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[smim]

Anyone got any idea how busy Castle Cary gets at about 4ish on the Wednesday afternoon?

[PabloCoke]

very.

[LostRiot]

Castle Carey is busy from 11am onwards, you have to go through it, don't try to avoid it, there is no way.

I mean you might be lucky and miss a rush, but there's no way to predict it.

If it makes you feel better its not any better driving.

[Craigston]

LostRiot, on 16 June 2011 - 06:40 PM, said:

Castle Carey is busy from 11am onwards, you have to go through it, don't try to avoid it, there is no way.

I mean you might be lucky and miss a rush, but there's no way to predict it.

If it makes you feel better its not any better driving

Nonsense. If you plan your route in to avoid the pinchpoints, driving is a walk in the park compared to being herded like cattle on the way in and treated like shit by oity toity railway staff on the way back! I've driven the last two years, maximum queuing time  on wednesday 45 minutes.  I would never return to the trains

Edited by Craigston, 16 June 2011 - 06:47 PM.

[smim]

Thanks people.

I've only been through Castle Cary once before, and that was at 10am. This option was to pass through at about four-ish, but it sounds like I'd be best off giving it a miss.

Any idea what the buses from Bristol are like then, anyone?

[eoinca]

Going to be hitting it about 7/8 in the evening, any idea what its like then?

Got there at 10ish last year and it was grand. Was able to hop in a taxi straight away.

[covicymru]

I'm in two minds get there for 12:45 or get there for 3, judging by this it wont make a bit of difference ? better to just get a lie in, only 2 of us going down and don't really care where we camp.

[hotwaterbottle]

going to be there at 6am..
whats it like then?!

[johnmcga]

Craigston, on 16 June 2011 - 06:46 PM, said:

Nonsense. If you plan your route in to avoid the pinchpoints, driving is a walk in the park compared to being herded like cattle on the way in and treated like shit by oity toity railway staff on the way back! I've driven the last two years, maximum queuing time  on wednesday 45 minutes.  I would never return to the trains

I have to chip in here. I use First Great Western all the time and generally have nothing good to say about them at all, but I've used the train for the last five Glastonburys and have never found the staff to be anything but cheerful and genuinely helpful.

Maybe I've just been lucky!

I think there are advantages to both options - and if you're unlucky, you could end up stuck either way!

[TwistedReligion]

Craigston, on 16 June 2011 - 06:46 PM, said:

compared to being herded like cattle on the way in and treated like shit by oity toity railway staff on the way back!

This is the overwhelming impression left from this experience. And herded like cattle is not an exaggeration by any stretch of the imagination!

IT IS ALL ABOUT THE BUS FROM BRISTOL

[Homer]

How busy is it on the way back on Monday morning? I've never caught the train before. I'll be prob be heading off site between 9am and 10am, are the shuttle buses regular?

[vespat5]

I'm coming down in a car from Leeds and picking a mate up from the Station @ 5pm who is coming up from Cornwall.
He's then transfering to our Camper. What's that going to be like?

[TwistedReligion]

Homer, on 16 June 2011 - 08:54 PM, said:

How busy is it on the way back on Monday morning? I've never caught the train before. I'll be prob be heading off site between 9am and 10am, are the shuttle buses regular?

Left Pennards campsite in 2009 at about 8 o'clock was at the gates by about 8.35 managed to get on the second of the first two coaches that arrived at about 9.15

Edited by TwistedReligion, 16 June 2011 - 09:18 PM.

[Glasto fan]

Castle Carey gets busy on Wednesday from about 11am onwards. In 2009 I had to wait four hours to get on a bus and I arrived at 1pm. I'm not sure how bad it got last year as I arrived at 10am and was out of there by 11.30am! It would have been quicker if they actually loaded more than one bus at a time!! I travel by train to work every day so I do find it a bit patronising when the staff treat you like you have never caught a train before in your life! Especially on the way back... All in all though I wouldn't fancy the queues to get in/out of the site in a car either and it is better for the environment to come on public transport  

[Craigston]

Homer, on 16 June 2011 - 08:54 PM, said:

How busy is it on the way back on Monday morning? I've never caught the train before. I'll be prob be heading off site between 9am and 10am, are the shuttle buses regular?

Yes, very, but expect to wait about 3 hours  IF you get there at 630am! It may just be that the last time I did it was in the pi$$ing rain in 07 thats made me choose staying sober on the Sunday night and electing for a nice warm dry vehicle instead of bus/train.

[Craigston]

vespat5, on 16 June 2011 - 09:03 PM, said:

I'm coming down in a car from Leeds and picking a mate up from the Station @ 5pm who is coming up from Cornwall.
He's then transfering to our Camper. What's that going to be like?

Tricky I would imagine.. I would suggest you pick him up at Taunton or Bristol to be honest.

[hotwaterbottle]

I'll be at Castle Carey at around 6am, whats it like then? : )

[ukslim]

It's not a lie that you get herded by cattle.

But I'd rather that than sit in a traffic queue for 5 hours, as I did last year.

At least when you're on a train, or sitting in a fenced off area in a station, you can read a book.

Wish I'd had a parasol last time though.