Next time I will...

[budvar]

I did this after last year's festival and a few people seem to have found it useful so let's go for it again while this year is fresh in our minds.

Personally, next time I will:

• go up the ribbon tower (despite the queue)
• bring more pairs of long socks
• remember to bring my gloves for carrying stuff
• get another massage in the greenfields on the Thursday

Reply with what you'll do next time and I'll endeavour to give you a timely nudge.

[a6l6e6x]

Long socks

Better fitting wellies

Enough clothes to last the 5 days

lip balm

not drink so much on the wednesday (who am i kidding)

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

I'll be there. I can't miss another one in a row.

[Ducky89]

Ribbon tower

efests Wednesday meet

get to Strummerville

[Titters]

+1 for long socks.

Buy a bloody Bloody Mary from the Beat Hotel. I've been saying this for 3 years.

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Do it all again, exactly the same minus being all day Sunday 

[kellly]

Take more welly socks

Rabbit hole

Meet Michael and/or Emily Eavis!

[Dillyblue]

Carry in the day some antiseptic cream and plasters as I cut my hand on some metal and it was dripping blood quite a bit until I got to a stall selling some. Yuk!! Had these in the van which wasn't a lot of use!

[Larraht]

Buy walking boots or invest in decent wellies (serious blisters).

See Mik Artistic (missed AGAIN despite promising myself I would go).

Don't bring a trolley if it's muddy - plan accordingly and only take rucksacks. (Parking in Pink 55 was not fun with a trolley at all).

Maybe try my hand at camping a bit nearer to the action. Woodsies was fine...but that extra bit to Darble is a bit too much. Especially as I seem to be at park/avalon/shangri-la at night time.

[Dillyblue]

Take less of everything in the van!! Remember to take extra mats for under the wheels in East in case it is soggy again!!

[pie_and_a_pint]

Yep, STILL not climbed the Ribbon Tower. FFS....

[CaledonianGonzo]

Take a phone that works

[cb4747]

2 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Yep, STILL not climbed the Ribbon Tower. FFS....

Me either! I want to do it next year. 

[Dillyblue]

4 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Yep, STILL not climbed the Ribbon Tower. FFS....

I would love to do that. I really tried last year and managed several steps up but had to come down again as I am afraid of heights...

[ohvienna]

Print off my clashfinder! Missed so many things I wanted to see because I forgot to do it and the guardian guide only has limited info in it.

Make it to strummerville.

Get a massage!

[lydiacafc]

Ribbon tower.

Less clothes.  More socks! 

Visit the cider bus (never done it). 

[fatyeti24]

I'd like to try alternative accommodation, hopefully a camper or caravan. 

[stuartbert two hats]

2 hours ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Yep, STILL not climbed the Ribbon Tower. FFS....

 

2 hours ago, cb4747 said:

Me either! I want to do it next year. 

Finally did it this year late Wednesday night. If you have the option, definitely climb at night. The view is nice enough, but not particularly better than from the sign, arguably worse. However going up whilst the ribbons are all illuminated and colour cycling is utterly wonderful. Really quite something.

[505]

3 hours ago, budvar said:

I did this after last year's festival and a few people seem to have found it useful so let's go for it again while this year is fresh in our minds.

Personally, next time I will:

• go up the ribbon tower (despite the queue)
• bring more pairs of long socks
• remember to bring my gloves for carrying stuff
• get another massage in the greenfields on the Thursday

Reply with what you'll do next time and I'll endeavour to give you a timely nudge.

Those three are exactly the same as mine! My hands were cut to fuck from carrying 'bags for life'! 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Not take it as easy on Wednesday abd Thursday.

Ok I had energy on Sunday, but I didn't "let myself go" until Friday 

[GlastoEls]

2 hours ago, Dillyblue said:

I would love to do that. I really tried last year and managed several steps up but had to come down again as I am afraid of heights...

We can try again next year, I will help you?

[pie_and_a_pint]

1 minute ago, GlastoEls said:

We can try again next year, I will help you?

^^^^ This is why Glastonbury people are the best people 

[kidpresentable]

Also Ribbon Tower. Can never be bothered to wait long enough.

[Tuttifrutti]

remember that there is an alternative entrance to climbing through a muddy hole to get into the piano bar (at least that was what I think it was, daughter on a mission to find hidden areas). The rope was covered in mud and it took my son and husband pulling n pushing to get me in.

Also more research, got took to the front of the queue to the rabbit hole but needed to answer a question. In my wine fuddled state would have been better off staying in the queue n gave up :-(

buy small tarpaulins from £1 shop before I go.

on the plus I learnt a few lessons from last year, took a small cool bag n ice pack for wine and decided not to keep eating noodles just because it was the only place without a queue. Took time to go to the circus.

 

[koj]

Choose one stage and sit there all day - expand my horizons (maybe BBC Introducing one).

Go to Arcadia properly.

Cut down luggage even more.