How Many Caravans/Campervans go to Glasto

[artl]

just wondering ... it is allegedly the largest gathering in Europe/UK - can find numbers anywhere

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I think the answer is 450. Not sure if I win a prize for that answer - do I? Have I won the two night stay at a Champneys Spa of my choosing? I bet I have, but you just can't tell me the great news on a public forum. No matter, I'll wait for the documentation to come in the post.

Haven't a clue really. The only time I ever went in to one of the camper / caravan/ areas was to meet a friend of a friend. At the end of the festival she went back to her caravan and it had gone. Somebody had hooked it up to their vehicle and fucked off with it.

[grumpyhack]

21 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

The only time I ever went in to one of the camper / caravan/ areas was to meet a friend of a friend. At the end of the festival she went back to her caravan and it had gone. Somebody had hooked it up to their vehicle and fucked off with it.

I can't believe that someone would do that.  But a good warning for all CV people to make sure they've got a good hitchlock/wheel clamp just in case.

[Avalon_Fields]

It's in the low thousands I'm sure, I did the Worthy Warrior thing in our field and there were a few hundred just in that one.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

28 minutes ago, grumpyhack said:

I can't believe that someone would do that.  But a good warning for all CV people to make sure they've got a good hitchlock/wheel clamp just in case.

They did do it. The lady who's caravan it was is a sheer delight, so I don't think it was personal. I think somebody felt that they needed the money for it greater than she needed the caravan. Absolute bollocks, of course, but some people don't care for others.

[Smeble]

Got to be in the region of 3000, if they hadn't pulled the plug on glastomap (boo, hiss) someone could have counted them.

[clarkete]

On ‎19‎/‎10‎/‎2016 at 9:46 PM, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

They did do it. The lady who's caravan it was is a sheer delight, so I don't think it was personal. I think somebody felt that they needed the money for it greater than she needed the caravan. Absolute bollocks, of course, but some people don't care for others.

I always remember that in the year the Happy Mondays played, I spotted a fella flogging a car stereo for 20 quid and it was in the green fields which seemed such an unlikely place. 

As I recall that was before the fence, so it was much more common for some folks to come down and try to earn a few quid.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

8 minutes ago, clarkete said:

I always remember that in the year the Happy Mondays played, I spotted a fella flogging a car stereo for 20 quid and it was in the green fields which seemed such an unlikely place. 

As I recall that was before the fence, so it was much more common for some folks to come down and try to earn a few quid.

Although not certain, I think this caravan theft was pre Super Fence.

[stuwilky]

I vaguely recall from the meeting notes someone posted on here a couple of years ago it was 500 in west and 4500 in east. 

[Martin Ashford]

Its definitely into the thousands. As they are now expanding officially into Bath and West Showgrounds I would imagine you could be looking at up to 10,000. I absolutely love walking through the East fields. its an impressive sight to behold.

[Smeble]

31 minutes ago, Martin Ashford said:

Its definitely into the thousands. As they are now expanding officially into Bath and West Showgrounds I would imagine you could be looking at up to 10,000. I absolutely love walking through the East fields. its an impressive sight to behold.

They could be using B and W because they have lost some fields, so could be fewer than normal, could explain why they sold out so fast.