barkley87 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Bez's Acid House was no longer Bez's. I didn't go in 2016 though so this could have happened before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugworth Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 24 minutes ago, barkley87 said: Bez's Acid House was no longer Bez's. I didn't go in 2016 though so this could have happened before then. It changed to Bez's flying bus last year, which was a shame as I thought the acid house was awesome. The flying bus area looks a bit cramped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Changes to Silver Hayes were great - we'd been discussing doing something similar in a thread around when the map came out, and it worked very well. Way less traffic. Lovebullets was also put in a place that was away from main routes, so it was easy to avoid the crowds there too. Somehow though, entry to the SE corner was busier than I'd ever encountered. Also the NYC Downlow has undergone a bit of reconstruction since 2015 - smoking area has been rotated 90 degrees. (I think. I may have been more spangled in previous years.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlescar Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Gaz's Rockin' Blues cut down to two days in the Rocket Lounge reduced the options in SL. Thankfully the Earache Express was a great addition. Do we really need more DJs in the SEC though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless_Fish Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 They blocked off the cut-through between Avalon and West Holts! Seemingly to accommodate about 6 crew camping tents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanr Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) At the start of the festival the path from West Holts to Avalon was closed, so had to walk via T&C. Fortunately it did reopen (not sure when) Edited July 3, 2017 by alanr typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Interesting Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 The grass was green this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyDunlop Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) There was no Greenpeace boat - there is now a treehouse with a DJ booth....was it like that in 2016? I don't think it was. Enjoyed my Thursday night ethical raving there. The hare Krishna tent is in the Silver hayes now Edited July 3, 2017 by FuzzyDunlop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrippit Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Definitely less flags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazzatron Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 The Brooklyn Lager in T&C was a welcome change - don't think the Craft Bar was there last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 The Earache express became my beautiful new Glastonbury home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 3 minutes ago, cazzatron said: The Brooklyn Lager in T&C was a welcome change - don't think the Craft Bar was there last year? It wasn't, but the Theatre Bar had a handful of imported continental lagers, which couldn't be found anywhere else on site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandb Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 There was no WI tent - we've loved that over the last two years. Coffee and cake and a great fun atmosphere. Really missed them. We were told that they had problems staffing it. Also no Hurly Burly bus. Another of our eating favourites. As you can see food and in particular coffee and cake, is a very important part of our Glastonbury, in fact any, break away . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justperfect Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 The big gorilla with Lazer eyes and outstretched arms at the entrance to silver heys / pylon was missing . I believe it spends most of the year at a motorway services down south somewhere. Also near there the coconut stall had gone, they'd have made a killing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoL Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 32 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said: There was no Greenpeace boat - there is now a treehouse with a DJ booth....was it like that in 2016? I don't think it was. Enjoyed my Thursday night ethical raving there. The line of food stalls have gone from Greenpeace too. The area felt smaller in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantkatestacks Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 40 minutes ago, alanr said: At the start of the festival the path from West Holts to Avalon was closed, so had to walk via T&C. Fortunately it did reopen (not sure when) I didnt see it reopen and it was very annoying as we use that a lot normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justperfect Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 10 minutes ago, DeanoL said: The line of food stalls have gone from Greenpeace too. The area felt smaller in general. And the skate park had moved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostypaw Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 hour ago, FuzzyDunlop said: There was no Greenpeace boat - there is now a treehouse with a DJ booth....was it like that in 2016? I don't think it was. The famous greenpeace boat is part of the green kids bit at the back, and AFAIK is still there as one of the few permanent structures on site but never been to see it mid-festival. The front end of their field changes all the time so will vary wildly, though Cafe Tango was there for ages then there was a market bit.... did seem a bit thinner on the ground this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy101 Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 The stage had a big revamp this year in Greenpeace didn't it? Maybe I just spent more time there early days. I loved the new big tree which replaced the polar bear and the stage looked cool too. I assume both of these were just in line with the campaign theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomThomDrum Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Nobody Interesting said: The grass was green this year. Twas yeller from the sun in loads of places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Was the Greenpeace boat actually not being used at all? I thought it had just been sectioned off and was still accessible to kids via the railway tunnel at the back of that field.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie_and_a_pint Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Fearless_Fish said: They blocked off the cut-through between Avalon and West Holts! Seemingly to accommodate about 6 crew camping tents. That was really irritating. I missed the Greenpeace Farmers' Market too - although Lynda's Loaf was still there I missed the fruit and veg stall and the place selling ploughmans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyfaddle Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 3 hours ago, Fearless_Fish said: They blocked off the cut-through between Avalon and West Holts! Seemingly to accommodate about 6 crew camping tents. Yes, this was v annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet_pea Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 3 hours ago, justperfect said: The big gorilla with Lazer eyes and outstretched arms at the entrance to silver heys / pylon was missing . I believe it spends most of the year at a motorway services down south somewhere. Also near there the coconut stall had gone, they'd have made a killing If my memory serves me right, he was missing last year too. I waved to him on my way to the Festival this year though. He is in Solstice Park just before you get to Stonehenge travelling West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipsteak Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) 6 hours ago, The Nal said: The powered them with Rhino horns and pandas brains this year. They actually just burnt the notes they took over the counter in the Greenpeace Cafe. £7.50 for a shitty little bowl of noodles. Edited July 3, 2017 by philipsteak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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