[Is this campsite a scam?]

11 hours ago, StoneCircle said:

They appear to be part of Yurtel - https://yurtel.co.uk/events/glastonbury-festival-glamping/

 

Drop Yurtel an email to check they are genuine. Please remember to report back! 😊

 

Ah now I have noticed that Yurtel may indeed be involved as Holt Farm has the same registered address as Yurtel in Marshfield.

 

If that's the case then it adds further credence to Holt Farm being a genuine option.

[Is this campsite a scam?]

11 hours ago, StoneCircle said:

They appear to be part of Yurtel - https://yurtel.co.uk/events/glastonbury-festival-glamping/

 

Drop Yurtel an email to check they are genuine. Please remember to report back! 😊

 

i might have missed your point but Yurtel is located further North of Holt Farm and not using same land afaik....I've marked where Holt Farm is on here.....

 

[Is this campsite a scam?]

11 hours ago, StoneCircle said:

 

There does appear to be a lot of empty field near Gate D but no idea if it is genuine. Have a look at this map - https://www.glastopedia.com/festivals/2023/satellite 

Maybe a local can assist @parsonjack @pilton diggerany idea? 

 

Looks to be genuine imho....the location is on land just East of Holt Farm, which itself is at the end of Holt Lane off Stickleball Lane. 

 

I'm not sure I fully believe all the 'luxury' claims but for pitch your own very near to Gate D it's a bit of a steal at £350 inc parking compared to other such sites.

[Taylor swift]

"The Manuscript" is up there with the best things she's ever written imho.  It's a proper beauty 👌

[Peeing your pants]

Another Stones story here.....went to the front with 2 pints to last through Elvis Costello, Primals and the Stones.  Necked them before Primals finished and realised I'm then stuck until after the Stones.  I'm probably the only person in history to have wished Mick would hurry up and close the set.  To find I then had to take a further 45 mins to get off the field and to the nearest urinal was utter torture.

 

Never again.

 

For Elton I took a single pint plus a water bottle I could use if needed.  It wasn't.

[Glastocam!]

Cherry picker has been moved to underneath Pyramid this morning.....suggests annual inspection about to commence pre-dressing.

[Site changes for 2024 …]

4 hours ago, al_coholic said:

So wonder if The Brewery will replace either The Cornish Arms (or whatever that first place along there was called) or that bar that replaced the Rock the Kasbah further along. (which was a terrible shame). 

I really hope the Cornish isn't disappearing.....Sunday morning Bloody Mary in the Cornish is a Glastonbury tradition for us!

[Glastocam!]

1 minute ago, compactdisc said:

From some sleuthing, it didn't go up until 11:35 on 8 June last year (and wasn't there at all in previous years).

 

https://www.tievolu.co.uk/glasto/GlastoWebcamTool.html?2023-06-08T11:35:00&x=8919.54&y=1760.43&z=0.4973 (you can flick backwards to see it 'disappear')

It's appeared in the last hour....could we be about to see something posted on there? 🤔

[Glastocam!]

4 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

It’s where they were putting posters last year including “There is no pattern”

The key thing is that it wasn't there on the last webcam shot on 15th March!

 

[Glastocam!]

6 hours ago, Cheesey said:

Unless it's on the building I mentioned, but on a pole now so it can see over the roof. There's something that looks like the shadow of a pole on the Google Maps satellite images here:

 

Yes I think you're right....the shadow would be right for a pole there rather than where I thought 👍

[Glastocam!]

6 minutes ago, Cheesey said:

I think the webcam is here:

 

 

 

Happy to be corrected though.

 

It was definitely in this location at one point:

 

 

 

Ooh interesting....could be but the only thing is that in that spot it's mainly south facing and the end of the building makes the very far right view (where you can see Steanbow dairy unit and across the A361...) very difficult.

[Glastocam!]

2 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

I think the webcam is a bit in thr middle of nowhere, by the biomass thing? Probably building a new shed or something in the vicinity. 

I'm pretty sure it's on a pole where I've marked below.....the view directly towards the Tor is across the silage clamp which you can see is empty on the Google Maps image below.  Stands to reason that if there is work going on with the shed then it'll be off/down I guess.

[Food Traders 2024.]

1 minute ago, balti-pie said:

Reluctantly, i will take on the job of Pudding chaser, and will comb the site on monday and tuesday ahead of gate opening to find out what other goodies could potentially be at least a part replacement for the Crumble Shack. They'd best bring their A game though. 

This is above and beyond.

God Speed @balti-pie🙏

[Food Traders 2024.]

1 hour ago, moogster said:

(Someone twitted Billy Bragg)

I did.  He's replied asking what has happened so I've told him it's a guess that they didn't get a pitch approved, and that I expect an ode to be written and debuted on Friday in Left Field.

[Food Traders 2024.]

Tragic news...... there will be no Crumble Shack at Glasto this year.

It's over 😭

[LAWKS! It's the next announcement thread]

42 minutes ago, Robofish said:

12 weeks? Is that enough time for the ground to firm up? I may need to revise the packing list.

Once the rain eases off a little and the water table drops a few inches it'll only take a few windy days to dry sufficiently to avoid a quagmire.  It could probably sheet down until a week before gates open and still be fine if the weather did an about turn at that point.

[Glasto is great and I've paid my balance!]

As a pensioner I'm waiting until Sunday to pay 2 x balances and get the 47p interest I can earn between now and then.

 

[2023 Traffic Management Plan]

Schedule 7 of the 2023 Traffic Management Plan (linked at start of thread) refers to prohibiting a right turn from the A361 into A37 from 0800 on the Monday before the festival.

The right turn in question is required to get to East CV parking if you were to approach Eastbound from Glastonbury and through Pilton village.  Although the main A361 Eastbound through the village may itself be open you may find that on reaching the junction you were then forced to take a left turn towards Shepton Mallet, and to then do a 360 at the next island to then head south down the A37 (past the junction you've just turned left at ...) towards East CV access.

This would not be a significant diversion and assuming light traffic on Tuesday would be feasible for you 

Your alternative idea of heading South East to Baltonsborough to then join A37 northbound would also be feasible as this route is not subject to any closures, but is a longer route.

[2023 Traffic Management Plan]

1 hour ago, Rula912 said:

Is there a map anywhere of the roads around that are closed on the Tuesday before the festival please.  All the links are orders.  TIA 😊

Not aware of any map.... although I seem to remember someone on here marked them all up a few years back.

Is there any particular route etc that you're interested in?  Being local I might be able to advise.....

[Site changes for 2024 …]

3 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

I think that's mostly because there's no Info on new stuff.

Patience.

[Site changes for 2024 …]

23 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Wasn't it just the same thing but called Queens Head because it was sponsored by Q magazine?

Yes....where the Crown was sponsored by Budweiser if I remember correctly.

[Glasto is sh*t and I'm not paying my balance. Definitely not trying in October.]

Just now, croiz said:

I was promised a monorail... LIES!

Talking of lies Eavis say's "It'll be the best one ever" every year, and it never is.  Charlatan.

[Glasto is sh*t and I'm not paying my balance. Definitely not trying in October.]

24 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

And stop this stupid ticket day sale thing. Get back to the days when you just had to stay for days on end  on the streets waiting in a ticket queue  Did that often myself in Glasgow and didn’t do me any harm 

Chair w*nkers even then. Jeez. 

[Glasto is sh*t and I'm not paying my balance. Definitely not trying in October.]

...and what's with all this push to fill the place with girl bands?  Every bloke knows there's been no decent music from any chick since The Reynolds Girls aced it with "I'd Rather Jack" in 1989.

F*cks sake.

[Site changes for 2024 …]

The glass stacking units appeared on site after the 2023 festival, and we've had news since that Genosys will reappear in 2024, so I'm sticking with the reborn Genosys theory myself.  They're essentially just dumped inside Gate C alongside prefabricated stairs and a couple of pallets of bits and bobs so it looks myself very much like they were delivered and are now just waiting to be shifted into place during this years build tbh rather than having been already used on site for 2023.