pie_and_a_pint
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Best keepsakes you've ever found or bought at the festival?
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The whacking great scar down my right ankle from where I smashed it up in the mud on the Big Ground is celebrating its 10th birthday this year… -
Actually love the undercard - some absolute gems. But apart from The National I’ll struggle for (music) headliners. Plenty to do in theatre/circus though!
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Yes, I think we are - but I the email they sent is standard wording from the festival, and I think it's the wrong way round! We should be paying £150 as our donation and the ticket cost is a security deposit that we get back. I think someone in the festival office has got it confused! Have emailed Fiona at the Festival to check (but may not get a reply until next year, I realise, as she's always super busy!)
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The £150 is a charity donation, though. It goes to the charity I work for, not to GFL. Last year (and every other year I've worked) it's been £150 to charity + the cost of a ticket as a refundable security bond. I'm therefore assuming someone's sent the email wrongly. Or they're taking the piss.
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My charity sent me the exact same wording, so it's obviously the standard message from the Festival. I'm not entirely sure why we're being charged the same price as a ticketholder, TBH, and have queried it, as I'd expect it to be the other way round (as in, get the £355 back and the £150 is the cost to attend) as it was in previous years.
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We paid our deposits to our charity today. I think the 'direct' recycling crew is a bit later.
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Yes, when I was local. It’s lovely!
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Done - best of luck! I think you might find you need an older ‘oldest’ group though! You’ve fallen for the assumption that most festival goers are young…
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Backstage at Acoustic, because it’s run by a load of folk who run one of the best pubs in Stroud. Loved the Open Arms, but the Avalon Inn will always win just for the ridiculous novelty of going upstairs.
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Cliff
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Exactly this. I don’t think I’ve seen a performer enjoy themselves so comprehensively since Lionel Richie did his entire set with a massive grin on his face. Nothing short of Arise, Sir Rick is good enough as far as I’m concerned.
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Not overheard, but overseen - a bloke in high - vis pushing a wheelbarrow at quite the urgent pace up Muddy Lane. Said wheelbarrow contained a single toilet roll.
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You’ve learned a good lesson today then.
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It's funny, because ableist, judgmental assholes make me irate.
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Best: No Bones Jones, the Paletas ice lollies, and the really good halloumi wrap from the place called CHEESE near Williams Green. Honourable Mentions: chicken burrito from the Mexican Cantina, chicken burger from the place next to Bath Organic Farms (William’s Green). Worst: absolutely sh*t, soggy, pizza from the stall opposite the Open Arms. It tasted like a £1 value one from a supermarket, and I told them so.
