Nitrous oxide not welcome in the festivals sacred space

[EZYSEY]

Never really seen the appeal myself.

And it does get annoying walking over millions of tiny canisters all weekend!

Doubt the people who bring it in will be reading this statement though.

Personal use

[russycarps]

They have been turning a blind eye to it for years but when some of the nos sellers will earn more than the acts on the stages something needs to be done.

May not go down well but they just need security on the entrance to the stone circle and be polite with persons carrying massive ruck sacks.

If people have invested in charges etc and then lose them for nowt they may think twice about getting a zero return on their investment.

cant agree with this. The drug-stealing hired goons are as unwelcome in the sacred space as the nitrous oxide

[swede]

The worst had to be people doing it during some bands sets in JP last year, unbelievable that your in a tent and still doing it.

[ThomThomDrum]

While it is only annoying in the Stone Circle, it round me right up at Shhh the year before last as lots of people thought the best place to do it was right next to the kids sandpit.

My kids aren't wrapped up in cotton wool and they obviously know what weed smells like but having to explain why grownups are making that noise with balloons then leaving them all over the floor is a right ballache as its just such obvious drug taking.

There is defo a element of folk who dont give a flying fuck what, how, when and where they take their drugs. Like everything, just a little cop-on bordering on an unwritten etiquette is all thats required IMO.

Holding my kid to shelter from a passing shower in the bar nearest the kids field and a group of girls snorting off keys in plain site, in a circle, passing it about, in broad daylight was a particular low one year.

Gee Bags.............

[neil999]

think we should tie each user to a stone and whip them within an inch of their life...that'll learn em

[ivan]

cant agree with this. The drug-stealing hired goons are as unwelcome in the sacred space as the nitrous oxide

GFL could find some decent staff to watch the entrances to the Stone Circle - as I said most nos is brought up there in large rucksacks so not difficult to spot .

I certainly would not trust the security you refer to

[ThomThomDrum]

Get someone to write a story how the odd rogue cannister can/could kill masticating ruminants and it may help in a small way too

[ivan]

^{I am up there most nights and stayed till 6.30 on the Monday}

^{So I will report back end of June and let you know if the ban worked.}

[Sofa]

Went up there last year .It was of nobbers. Promptly left.

[eFestivals]

The worst had to be people doing it during some bands sets in JP last year, unbelievable that your in a tent and still doing it.

it's no less annoying when someone is stood behind you doing it at an open air stage.

[payneruk]

Was I the only one who read "Oxide and Neutrino not welcome in Sacred Space"?

[swede]

it's no less annoying when someone is stood behind you doing it at an open air stage.

True Neil, but at least with the open air stages you have more options to move about and still have a good view of whose playing.

[Cieran]

At £5 a pop as one girl was selling them for that's an awful lot of money

Usually it's 2 for 5

[russycarps]

GFL could find some decent staff to watch the entrances to the Stone Circle - as I said most nos is brought up there in large rucksacks so not difficult to spot .

I certainly would not trust the security you refer to

Aye, some kind of green police is needed to guilt people into stopping...but unfortunately it wouldnt end well for the volunteers I suspect

[russycarps]

Usually it's 2 for 5

how would you know that unless...YOU WERE A PART OF THE PROBLEM!

[ivan]

True Neil, but at least with the open air stages you have more options to move about and still have a good view of whose playing.

Well hopefully this year you will not have to move.

Apart from Stone Circle I have noticed it most by the tents and seen some massive charger piles outside tents.

[Rumblestripe]

Quite frankly I'm not fussed what particular intoxicant, tranquiliser, stimulant or psychoactive you want to partake of. But the noise of those fukking balloons grates my knob cheese.

The Stone Circle certainly isn't what it once was. Like others I prefer to chill up on the hill above Park near the Crow's Nest.

[lucyginger]

That bloody whoosh scares the bejesus out of me! I get really nervous when people have those canisters near me. It doesn't help that I've got a peculiar fear of balloons either.

[fred quimby]

Dish out Acid to everyone going there, it would soon stop

[JamesBrew]

Quite frankly I'm not fussed what particular intoxicant, tranquiliser, stimulant or psychoactive you want to partake of. But the noise of those fukking balloons grates my knob cheese.

The Stone Circle certainly isn't what it once was. Like others I prefer to chill up on the hill above Park near the Crow's Nest.

Agreed!

[General Lee]

Not sure of the appeal of the stuff anyway? The effects last a few seconds. 'Drugs' for people to pretend they're doing drugs.

The noise and litter from them really is a disgrace up at the stone circle. Hopefully there will be a reduction but as Russy said I doubt the people doing it will give a toss.

Edited April 28, 2015 by General Lee

[bennyboi]

How do people smuggle them in? Are they even taken off you on entry? Seen stories of people plugging some of their supplies to get through security but shoving a dispenser up your arse can't be healthy.

I took a couple hundered a few years ago for consumption among my mates & I opened up each can in a 24 slab of fosters with a can opener. Filled the emptys with loo roll & chargers (stop the jingling) and then resealed the box with a glue gun. It looked, felt & sounded like a normal box of beers (if a little lighter)

As for the dispenser that was carried in component form between 4-5 of us with the main body in with the Chargers. Worked a charm

I also used to carry 3 dry bags with me, one for full chargers, one for balloons & one for emptys.

I'm a keen recycler anyway but 200 empty canisters is probably equivalent in weight to a good few months worth of bean cans so putting them in the right bin is worth while.

Edited April 28, 2015 by bennyboi

[swede]

Man the fuck up and do proper drugs

[ivan]

Festival goers may still smuggle the odd caninster and charger in but hopefully those that make money from it will not think it worse the risk to invest in the equipment and then have it confiscated.

At the Stone Circle it tended to be half a dozen regular sellers and the woosh of a nos cannot be disguised so if GFL make an effort they should be able to stop that.

[Pinhead]

Man the fuck up and do proper drugs

Lol - absolutely!

I hear from a mate who knows one of the site organisers that they are wanting to crack down on the NOS thing this year if they can. Presumably they'll just get security to look for them more on the gates / hassle people overdoing it around the site.

Would love King's Meadow to be more like it was when I first started going - was an incredible vibe up there some years - before LV and Shangri-La it was the night spot to head to and was full of performers, often from the circus area, doing tricks with fire and stuff. Sigh.