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Brilliant thread. I'm thrilled that people have been so supportive, and that WhatleyJ999 has been brave enough to take that support on board. Both those things are what the Glasto spirit is all about for me.
People have talked about weepy moments, and I have this to say - glastonbury is a place where you will inevitably experience highs and lows. The word 'overwhelming' is used a lot for good reason. I think that the amazing things the festival is capable of delivering us makes us a bit selective in our memory of events. There are other aspects of the experience too - feeling like everyone else is having a great time, and you're the only one missing out; feeling crowded out and boxed in; feeling exhausted just when you wish you had access to energy, etc.
I think it's worth acknowledging these potential states and preparing for them in advance. Every single time I've experienced a down moment at Glastonbury there has a been good times around the corner that have blown it far far away.
I don't know much about AN, but I'm prepared to guess that the food stuff is irrational and based on underlying anxieties. My tips for keeping anxiety at bay - just like diabetics have to keep a tab on their blood sugar levels - make sure you are in touch with your mood. There are loads of places to 'escape' to at Glastonbury - go watch some circus, or a movie; meditate in the healing fields; do a craft activity in the green fields.
Green fields in general are a great place to be - relaxed pace of life, friendly, accepting people, and you'll even find the kind of food that will more readily present itself as 'safe' - basically hippy food! (which I happen to love). Also - the farmers market in Greenpeace area has plenty of local organic type food.
Get around the site - try to be open to possibilities - enjoy your festival!
(if health services threaten your festival - show them this thread!)
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Amazing news!
Once in the South East corner is it easy to move from Shangri La to The Common? Currently looking at
JFB > ASkillz vs Krafty Kuts > Roni Size > Ghetto Funk Allstars > Deekline & Ed Solo > Ratpack & Slipmatt
alternating between Hell Stage and Temple
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I'm not sure. We only have two booze shops here so either Bargain Booze or whatever the other one is called (think it's an independent one)
Thanks, really useful information. Hiring the private detective is going to take the edge off the bargain though.
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Makes a big difference if you can take a small camping stove with you. Then you're really in business.
I'm veggie, but stuff like this:
and this:
are light, cheap, simple to prepare, and don't need a fridge for storage.
Washing up is a complete pain in the arse no matter how you approach it.
The Krishna food is (to my taste) very good. Helps that I'm veggie I suppose, as it's similar to what I eat everyday anyway! I plan going there most days to be honest.
Spirits and cordial are the way to go drinks wise. Water is of course free and widely available so it makes sense to only carry on site the alcohol and concentrated flavour elements. Here's a tip - get more than one flavour of cordial or you will be mightily sick of whatever you chose after a couple of days. Also - I actually think it's worth spending an extra quid or so on a 'nice' cordial (I go all fancy lol) if it's the main thing you're going to be tasting over the whole of the festie - won't break the bank after all.
Your main problem is that your drinks will not be cold. May not seem like a big deal, but it really does become an irritant after a while. No quick fix for this, but I would recommend saving a bit of your budget for the occasional cold one from the bar.
It would be a shame to miss out on all the good food on offer, so I would try to save cash for at least one nice meal, perhaps on one of the later days.
Also, the cafe's and small outlets around green fields do the cheapest regular meals and snacks, with variable quality (but some excellent deals on offer if you hunt around).
Be (genuinely) nice to people, and they won't let you starve or be miserable, and they'll even give you some of their drugs. Think about what you have to offer other people, and good things (material and non-material) will come back to you. Here's some starters - smiles, hugs, a shoulder to cry on, jokes (good ones), going to see an obscure act with them that no-one else will bother with (people love that!), sharing good information.
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I love Mutoid. They, and similar artists, made my earliest trips to Glastonbury an other-wordly experience, in the mid-eighties when they were part of the traveller fields. I used to go to parties in London and around on the basis that they were doing the decor, rather than who the dj was, or whatever.
Their art isn't really that clever (machine made to look like an animal - again), and it's stuck in a rut (oh look it's the apocalypse!), but I don't care - their role is to open up spaces for play and exploration, and they do it brilliantly. I interact with people in a completely different way when I'm surrounded by robotic dinosaurs, and crash landed space ships.
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I'll give that a go. I certainly aim to be there. She deserves enormous respect.
Mind you, I can happily listen to the early stuff - I particularly like the track 'Why?', but I can understand why it's not everyone's cup of tea.
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Warm wine bothers me. As do people who piss on the loo seat. Anything else, not so much.
Loo seat??? You sure?
Anway... yeah I'm not bothered about most things on that list (except roping off, which I think is against every thing that's good about a festy). But then, I'm not overly bothered about rain an mud either. Prefer sunny and dry, just not a festy-killer for me if it's all sploshy.
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the c**ts in tutus at todays festival would not hesitate to behave in exactly the same way if they were ordered to by their superiors.
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The whole where to camp thing is very much over-hyped. Find a space that seems right for you. Enjoy your festival. Stagger back now and then to fetch goodie / catch a few z's. Forget that you were ever concerned about it.
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I'm not going to watch it now, cos I'm not in the right frame of mind. But I've seen it before, and it's an absolutely sickening display of state brutality. Chilling.
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I completely agree. Oh well.
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There's a track that comes off of the railway track heading south just before Unfairground. First landmark is the Magic Hat sauna, then a bit further down on the same side is the 50p tea place. All the food and drink around this area is the cheapest on site. Quality varies wildly, though good bargains can be found.
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The Glade!
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The water supply system at the festival is excellent, so you aren't particularly addressing a need. But, in any case, there is a controlled internal market for traders for basics like water, certain other drinks, etc. You can't just set up shop and source your own supplier.
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can I suggest that you get out more?
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Specials are amazing live - but just like how The XX don't play daytime shows, The Specials are best appreciated in a sweaty gig venue, not a wide open festival space. In their day they were better than great - one of the very best live acts I've seen. But like others I had to strain to approve of a modern day Specials sans Jerry Dammers. Take out Roddy and Neville as well, and frankly, it may be special - but it aint The Specials.
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2010 was a vintage year, so the subsequent ones have had slightly too much to live up to in some regards IMO.
Positives - the dance area has realised that it is miles behind the rest of the festival in terms of energy and creativity and has made a massive effort to amend this - not a roaring success by any means, but a definite step in the right direction. There is good food scattered around the site now (not literally!) - as others have said particularly delicious (and nutritious) munchies in the Greenpeace area. General festival good vibe is very much alive and well. The Common with an Aztec / Latin tilt is a riot of laffs and big beats.
Negatives - Southeast corner (with the exception of The Common) is heaving under the weight of its own success. It's now really hard IMO to have a great time there because of the queues, crowds, and touristic nature of the clientele. Arcadia has moved out - and lost its appeal to me, being used as a diversion to ease crowd flow. Block 9 has moved to a more prominent location, making London Underground a major roadblock. Unfairground has turned into a bit of a predictable tourist parade IMO. But - there's plenty of late night fun to be had elsewhere (particularly Green Futures).
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I'm still pressing F5 - my finger won't stop!!!! Anyone else got this problem?
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If people are good with computers, learn about DNS and make sure SeeTickets don't hit you with a duff IP and you'll get as many tickets as you want. They will effectively hit you with a IP address which doesn't even exist to effectively ban you hitting their servers and no matter how many times you hit F5 you ain't getting anywhere and doing no damage to See's servers. Get the correct IP for See's booking page, into your cache and BOOM you can have as many tickets as you want.
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I've tried gathering wisdom from this thread and got to about half-way down the second page by which time my brain was going in such tight circles I needed a lie down.
Would any kind person be able to distil the techy tips into a few bullet points for the techily-challenged amongst us?
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I accidently tried to get into the wrong tent this year (was same make, put up near mine after I'd left). Very embarassing, and I can't help think they may still consider that I was trying it on.
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I've just read that eating a burger.
Thanks mate
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You probably should pay council tax anyway, if you use any local services (rubbish collection, etc.). Nowt too evil in that.
Tips for a wet Glastonbury.
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