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Emergency train timetable for dealing with strike is due to be published today so keep an eye out. The industry has already said most services will be curtailed with no trains whatsoever on many routes.

If plan B involves the taking the train bear in mind we have a national rail strike next week which is disrupting many travel plans

Stressful or what! Others have given good advice on pursuing SEE and especially RM. In your final paragraph however you alluded to turning up at the fest with proof purchase and id......Not sure this is a good idea as you're extremely unlikely to be allowed in. You do need to resolve through SEE and RM.

Have you thought about a Plan B? In addition to the driver not giving you the tickets before departure....and nearly all don't, despite pleas.....drivers operate to passenger manifests. They may let your wife on but refuse to carry your child. Also if the your plan A works as you are hoping what will your wife do when she arrives at the festival. Will she have to hang around the coach park waiting for you to arrive?

I think you're taking a big risk and flirting with disappointment. Whilst some drivers are relaxed about issuing tickets the majority stick to the rules....and some behave like your worst nightmare of a traffic warden. With children along you need certainty, not flying by the seat of your pants. If you look at other threads you see accounts of how drivers operate.

As others have said..... Tickets are strictly Non-transferable At this stage and unless insurance has been taken out on the ticket, no refund is due. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news 😣

This seems a serious oversight in planning. After all its only 7 days before it all begins. Do you have to bring the children? You both need to be on the coach to get your tickets and cannot just turn up to the coach expecting there to be seats for your children. SEE would not say the coach is full if it wasn't. If you really need to bring your children the only way is to purposely miss the coach and make your own way to the festival; relying on the coach driver to put your tickets in the box office. The latter though is not guaranteed as their have been cases of tickets not being handed in by coach drivers or being lost. From numerous threads I read here and on other forums it appears more and more people want to bend festival rules to suit themselves. As stated by @incident, coach ticket rules are in place to comply with the festival's operating license. Peeps flauting the rules in significant numbers will cause operating issues, these may lead to stricter enforcement and could even endanger license renewal.

Aside from using a pop-up, practise it until you know exactly what you're doing. And include everyone in this so you have no lemons standing around watching!

All the areas on the east side surrounding the Pyramid are pretty much full by Wednesday afternoon but that doesn't stop the latecomers trying to squeeze a small tent on a disagreeable spot, e.g. extreme slope or right next to the bogs or walkway etc. Same applies for all the fields close to the Other Stage and Park, viz: Oxylers, Pennards, Park Home etc. Later arrivals are best using the West car parks because the west and north side of the festival site will still have space available. Enter via gates A or D and a friendly steward will be around with a map showing which fields have space. The north fields of Lime Kiln and the top of Hitchen usually have space, though less so on the latter. In the west space should be found on Darble, Rivermead, Bushy, Dairy, Paines, Back House, Baileys and South Park.

One of our crew been volunteering at the fest for the last decade and has done gate entry. From her recounts they seem to catch a significant number of people falsely trying to get in. At the end of the day though it's all down to luck of the draw but with a very high chance you could end up stranded outside the gates. If you do get pulled up be prepared to be taken to an area where you will be asked to prove who you purport to be by providing further picture id such as a driving license.

Them there are coach drivers who scrutinise every ticket and act like traffic wardens. It's luck of the draw.

As others have confirmed, Wicket is the family camping on the west side. It is not too far from gate A. You do not need touch the west parking area as your coach will arrive at the festival bus station and coach goers will join their own separate queue system at gate A. This is distinct from those arriving by car and using gate A. Entry for coach arrivals is generally quicker than for those arriving by car as coach arrival times are staggered as best they can be to manage queues and prevent overcrowding in what is comparatively small area. Finally, for those wishing to arrive by coach and camp at Cockmill, it's quite a hike across the site both down and uphill on rough tracks.

Both family camping fields are on slopes, just don't camp in a hollow esp if you use Wicket. Cockmill being next to the Kidz area and Pyramid gets very busy. Space there is at a premium by lunchtime Wednesday so if you're not planning to arrive Wednesday morning you can almost rule out camping here. Cockmill is also quite noisy. Wicket is on the other side of the site and it is best to use the west car parking and gate A. [East parking is best for Cockmill as its just inside gate B]. Wicket fills up much slower and is much quieter. Space is normally still available on Thursday.

It's down to the day. Seen big queues for general admin at both A & D. The only priority at Gate A is for coach arrivals where entry is through a separate channel. And as coach arrivals are staggered to prevent overcrowding in the bus park, entry via the coach channels at A are generally much quicker than through the channel of arrivals from the car park. If I were choosing I would opt forD but be prepared to switch to A if D queues are mahoosive

Stewards do ask to see festival tickets on entry to the car park so I would be prepared to provide some evidence you have tickets e.g. See order print-off. And after explaining you are internationals they should be able to direct you on the safest and best way to the box office. [Your Aus accent should help 🤣]

A damp flannel kept in a reasonable (& recyclable) bag is the ultimate environmentally friendly wet wipe. The modern shop bought ones laced in plastic are a convenience for the lazy.

I thought it was a harsh but valid point made by @CauliflowerEar. The history shows the OP knowingly booked a coach package in the resale from Lincoln for his girlfriend when they are actually based in London and was seemingly economical with the truth when asking for assistance.

From experience doing the fest by coach the limiting factor on any plan is the capacity to carry gear. This could curtail your booze ambitions.

Surely he needs to get a pass out at Gate C and walk through the campervan fields to the entry gate?

Case of we know what we voted for but now it's here we don't like it. Reap what you sow. The Glasto community is a friendly bunch who really try to help out....but there are limits 🙈🙉🙊

If there is no alternative which eliminates the risk then all you can do is go ahead with your travel plan. At this stage no strike dates have been decided and be aware that the union has to give 7 days notice of a strike. So potentially industrial action could begin from early June onwards.

I don't think the RMT give 2 hoots to who they will be disrupting. The aim of a strike is to cause maximum disruption so the bosses sit up and take notice.

It's hard enough to get the driver to hand the ticket of a no-show the lead booker (v low probability) so hoping it will be handed to some random person (even if they have some evidence - which could be faked) is totally wishful. As advised earlier, see the thread discussing missing the coach. You both really do need to make the effort to be on the coach. If you had flagged this issue up with See earlier there is a chance they would have been able to chance your travel arrangements to a London coach.

No, you will be directed by the stewards to the field they are parking cars up. Traffic is controlled for the duration of the festival with no transit through Pilton. Arrive from Frome/Shepton, you will be directed to an east car park. Arrive from Glastonbury, you will be directed to a West car park.

Then there's no need for 2 campervan passes.