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So expect stewards shouting 'you shall not pass!" at us when vehicles are coming through 😉

Probably yes - better for vehicle access on the track that runs along the river if it's on the left as you come in from the camping

Ooh love a 4-poster 😄 So trying to figure that out - is the entrance back into the campsites straight ahead between the two tents?

My boots are from waterproof now but no way I'm wearing wellies! If it's anything like my garden I expect the ground is pretty soft, but the forecast is looking drier now so hopefully improving..

This has played out many times over the years - the list of 'alienated contributors' is long The forum is still here. Just sayin

El Nino is forecast to form in the pacific in the coming months (ending 3 years of La Nina conditions) which will doubtless raise global av temps as it always does (barring a volcanic eruption) but it's not a factor for UK weather predicting that I'm aware of. There was a strong El Nino in 1998 that was dubbed 'the El Nino of the century' - glastonbury was a mudbath

Maybe both? 😄

2 weeks! Can't wait No let up in the showery weather we've been having in the forecast - brace for a muddy one! 😄

I've been doing both for years and love the contrast - it's like the perfect antidote to glastonbury! 🙂

Calling 4cm 'entry level' is strange to me (some of the most expensive ones are quite thin!) but I guess it depends what factors you base your choice on. The bigger and thicker you go the bulkier it gets. I get on fine with mine that is a similar size - it keeps me off the ground which is the main thing. A foam matt is another bulky item (I usually have a rubber backed travel rug underneath to protect the groundsheet mostly, and adds a bit of extra insulation). I can fold the matt in half length ways, roll it up and it fits in the bottom pocket of my rucksack. Any bigger and that wouldn't be do-able

Yes 1998 - I didn't attend the first one and recall after the festival talk about jazzworld backstage bar? I resolved to not miss it in 1999

Hello Breeze from the past! Still using the same logo I see 😉

lol, readers should note I 'got in' at Neil's invitation to have a look at the new shiney thing (i think we were in the chat room at the time). Naturally I took the opportunity to register my username - and Neil hasn't stopped grumbling about it ever since 😆

On wednesday I was disembarking from the car, trolley packed - check, rucksack on - check, windows shut - check, and set off. One of young group of lads sitting in the boot of a car shouted over - mate you've left something behind! I went and picked up said left item, put it over my shoulder and called back to the lad - don't worry it's only my camera bag! He laughed but I wish I'd thanked him more and wished him an especially good festival

3 x complete trolley/barrow wheels and tyre with inner tube.

Uh-oh I wouldn't go that far darling :) xx

Don't worry about it, half a dozen, it's perfectly normal. People have been giving up going to glastonbury for decades.

Excellent framing sir - nailed it

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I take a chair and a stool just for the tent - it's nice to be able to put your feet up and a stool is a good general pupose thing to have - serves as a table for your phone whatever. And a small frisbee - general pupose flat surface item

This is a good way to go if you can do it. The rules I used to live by was one trip only, and whatever you do don't be a mule for other people's stuff! That last part has gone out of the window for me though in recent years (and thereby the first part too) due to girlfriend/friends from abroad arriving on the bus and I became the lead party setting up camp taking in multiple tents - sigh. This year for a change I only had one tent to take in, but gf still arrives seperately on the bus so I still carry the bulk of the load for the two of us and requires two trips if we're to have our own booze and keep the bar bill down.

Well then my extra advice would be - don't be so inflexible.

The site there is a real localized dead spot for all the other networks so fair enough to have someone come in and provide that option I guess. I have an unlocked phone and an EE payg sim for when O2 croaks but I still have to pay for that.

Looks like you drive in from the east and so a natural east car parker I guess but the east side is much higher than the west side where the car parks are pretty much on the same level as PGA . Perhaps consider taking everything you need for wednesday in one trip and doing the 2nd trip on thursday when re-entry is much easier and you've recovered from the slog of tuesday/wednesday. I drive in from the west and park in the west but regardless, I had my own chaotic entry this year that led to me to doing loads more walking dragging my truck than really necessary (short version - set off for PGD and then made snap decision to switch to PGA) and got frazzled dragging my stuff across to the site to the south side. I did a 2nd trip on thursday which was a doddle compared to the trauma of wednesday (just a rucksack, no trolley). And always only one trip out on Monday!

Carriers CAN make agreements but that doesn't mean there is cross connectivity everywhere. This is obvious from experience eg mobile phone coverage being rubbish at Bearded Theory except for EE (which still struggled for data at times) - that was just EE living up to it's rep as the best for coverage in rural areas, not event masts put in.