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We went straight from Dave and it was hectic on the left hand side of the field, once we got threw the crowd though the right hand side by the toilets wasn't busy at all, we managed to walk all the way to the front of the tent on the right hand side, then cut in about say 30/40 rows back was very busy but enough space to stand comfortably.
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4 hours ago, blutarsky said:
Winners for me:
- Anker powerbank. Charged three phones twice each and still on 3/4 bars power coming home.
- Electrolyte tabs - helped the hangover and the magnesium stopped my aching jaw from getting worse...
Duffs:
- Space blanket on tent - did nothing to help.
I bought the £15 survival blanket thing off amazon someone posted in here, and it did really help, or at least I think it did, tent was never unbearable warm.
I annoyingly left it behind though after packing my tent up, should of put it straight in the tent bag, will likely get another one for my next festival.
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For me its easily the worst stage at the festival, always has been the years I've been.
I'd say always avoid it unless theres someone you really want to see, and if there is someone you want to see, get a space infront of the sound desk and as far forward as you can.
I always find theres no atmosphere in any part of the field behind the sound desk, and the sound is patchy and travels bad over it, while in the Pyramid field you can chill really far back and enjoy pretty much anyone thats on, sitting back in the other stage field is just a waste of time.
I stood about 15 rows infront of the desk for Dave and it was great, watched the Chemical Brothers to the right of the desk about say another 20 people away, and the sound was patchy some times a decent volume other times sounding at about half the volume of what Dave seemed at.
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Looked great but the times I went by it, it was playing heavy jungle music or some other hardcore like genre I can't describe.
When venues like The Temple, Downlow and the likes of Gas Works in Shangri la have more bigger established acts on, I think people where just stopping for a look then moving on to takes the chanes with other venues.
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37 minutes ago, LeeHC said:
Well I never
I don't think its been there every year but couldnt be certain tbh
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More wood chippings/bark down in places they know will get muddy before it starts to actually get muddy.
NYC Downlow expanded.. The sitting area is already right there easy enough to expand the dancefloor over them ways...
Improvements to Silver Hayes, more seating, another bar, more toilets etc
More seating where possible in the common/shangrila.. that area of dead space by the hill in the common leading to shangri la could do with benches even a bar
Proper stewarding in the car parks from early on Monday morning, some car parks take houuurrrs to empty before a steward shows up and starts directing the lines of cars that form.
Later opening times for pretty much everywhere in the park, would help towards dplitting the crowds.
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19 minutes ago, gordong said:
£2.10, but they were scanning at £2 when I bought loads last week. Wish I’d managed to stock up on the 4 for 3 deal but they were completely sold out of any decent flavours any time I looked.
Thanks, will stock up on a handful sometime this week, another 4 for 3 deal would of been grest just before glasto haha
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Does anyone know what price m&s are currently doing there cocktails cans for?
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5 hours ago, fb86 said:
Also my first year in a Tipi! (Dont know how I manage to snag one in the resale)
I have always taken a tent so is there any tips or any recommendations with the Tipis? Anything you should bring and are the showers worth it? are there going to be massive queues?
I think we are going to go Thursday as im getting old and can't handle 5 nights b2b sessions.
cheers
Cant wait now!
The showers are definitely worth it upto Friday I'd say, but the ques are just stupid beyond that, you'll save yourselves hours if you just walk along to lost horizons or sams magic hat.
Definitely go the Wednesday, just have a quite one...
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Where parking in the Disabled parking this year and expect to arrive around 7am Wednesday morning, its our first time parking here, just wondering if anyone could say if this is a good time to arrive, shall we leave abit later closer to the gates opening times? Don't want to wait too long queing up this year if possible
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Where parking in the Disabled Car Park this year, expect to arrive about 7am, first time parking here, coukd anyone tell us if it get busy at a specific time, or if theres a preferable time to arrive?
We may try and get there a little earlier, but don't want to wait too long for the gates to open etc
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Camp bed, with self inflating mat on top!
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On 6/2/2019 at 2:04 PM, scaryclaireyfairy said:
I hummed and hawed about one of those but wondered if the teeny wee feet would just sink into anything short of concrete or hard baked ground. What do you reckon?
There alright really, if the ground is really soft and the chair sinks, there's always a empty cup or can nearby that you can put the sink leg on.
I never bothered bringing chairs to the festival before I got one of them, small and light enough to fit into the cheap backpacks out of decathlon with a few cans etc
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If theres someone you really want to see there I'd say get there at least an hour and a half before they start if its in the night.
Wed/Thurs arent so bad for queing and the only days we bother going.
Shame they have stopped the moustache hack, but remember last festival there was no re-entry if you had one of the fake muzzys Saturday night as it was that busy, will be intresting to see what they replace the muzzys with, shane as I've just ordered a sheet of them
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10 hours ago, DJL said:
So you can go back and forth from Downlow to the Meat Rack whenever you feel... and there are toilets inside?
Yea you can go back and forth Mest Rack is really small though, brilliant if a decent dj gets the room going.
There only a few actual toilets (maybe 4?) last time, so there was bigs ques for them, urinals though for men.
2 hours ago, Upside down frowner said:Does the seating bit on the left as you walk in have different music or just a chill out area?
Same music I think, always think that its a waste of space though and they should oncrease the dancer floor amd the capacity with it in that direction
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I remember on at least 2 occasions walking the back way into Shangrila definitely not in 2017, but one maybe 2 of 14/15/16, was that ever actually a proper path or did we end up getting there and just not being stopped?, we come out behind the toilets near rocket lounge, guess we must of walked through the Craft fields first definitely never went onto the railway line.
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The Bethlehem Casuals
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£5 pretty much the universal price for a pint at a festival nowadays, expecting the price will either be a fiver or £5.50
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The naked spring near the bottom of the Tor is worth a visit/dip, imagine it shuts early afternoon though.
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Make the most out of the showers the first 2 days, there the best I've used on site, but are far to busy to bother using from Thursday onwards, not sure what time they open but we went to go after straight after a night out early hours saturday morning and the que was already 20 people deep, with each tipi being allowed to bring 2 guests into the tipi field, heard the que was 2 hours long at some times.
Far easier and quicker to make the short walk Sams Magic Hat if you want to get a shower from Thursday onwards and not waste hours of your day.
Couldn't really tell you the best spot to choose a tipi, but with only 1 entrance to the field, I'd opt for one close but not too close to the entrace if you could, the area infront of the toilets was swamp like when we stayed so stay away frok there haha
Definitely bring ear plugs aswell the sound from The Park is really loud early morning.
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1 hour ago, Matt - Ed Banger Records said:
I saw them on the tour last April, thought it was really good? I find Brixton to be one of the worst venues in London for sound and didn't think it was too bad for The Streets. The performance was great though, and the setlist was wall-to-wall bangers, so they will smash it wherever they play at Glastonbury.
Tbh I seen them 3 times over the last 3 tours (all in Manchester) and the sound/musically wasn't exactly the best, but the atmosphere more than makes up for it, hope the crowd in glasto can match there energy.
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I'd prefer him to headline West Holts, selfishly just because getting to the south east corner after seeing a JP headliner would be a nightmare?
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About 3 crates of the new Corona cans and then a mixture of about 12 other cans for me.
Freeze them before leaving and keep them a decent cooler bag topped with ice, stay cool for pretty much the end of the festival.
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worth it with kids?
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Depends on alot of factors I'd say, I wouldn't take kids until they where grown out of needing a pram/buggy etc
The looks of 'please kill me' you see on parents when theres a muddy year and there trying to navigate the somme with toddlers in tow is priceless?