Best place to camp - arriving weds 2pm

[true_blue1989]

Alreeet everyone. First post on the site and first timer to glastonbury

As the topic header says i will be arriving on Weds afternoon at around 2pm. Im getting the coach with national express and it is my understanding that we will go through gate A. I have had a look over the site map and trying to pick which area to camp in.

Will be spending a lot of time at Arcadia and in the SW corner especially late at night so my obvious choice would be Dairy, Pennyhill or Oxlayers. Then southpark 1+2, bushy or pylon. Im guessing that some of them will fill up straight away as they are well located so i am just after a rough idea where is best to head

Look forward to meeting some of you at the Efestival gathering on Weds and throughout the weekend

Much Love!

[glasto-worker]

Alreeet everyone. First post on the site and first timer to glastonbury

As the topic header says i will be arriving on Weds afternoon at around 2pm. Im getting the coach with national express and it is my understanding that we will go through gate A. I have had a look over the site map and trying to pick which area to camp in.

Will be spending a lot of time at Arcadia and in the SW corner especially late at night so my obvious choice would be Dairy, Pennyhill or Oxlayers. Then southpark 1+2, bushy or pylon. Im guessing that some of them will fill up straight away as they are well located so i am just after a rough idea where is best to head

Look forward to meeting some of you at the Efestival gathering on Weds and throughout the weekend

Much Love!

have a read at http://www.glastoearth.com/the-faq

the way I look at it this if I was a ticket holder - the further away from Gate A I had to walk to pitch a tent is the same distance I would have to walk to get back to Gate A

Darble - Pylon Ground - Rivermead - Bushy Ground surprisingly don't fill up fast

I suspect that is due 'in part' to having not been part of the previous site { it has changed a lot in 36 years since I started going } but those fields used to be outside the wall and used for car parking and or crew camping

yes for sure its not as close as others but ' its far less of a walk back to gate A '

each year I wait for the gates to open on the inside { I work there } and I see people making a mad dash to their favourite spot but the really popular spots fill up fast.

You could dump your gear in the nearest lock up and just take your tent with you - if there is a few of you then a better plan would be to put one tent up quickly { in the fields above } and then if you reach a busy spot and you cant find space you have not lost anything

shot is Bushy Ground 2011 - note its nearly empty - gate A is in the distance to the left

[bexj]

Hey, don't worry, like glastoworker says there's bags of space in the West. OK, you'll be lucky to get in dairy, Pennards or oxlyers but after your feet have tramped about 10 miles that day, danced for 14 hours and you're stocked up on beer n stuff then another couple of hundred metres in your fantasy playground won't matter. Enjoy Glastonbury #1 x