Lycra

The carrot and stick approach to car v coach penalises a great many people who cannot travel by coach due to lack of services. There is a limit to how many coaches can be run.

Wouldn't this disenfranchise those who don't have smart phones or printers?

Strong rumour it's John Otway 😉

We reconfirmed within 24hrs after waiting for the queue to subside. Didn't bother updating our photos. Now hoping this exercise by SEE helps reduce demand on ticket day. It will catch a fair few out!

The only data you my be able to get is the number of coaches run on Wednesday and on Thursday. This data doesn't give any provide any indication of traveller preference as festival goers chase tickets against dwindling availability. Many have to accept second, third and even fourth travel options altering pick up point and date. And many many many more (probably the majority) are left ticketless.

No tricks really. Just a matter of getting enough people to try to get tickets for you. And be flexible on your pick up point and day if you do get on the ticket booking site. Based on previous years and the excess demand you've probably got a 10-20% chance of getting passed the ticket holding page and onto the actual booking site.

We can all stop wondering. I've had a Glasto merch email which also states GLASTONBURY 2024 DATES CONFIRMEDAs lots of you have been asking, we're happy to confirm that next year's Glastonbury will take place from Wednesday, June 26th to Sunday, June 30th 2024.

West parking is best for Hitchen

You can pay cash at east parking. Head for that

You will not be allowed to drive to gate A as no vehicles other than coaches and shuttle buses are permitted in this area. It is also not possible to stop your vehicle and park near A (within 2 miles plus), other than in the official car park [which costs £60]. You need to walk from Willow Meadows to the box office at Gate A, where you can pick up your ticket. You can then enter the festival at Gate A. When you leave to go back to Willow Meadows use Gate D. Re-enter and exit via D thereafter.

M5 to Bridgwater then A39 to Glastonbury onto the A361 to get to the festival from the west. You will be directed by the stewards to park either pink or orange, depending which car park they are filling. You will have no choice in where you park. If parked in pink expect a 30mins plus walk to gate D

Gaffa tape is your friend

Scenario Person turns up claiming to have lost ticket. Old one cancelled as no entry logged. New ticket issued and entry granted. Some time later person turns up with the genuine and now cancelled ticket and is refused entry.

Having a photo of the ticket may help as it proves entitlement but at the same time also turns into a negative as it proves delivery. Safekeeping of the ticket being the responsibility of recipient.

Only See can tell you. Only glasto lost ticket reports/posts I can recall that have had positive outcome end with "I've found it"

Your best hope is to find the ticket. Contacting See is a good idea but prepare for disappointment. Official policies are very hard to overturn. Maybe tweet Emily Eavis?

People do join the queue and have group members join them later but it depends where they are in the queue. If your in the zig-zags or a barriered section then it simply may not be possible due to the volume of people.

Having read the lost ticket policy it is clear that a lost ticket will not be replaced and no ticket means no entry. Having stated this clearly a trip to the box office to plead the case seems futile as they will apply policy. The box office is for ticket collection and there will be no ticket for your friend to collect. If they did encourage people to turn up claiming to have tickets but lost them the system would be open to abuse. Unless someone who has been in a similar situation can report a positive outcome, then travel by your lost ticket friend will only result in huge disappointment. Sorry but it seems he/she is f**ked. Ps. It's not possible for the public to drive to gate A and there is no free parking (all laybys and side roads closed with marshals) within a mile or more of the festival.

Big Ground, as with all the other areas around the Pyramid, is just as popular and busy as Cockmill. If you can't get there at a reason time (in by lunchtime Wednesday at the very latest) I'd aim for Wicket, parking accordingly. The worst thing to do is park east, find no camping space and then have to trudge across to the west side of the site.

Williams Green, as it was, is no more. Replaced by Carhenge

Obviously you've not heard of the "Hill of Death" then 🫢

Glasto and Princess's do not compute. They are incompatible.

Determining your route always begins with the question " where do we want to camp?" and with a secondary question "when can we arrive?" East parking gives access to the camping near the Pyramid stage but all east camping areas fill rapidly. West parking gives access to the majority of the camping space and here there will be sites available even for Friday arrivals.

Not from what I've been told by my friend who's been volunteering every year since 2010. She's done traffic stewarding for the last 3 or 4 festivals and reckons the car access to orange is closed once pink is opened up to protect pedestrians. Festival goers parking in pink having to walk through orange to either gate A or D.

It's a nice ambition and certainly doable. I'd begin with sharing your ambition with your prospective stags as some will be more receptive than others. I'd have no problem rustling up a dozen mates for a weekend in Prague, Estonia etc. Mention Glasto and camping and it's a totally different result.