Advice needed on a good camping spot

[Charles Carmichael]

Hi everyone,

Just hoping for some advice from some experienced Glaston-ites...

There are four of us attending Glastonbury this year, for the first time. We're 30+ and looking for somewhere relatively quiet to camp. A good view would be nice, but not essential. We want somewhere that'll stay fairly dry when the rain comes. We don't want to return to the burning embers of what used to be our tent, nor do we want to find someone has taken a poo in it and used my sleeping bag to wipe.

Somewhere fairly close to the action and not a huge trek back at 4am after a drunken dance.

I know I'm asking too much more but does any one have any ideas?

We're all family men, so won't be the types to cause any trouble...

Thanks in advance,

Charles

[donthaveacoolname]

http://www.glastoearth.com/the-faq

part 3 of this should help answer your questions, but the whole thing is a great read

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[frostypaw]

i'd head for the bottom left corner of the map, dairy ground out to south park or baileys

more up south park you go the better the view gets

alternatively the top left of lime kiln/hitchin also have good views across site and are a little further out to avoid the higher levels of chaos - but to be honest that can happen anywhere just check out who'll you'll be camping next to i.e. levels of tidyness etc

it's *ALL* a huge trek back at 4am after a drunken dance, but it's not really a burning embers/poo wipe festival. there'll be the occasional story but it's a lot of people IYSWIM and it all stays fairly dry in the camping the drainage has been much improved it's the main areas/paths that suffer

[incident]

Here's the problem - the requirement of "close to the action" pretty much rules out all of the other listed criteria. The perceived well located fields are the ones that get packed, noisy, with the drunkest people, consequently churn up quickest if there's rain, and apart from Big Ground and Row Mead don't have much of a view.

On that basis I'd suggest either Lime Kiln or Hitchin Hill. They tick all the other boxes nicely. Not the best located from your perspective, but not the worst either. They have an incredible view of the site (probably the best of any camping field I've seen).

Last year they were far less densely packed than most other fields on site, with lots of space between tents even on Friday. Because of that they won't churn up as quickly, and they're at the top of the hill so will drain well. Not been there at night but I'd assume that they'd be fairly quiet.

[stuwilky]

Somewhere fairly close to the action and not a huge trek back at 4am after a drunken dance.

These two things might be a struggle. But it depends on what you class as a trek. At glastonbury nothing is close together so what looks close on the plan is 20 minutes trek. If you want to sleep you need to look further out, it means walking further in each day, but travel wisely. Use thelock ups for evening clothes and booze and you'll see loads more.

The scale of the festival is beyond anything youy can imagine. It can be overwhelming at times.

[alexwetherell]

Hitchin hill? About a five/ten min walk from.pyramid, it's on a hill so.camp near the top and it's fairly quiet.