[Will I need to take a mallet?]

Take a mallet. If you push your pegs in with your foot you'll just bend a few, and that's no good to anybody.

[advice for newbies]

Great thread, there's a lot of stuff here I'd forgotten, and I'm a grizzled veteran!

One good tip for everyone; empty your wallet of things you won't need.

If it gets lost or stolen it'll save a bit of hassle. My wallet now contains my cash card, driving license, blood donor card (it has my blood type written on it, could be useful in an emergency) and cash. I really don't need to take my library card with me

Edit: taking my RAC card, too.

[I *will* find the underground piano bar this year…]

If you do find it or indeed any other cool/interesting stuff (and you've got a fancy phone) then don't forget you can use http://glastomap.com to share a location with others

[Food budget - adults not youths!]

Why adults not youths?

[The Phoenix spreads it's wings ....]

Hmm, is it me or is the mixing desk a lot shorter this year? Or do they plan on building the top layers over the next day or two?

[What is Bump & Grind?]

If you have to ask…

[Nearest car park to gate D coming from Newcastle]

A1 to junction 35 -> M18 southbound

M18 to M1

M1 to J23a -> A42

A42 to M42

M42 to M5 southbound

M5 to J23 -> A39

A39 through Street to Glastonbury (town)

A361 to Pilton.

That's the way I always go.

[Food budget - adults not youths!]

Can be anywhere from about £5-£8 for an average meal. It goes without saying that the further from the main stages you get the cheaper the food is, and it's often nicer too In 2011 I paid £8 for a pie, mash, peas, and onion gravy at Pie Minister, which is in the more expensive part I'd say... but is delicious!

I'm not taking any food at all this year and I'm budgeting about £20 a day for food, hope that helps !

[How to stop People tripping over Guide Ropes?]

You can rip a white plastic bag into strips and tie them to the guy ropes. They'll still be visible at night.

Like others have said, only use the ones you absolutely need. Guy ropes are to stop your tent blowing away in high wind. We aren't going to be getting much of that in a valley in Somerset in June (well, touch wood).

[Glastonbury Quiz]

19/25, not bad!

[I *will* find the underground piano bar this year…]

Wheres the sauna? and the railway tunnel?

Yeah I've also been meaning to watch the sunrise at the Stone Circle for a while but never managed it so far!

[I *will* find the underground piano bar this year…]

I haven't seen the Stone Dragon though...where's that?

And also what other things are there on the Glastonbury Bucket List?

[Ok, here we go.]

[I *will* find the underground piano bar this year…]

I always mean to look for it but never find the time. Or, the only time I remember about it is when I'm at the opposite end of the site.

It's in Dragon field, yeah? Up to the stone circle, hang a left through the trees and then in there somewhere? Or does it move about year to year?

I found the stone dragon in the stream last time I went, there's not many things I still need to cross off my glasto bucket list.

Edit: Also, how come my avatar doesn't animate any more? It used to be the cider bus speeding along a dusty track but now it's just a still

[Curated Glastonbury Twitter list - suggestions welcome]

Great idea! Sub'd.

[Worthy FM]

Ooh, thanks for the reminder, BH. I'll make a note to tune my car radio before I set off. It's the only thing to listen to when getting close to the site.

[Kids Cart Pimping!]

Thanks!

I'm going to cover it in solar powered fairy lights at night so you should be able to see it at the other end of the old railway track!

[Kids Cart Pimping!]

Here's mine...

[Budget sleeping bag]

If you have a Go Outdoors store near you I'd recommend looking at their own Hi Gear brand of budget camping gear. It's all really well made and cheap too. Everything in the store has a retail price and a discount price. to get the discount you need to buy a discount card, but that's only £4, as long as you're getting more than that off the price you're ok. (and it's usually quite a bit, I bought some £100 hiking boots for £55).

here's the Hi Gear sleeping bags, tons of them are under £20 - http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/camping/sleeping-bags/hi-gear/sort/2

[the 'official' eFestivals Cider Bus meet thread]

Jeez, some blasts from the past on here to night. Looking forward to meeting you all, hopefully I won't bottle it again this year!

[ATMs]

Up by the farmhouse are the free ones, but get busy, jp tent ones are not free but I haven't seen much of a queue there

[Backache at Glastonbury]

Hope everything will be fine. I broke my kneecap 6 weeks before glastonbury in '07 and though I was off my crutches by then I still couldn't kneel down (which is kinda essential in my little dome tent). The one time I slipped in the mud I put my foot down hard so I wouldn't fall; I nearly fell over anyway when the pain shot through my knee

[Melody's Echo Chamber]

Yeah, I keep hearing the single on 6Music. I'll definitely be going.

[Weather]

Plus countryfile is tradition now... Knowing loads of other glasto goers are also tuned in makes it feel like we are nearly there.

Which we are. Hold tiiiight!

[Car Parks 8pm Tuesday night? Confirmed yet?]

This is the first time doing the go-tuesday-night thing. I'm setting off from Newcastle early evening to arrive in the east car parks after midnight so I can just go straight to sleep in the car.

I've done west car parks every year that I've driven so far but after getting stuck in the worlds biggest tailback in '09 (it started on M5 at lunchtime and continued on up the A39 and A361 through Glastonbury town. We got on site at about 9pm, bloody ridiculous), I'm trying out something new.