter during the very hottest times. Our bosses up at Green Info are really lovely and said "See you next year!!" with hugs, at the end, I think they like us!
4. Relating to 3., it's great that we do so much wandering everywhere over the days before the fest starts, so that we're up to date with knowing a Glastonbury shedload of shit. We turned up reliably on every one of our shifts too
5. Relating to 4., we did a lot of hilly exercise. Often fuelled by Cider admittedly, but we're feeling pretty fit as after most Glastonburies!
6. Beautiful artwork and flags everywhere around the site
7. Our skills at blagging (banned crew-word!! ) to get into the backstage bars are legendary, not to say a bit notorious -- we managed Theatre and Circus again (only place on site with Glastonbury Ales!), access to which is gold dust in a paper wristband. Plus we now have a new contact there . Also, the old gang led by Piers, brother and mate have taken over backstage Avalon again after a bad break without them in 2017, so Pinky's (as that bar now is again) was much improved over 2017, as a place to chill between gigs etc. ....
8. Leon's Vegetarian Cuisine in West Holts -- we may scarcely have seen any music there this time, but Leon Lewis and his crew are amazing cooks with generous helpings of tasty, filling, healthy, varied food. Kind of helps that we know him quite well now , we always go, but anyone will get decent food and plenty of it. Recommend big-time!
9. We had the sense to bring in plenty of beer and cider wth us -- it saved us loads of cash. So the odd treat such as Proper Job at The Cornish Arms, and the odd Brothers, and the odd Cider Bus cider, were that much more affordable with us having the choice of whether or not to drink out.
10. Site overall, both during and especially after, was very noticeably tidier and less squalid
11. Making it harder to find stuff on our traditional tatting session on Monday, but we tatted quality -- including an excellent new and strong festival chair for me .
12. Forgot to mention this further up, but almost everyone we saw/chatted with, whether at work or not, and/or at random, was really friendly and nice -- for such a huge city, that's pretty damned good. Also, in my opinion, those friendliness levels were better than ever!
13. This point number is lucky for some. It was our 22nd!!!! and it was up there amongst the best Glastonburies ever for us!!
Not-so-Likes -- it's Glastonbury
1. Not too many .. plus I've sneaked in a positive below as well
2. I can handle heat pretty well, but Saturday was particularly extreme (30C in the early afternoon). Which exhausted festivaldeb and stopped her doing much -- she couldn't face the prospect of Johnny Marr, who she loves, at the very exposed Other Stage for instance. I had to go without her
3. Bizarre licencing policy at virtually all the bars of restricting ale strength to a maximum of 4.5% whereas 6%, even 7% cider is easily available -- no logic
. There were a couple of backstage exceptions with somewhat stronger/tastier ales/bitters, but we heavily relied on our own supplies partly for this reason, as well as because £££s.
4. Relating to 3., we'd love a big CAMRA branch, or some similar body/pub, to take over the running/supplying of Cockmills (Acoustic field) to improve the choice/variety -- with maybe three or four premiums included along with the lighter choices. Get it all more imaginative, at least in that one bar!
5. Generally prices, and not just alcohol, had gone up sharply and noticeably in most places. 31 Toad Lane (the new Co-op) was a rare and positive exception -- we thought that store was great, so long as you avoided big-queue times.
6. This probably should be 1. in this list, but I lost my camera on Saturday night, because Hawkwind, because Glastonbury, because Pronghorn, because I'm a twat etc. -- and there were nearly 100 pictures on it already by then. I await word from Wagonshed Welfare with ever-decreasing optimism.
, here we go ...LIkes -- it's Glastonbury
1. Virtually no mud, unexpectedly
-- with no rain at all after earlyish on the Tuesday prior to gate-opening . Too hot sometimes, but the sunshine and blue skies were lovely 2. Meeting and chatting and in some cases wandering with lots of people -- Riff , paolo , wiskey included
. And it was the biggest hippy in Glastonbury town's first ever Pilton Megafest -- I think Eva Luna quite liked it despite her having to camp with us 3. We absolutely +love+ our job -- helping people with information is really rewarding
. Our shifts were great, meaning we were under shelter during the very hottest times. Our bosses up at Green Info are really lovely and said "See you next year!!" with hugs, at the end, I think they like us! 4. Relating to 3., it's great that we do so much wandering everywhere over the days before the fest starts, so that we're up to date with knowing a Glastonbury shedload of shit. We turned up reliably on every one of our shifts too
5. Relating to 4., we did a lot of hilly exercise. Often fuelled by Cider admittedly
, but we're feeling pretty fit as after most Glastonburies! 6. Beautiful artwork and flags everywhere around the site
7. Our skills at blagging (banned crew-word!!
) to get into the backstage bars are legendary, not to say a bit notorious -- we managed Theatre and Circus again (only place on site with Glastonbury Ales!), access to which is gold dust in a paper wristband. Plus we now have a new contact there . Also, the old gang led by Piers, brother and mate have taken over backstage Avalon again after a bad break without them in 2017, so Pinky's (as that bar now is again) was much improved over 2017, as a place to chill between gigs etc. .... 8. Leon's Vegetarian Cuisine in West Holts -- we may scarcely have seen any music there this time
, but Leon Lewis and his crew are amazing cooks with generous helpings of tasty, filling, healthy, varied food. Kind of helps that we know him quite well now , we always go, but anyone will get decent food and plenty of it. Recommend big-time!9. We had the sense to bring in plenty of beer and cider wth us -- it saved us loads of cash. So the odd treat such as Proper Job at The Cornish Arms, and the odd Brothers, and the odd Cider Bus cider, were that much more affordable with us having the choice of whether or not to drink out.
10. Site overall, both during and especially after, was very noticeably tidier and less squalid
11. Making it harder to find stuff on our traditional tatting session on Monday
, but we tatted quality -- including an excellent new and strong festival chair for me .12. Forgot to mention this further up, but almost everyone we saw/chatted with, whether at work or not, and/or at random, was really friendly and nice
-- for such a huge city, that's pretty damned good. Also, in my opinion, those friendliness levels were better than ever! 13. This point number is lucky for some
. It was our 22nd!!!! and it was up there amongst the best Glastonburies ever for us!! Not-so-Likes -- it's Glastonbury
1. Not too many
.. plus I've sneaked in a positive below as well 2. I can handle heat pretty well, but Saturday was particularly extreme (30C in the early afternoon). Which exhausted festivaldeb and stopped her doing much
-- she couldn't face the prospect of Johnny Marr, who she loves, at the very exposed Other Stage for instance. I had to go without her 3. Bizarre licencing policy at virtually all the bars of restricting ale strength to a maximum of 4.5% whereas 6%, even 7% cider is easily available -- no logic
. There were a couple of backstage exceptions with somewhat stronger/tastier ales/bitters, but we heavily relied on our own supplies partly for this reason, as well as because £££s.4. Relating to 3., we'd love a big CAMRA branch, or some similar body/pub, to take over the running/supplying of Cockmills (Acoustic field) to improve the choice/variety -- with maybe three or four premiums included along with the lighter choices. Get it all more imaginative, at least in that one bar!
5. Generally prices, and not just alcohol, had gone up sharply and noticeably in most places. 31 Toad Lane (the new Co-op) was a rare and positive
exception -- we thought that store was great, so long as you avoided big-queue times.6. This probably should be 1. in this list, but I lost my camera on Saturday night, because Hawkwind, because Glastonbury, because Pronghorn, because I'm a twat etc.
-- and there were nearly 100 pictures on it already by then. I await word from Wagonshed Welfare with ever-decreasing optimism.
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But sod the negatives, accentuate the positives, it was a wicked Glastonbury!
And I'm still on holiday and the weather's still great -- pub soon!
Love to everyone xxxx and Merry Xmas!
And I'm still on holiday and the weather's still great -- pub soon!
Love to everyone xxxx and Merry Xmas!
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I’m a bit broken now but was completely worth it , the 8 days went by so quickly , not back in work till tomorrow, but that’s just a team build on a boat trip in Brighton and I appeared to have gained a beard which I think I’m going to keep
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I didn't find you again to thank you for following up my nervous football related query. A true professional!3. We absolutely +love+ our job -- helping people with information is really rewarding
