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Bring it on.
I did 105k steps over the 5 days, including carrying a 4 year old on my shoulders for some of it.
The heat did get to me a bit, particularly on Saturday when it was unrelenting.
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Just rowed 16674 meters on the rowing machine whilst listening to the excellent non stop Glastonbury Greatest Hits on iPlayer.
Bring on Wednesday.
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BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!!!
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We met a guy in a bar at a previous Glastonbury who had travelled without his ticket. He went to the ticket office and was granted access once he had proved his identity by various means. No doubt they have access to all the registration info / identity photographs etc. All is not lost.
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I've been involved with the Great Dorset Steam Fair and been every year since 1992.
There are similarities between the two events and I know both sets of organisers have liaised in the past.
2022 appeared to be a reasonable year for the Great Dorset, but the news came later the show would not happen this year and I have it on good authority that it will not return.
I hope Glastonbury lasts for ever but it won't. As punters we need to make the most of each one.
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I got ours after Seetickets had tweeted it was all sold out. We had 6 people on laptops and nobody got a sniff until I got in at the very death.
We know another group who had like 10 people trying and they didn't get anywhere near.
I thought the price rises and general economic stuff would calm it down, I was wrong.
Feel pleased and bad for those who missed out ☹️
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Absolutely, but the current cost of living crisis will be a factor for many.
Everyone in my family now needs a ticket so we are looking at £1900+ just to get in. Then you have cost of food, in 2019 we burned through £500+ in spending money, and the cost of actually getting there and parking up.
Personally I think it is worth it but it's a very big outlay for families.
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Tough, numbing the pain with cider.
The going in pics tear me up the most. Getting through the gates is both hell and the most exciting part of the year (maybe apart from the ticket sale day).
Hopefully I'll feel a bit better on Fri/Sat/Sun and get to watch some Glastonbury on TV which I haven't done for nearly 10 year.
I'm feeling pretty pessimistic about next year but that is for another day.
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Put out new tent we were given to be aired (slightly alarmed at how much it weighs compared to old one!).
Purchased baby carrier to transport new addition around the site.
Sorted out some cider for warm testing later ?
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Lidl occasionally sell their own brand "Festbier", you only see it a couple of a times a year but they had it in couple of weeks ago.
5.5% like proper premier larger used to be, 500ml cans and 99p each - got some strange looks when I checked out with 72...
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I was a bit of a bucket list type the first time. I'd watched the coverage, listened to them go on about it on Radio 1 and told myself I would go one year.
I decided whist watching Jay-Z live on BBC at home in 2008 that I would go for it (even though Jay-Z is very far from my musical taste).
Since then I've only missed one.
A press photographer took this pic in 2009, on the Thursday evening when we arrived, conjures up such memories every time I look at it:
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It seemed to be the same as their 2016 setup - did anyone else notice they'd left references to "Buy Tickets for Glastonbury 2017" in their front end code?
I don't believe there was a way of cheating the system - the reason why the people who claim to know won't divulge their "secrets".
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We never saw an order confirmation screen but we got tickets, not great. We only knew when another of our party got through and the registration numbers said we'd already purchase tickets.
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1 minute ago, eyebrain said:
Had anybody ever gotten in straight at 9 tho?
who are those lucky ones who we have to wait on from the beginning?
In previous years there were people posting on this forum who'd got tickets by 08:55.
We never got a sniff until 09:15 and then two of our party got through several times..
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Sunday fast approaching...
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It was packed, only the Killers seemed busier.
I don't really understand the attraction. He is one of the great frontmen but listen to Rock 'n' Roll Star and compare it to him singing it in 1995. Night and day. Yes it's not going to be the same after 20+ years but to try and sing it identically and fail doesn't cut it for me.
I'm lucky (& old), I saw them first time round at the their way up at Granby Halls in Leicester then at Knebworth and in Manchester. They will reform but it won't be for me.
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24 cans of Guinness Original (selling them off in Sainsbury's last week for 50p per can!) - nothing else.
We've taken bottled water in the past but it weighs too much given you can get it for free on site. Will take couple of empty 2 & 5 litre bottles and kids have metal bottles to refill. Plus some of those tiny squeezy squash things.
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Arriving Thursday. We have kids within party and normally go for Cockmills Meadow but given that it was mostly full last year by Wednesday am I'm heading for West site.
Have been in Bushy & Rivermead before and they are both fine, flat-ish, less crowded and not too far out.
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We'll I've been FN training - 6 days out of 7 in the gym.
Lost 2lb this week, pretty happy with that. Feel fitter and thinner.
Mega-bad hayfever in Kernow today so didn't do so much, that had better get shifted by Glastonbury weekend, normally wearing off by now.
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2 hours ago, big__phil said:
Bread isn't great for diets, so that's probably it. Sounds like you're doing plenty of exercise though, good work! Do you prefer running on treadmills? Get outside if you can, it's better for the ankles to not run on flat ground all the time. Plus there's more to look at outside!
I've been slowly upping my press-ups, hopefully my core will be a bit stronger as a result come the end of June.
Lol, no bread is the enemy. TBH I can lose weight reasonably predictably if I eat less, but I struggle with the resolve to do this, particularly when I'm exercising a lot.
I don't like treadmills & I've always been terrible at running. I set it to the fastest pace I can do without breaking into a jog and have it on full incline, proper hard work, 15mins and I'm done in.
Press up's, now there is an idea...
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This week: 70k on the rowing machine, 2hrs on the treadmill plus walking to work and with dog each day and I gained a pound!
Perhaps my daughter starting work in local bakery and being given copious amounts of unsold bread hasn't helped...
Never mind I am certainly feeling fitter. I'll keep trying this week.
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The reason I tried so hard in the resale to get a ticket. Was so disappointed I missed them last time, I wasn't such a massive fan in 2015.
Your top 3 acts from Glastonbury 2023
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Mine would be:
Lizzo - Fantastic, better than 2019, loved every minute
Christine & The Queens - Dark and not what a lot of people were expecting I think
Flo - It was packed and the atmosphere was excellent
Obviously Elton, that goes without saying.