Car park conditions updates

[stuartbert two hats]

Coach park is fine, for anyone heading out by coach today.

[tHomBleached]

Pink 56 here. Left after Coldplay and didn't get out till 1am. Not too bad really, but anyone not in a 4x4 has no chance unless yards from a metal track. Even then they've opened up new exits and haven't had time to lay metal grating so it was starting to churn

Saw a lot of people desperately looking for tow-eye panel keys in boots of cars - try and find yours before you move. If you're not in a 4x4 you'll be needing it. 

I did see a couple of 4x4s get stuck briefly in tractor trails but they got out in a few secs. 

Glad I took the wife's outlander

[Peroni]

Currently

Queuing.. in West 52 have been here 2hrs...not moving at all

[rpfranks]

We were in West 37 and literally drove straight out about 11. Almost back in Birmingham now. Not too muddy there although saw a couple of cars being towed. 

[DTichborne]

2 hours ago, Ommadawn said:

They are not on wages and it's a free service provided by the festival.

Are they really unwaged? Ouch. I assumed that part of the £30 per parking ticket would go towards that. I realise much of it goes to the farmers from whom they've leased the land... 

[LetsGoToMars]

Not moved in 2 and a half hours in West 51

[ivan]

I bet they had a nervous time worrying that their new Porsche may get damaged ?

 

[tHomBleached]

36 minutes ago, ivan said:

I bet they had a nervous time worrying that their new Porsche may get damaged ?

 

I saw three range rovers and on Volvo xc spinning front wheels uncontrollably then suddenly march off. Must've never used the diff lock before!

[justperfect]

Not the best advert for a 60 grand 4X4

[rfc_478]

We were on the move from West 47 by 10.30- having read some of the horror stories on here last night was expecting a torturous few hours. But we were out on the road in 45 mins- far quicker than last year which was 2 hours plus. Ground a little soft but never felt in danger of getting stuck. 

Brilliant weekend as expected, and back well in time for the football. Tired, but happy! 

Edited June 27, 2016 by rfc_478

[mazola]

got to e9 car park about 10.30, took about hour and a half to get off site and on to the main roads. was very impressed with everyone, no bottle necks or attempted queue jumping, and plenty of giving way to let cars on to the metal road

[Crazyfool01]

west 47 was fine at 11.45 , 1 hr to get out then straight onto the road and home, no problems whatsoever

Edited June 27, 2016 by crazyfool1

[giantkatestacks]

1 hour ago, ivan said:

I bet they had a nervous time worrying that their new Porsche may get damaged ?

 

That is bloody ridiculous. I took my 12 year old for an off road land rover experience (massive treat) and it would have easily coped with the conditions onsite, they can do amazing things, at one point we were vertical into a slidy, muddy ditch and it was fine.

[fingers_mark]

W57 exit good at 9.30am. Also fine arriving on Weds. A303 at Glastonbury 8.30am. Car park by 10.15am and tents up by midday.

All pretty good but friends had problems - particulary on buses.

Only a couple of spells of heavy rain, mainly drizzle and the mud was an annoyance, particularly when trying to get about at night - but not as bad as '07 or '11.

Edited June 27, 2016 by fingers_mark

[tHomBleached]

25 minutes ago, giantkatestacks said:

That is bloody ridiculous. I took my 12 year old for an off road land rover experience (massive treat) and it would have easily coped with the conditions onsite, they can do amazing things, at one point we were vertical into a slidy, muddy ditch and it was fine.

I think the problem for the posh 4x4s is threefold:

1) profile of the tyres that are standard on cayennes (sp), Range Rover sports etc are not the type that can cope with much 

2) over-inflated tyres

3) as previously said I saw a few people not actually in 4WD lock

 

I had some crappy toyo tyres on but let some air out a few days ago for one reason or another and forgot to reinflate. There's not much my motor couldn't have coped with yesterday. 

[pie_and_a_pint]

Left at 4.30pm in the end. Out of purple easily - lots of stuck cars and mud, but lots of empty grass too so straight onto tracks, through East and onto the road in 20 mins. Home in 2 hours. Easy one, thankfully. Bath and bed now.

[Peroni]

43 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Left at 4.30pm in the end. Out of purple easily - lots of stuck cars and mud, but lots of empty grass too so straight onto tracks, through East and onto the road in 20 mins. Home in 2 hours. Easy one, thankfully. Bath and bed now.

That's what time we got out... shame we got to the car at 10am 

[pie_and_a_pint]

33 minutes ago, Peroni said:

That's what time we got out... shame we got to the car at 10am 

Jesus..........

[Peroni]

13 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Jesus..........

Indeed... We didn't have any issues with mud... It felt like 3/4 car parks all emptied into 1 lane... So was painfully slow

[bekimo]

The problem with 4x4's getting stuck in the mud is usually operator error! 

[evilduck]

We were in West 53 and got to the car about 3:30pm when luckily everything was mostly dry. It took us about 45 mins to get out and then everything was smooth sailing back to London.

[thenavyone]

pink 4/5 (can't remember!) got to the ar at 12pm, home in Bristol by 1:30pm

[LetsGoToMars]

West 51, got in the car at 12 and waited for 4 hours to get out. On the motorway for 6pm

 

[mrlibertinedream]

6 hours ago, rfc_478 said:

We were on the move from West 47 by 10.30- having read some of the horror stories on here last night was expecting a torturous few hours. But we were out on the road in 45 mins- far quicker than last year which was 2 hours plus. Ground a little soft but never felt in danger of getting stuck. 

Brilliant weekend as expected, and back well in time for the football. Tired, but happy! 

Bet you wish you got stuck on car park now!!!

[Hsr1234]

9 minutes ago, LetsGoToMars said:

West 51, got in the car at 12 and waited for 4 hours to get out. On the motorway for 6pm

 

West 51 too. Got to car at 11:00 and out of car park at 4:30! Just got home.