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  1. Advice on camping spot

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    14 hours ago, RoddyB said:

    Hi guys,

    On the East side - would Big Ground work?  Seems like there's more option on the East side.

    Thanks for any answers - see u guys there!!

    Typo?   There's far more options on the west side. Also the east fills up much quicker

  2. Camping for late arrivals

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    32 minutes ago, highwater said:

    Any recommendations where there will still be good space to camp for a very late Thursday arrival? Has anyone arrived on a Friday morning before and can advise? 
     

    will places like Darble still have lots of room or will it be a case of walking various fields looking for a spot (which I’m trying to avoid after a long days travel)? 
     

    slightly worried that half of pylon is now staff camping which has removed a huge area that side of the festival. 

    Have a look at the stewards boards as you go in as they will show where space is. You should be ok with Darble but should also find room in the fields on the western fringe, viz: Rivermede, Bushy, Back House, Dairy, Bailey's, Rigs etc

  6. No way to bring kids

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    17 hours ago, dekteon said:

    Thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out

    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. 

  7. No way to bring kids

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    1 hour ago, dekteon said:

    Yes we've decided pretty much that's going to be our strategy. I've made arrangements for 2 of us to get to Glasto by alternative means, we're going to Castle Cary and taking a shuttle from there. Here's hoping it works out.

    A couple of people have accused us of bad planning in not making arrangements for the kids sooner. Initially we'd planned for just my wife and I to go, and her parents would mind the kids, but then unforeseen circumstances meant that it made more sense to bring the kids. And now I really want them to go, I think they'll love it

    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

  8. Royal Mail have delivered tickets to wrong address / they have been stolen

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    8 hours ago, giftedmango said:

    Really at a loss here so any advice majorly appreciated!

    Royal Mail claim to have delivered our 2x tickets, but the signature on the tracking is not ours and we have no idea what happened to the tickets. They were not delivered to us or neighbours.

    Going to speak to See Tickets tomorrow but doubt they'll be very helpful. Going to also go to RM local office tomorrow but feel they will also be unhelpful.

    We've got all the booking emails, bank statements, our photos were uploaded so shouldn't be an issue proving who we are if we did go down to Glasto, but would be gutted to make the 4 hour trip and not get in - major stress and not sure what to do!? 😞

     

     

     

    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.

  9. No way to bring kids

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    7 hours ago, dekteon said:

    Thanks for all the advice everyone. I think our best bet is to go to the coach and explain the situation to the driver. Hopefully he will give us our tickets before departure and then my wife and 2-year-old can travel on the coach, while I make my own way with our 4-year-old. The National Express coaches seem to be all booked. Does anyone know what the situation is with the 376 to Glastonbury, I'm sure that will be packed too. Is it a case of first come first served?

    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? 

  10. No way to bring kids

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    5 hours ago, dekteon said:

    Thanks for all the advice everyone. I think our best bet is to go to the coach and explain the situation to the driver. Hopefully he will give us our tickets before departure and then my wife and 2-year-old can travel on the coach, while I make my own way with our 4-year-old. The National Express coaches seem to be all booked. Does anyone know what the situation is with the 376 to Glastonbury, I'm sure that will be packed too. Is it a case of first come first served?

    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.

  11. Transfer a ticket to someone else ?

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    2 hours ago, Pauladuncan70 said:

    So - one of our 4 has suddenly become very unwell and no way can they attend Glastonbury with us. This is causing problems for another member of our group as the unwell person were going to drive the campervan they were both staying in - I wrote to seetickets a couple of weeks ago to ask if we could swap the ticket to another person (someone who has previously been to Glastonbury) but I heard nothing.

    Is there a phone number I could try ringing for see tickets ? - do you think there is just no way they would swap the tickets around ? Grateful for any tips on how to speak with seetickets directly - the glastonbury team  - or how easy it impossible it is to swap tickets to another person ?

     

    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 😣

  12. No way to bring kids

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    11 hours ago, dekteon said:

    Hello, my wife and I have tickets for Glastonbury and we're looking to travel from Bristol to the festival on Thursday 23rd. However we're in a bit of a fix. We decided to bring our two kids (ages 4 and 2 - kids under 12 can enter for free), but unfortunately there are no spaces available for them on any of the official coaches. We've been informed that both of us HAVE to travel by coach in order to collect our tickets for the festival - but to do so would mean leaving the kids behind! Apparently it won't work for my wife to go on the coach with our daughter, while my son and I make alternative travel arrangements, as both adults have to be on the coach in order to get our tickets. So it seems we'll have to leave the kids at home, which would be a real shame imo. Does anyone know if there's a solution to our problem? Any suggestions greatly appreciated! Thanks, David

    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.

     

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  14. Camping Fields - Order/When they are expected to fill up

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    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.

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  15. Getting in with someone else's ticket.

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    21 hours ago, ringRiff said:

    I've bought a coach ticket from someone who looks relatively like me and can no longer go. How heavy are the ID checks on the gate + coach? Is there anything I can do to better increase the likelihood that I get in?

    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.

  16. Getting in with someone else's ticket.

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    19 hours ago, Joshuwarr said:

    I've had coach drivers in the past where they have just read the name on the ticket and then you say if that's you and they've just handed it out

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

  17. Help wanted on kids camping choice

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    7 hours ago, locloc said:

    Thanks! So just to be clear: we will arrive by coach, we should then walk to the west car parking and gate A to get to Wicket? And Wicket is the name of the family camping on the northwest site/near the bicyclist camping?

    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. 

  18. Help wanted on kids camping choice

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    2 hours ago, loc said:

    Hi all,

    I went to Glastonbury once before, in 2013, all alone. I got there by coach and set up my tent at the bicyclist camping. Didn't have a bike, but it was right near the coach entrance, on top of a hill, and very quiet, which I liked.

    Fast forward to 2022. I know have 3 kids, aged 4, 6 and 7. And together with my husband, we're coming to Glastonbury with the five of us! I saw there are two family camping sites, one very near the bicycle camping, and one near Kidz Field (Cockmill Meadow, I read on the map).

    I have some questions I hope you can help me out with:

    1) Are both those campings on a hill (if it rains, I don't want our tent to be in a ditch... which I saw happening to many people in 2013)?

    2) Which of the campings is more quiet/has more space? And perhaps shadow for example, or near facilities like places to charge a phone or tablet?

    3) Which one would you recommend, and why? My GUESS is that the one near Kidz Field is more crowded, because it is near KIdz Field, but I have no idea if that's actually true. I have no memory of specific places like that.


    Hope you can help out. 🙂

    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. 

  19. Gate D VS Gate A

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    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 

  20. Coming from Australia, car and ticket question

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    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 🤣]

  22. Lincoln to Glasto - Wednesday Coach (help needed)

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    14 hours ago, CauliflowerEar said:

    ths post has been removed because it doesn't reach the low threshold for trolling around here.

    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.

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  23. How rough/muddy is the trek to the campsites

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    10 hours ago, offmytrolley said:

    I normally take a sack truck but am on the train, hotel room, and coach this time so I think it's going to be more hassle than it's worth. Plus, the last time I went was 2016, and getting a sack truck through the mud then was enough to make me go off the idea for as bit!

    It might be wishful thinking (or over-thinking) but my current plan is:

    1. Train to Bristol on Tuesday
    2. Stay overnight, do supermarket booze and mixer run/Tesco delivery
    3. Coach to Glastonbury on Wednesday mid-morning
    4. Leave booze and mixers in PGA lockup
    5. Take rucksacks and tents to wherever we camp, get set up, have a beer, relax for a bit
    6. Walk back to the lockup while looking for abandoned but salvageable trolleys
    7. Hopefully use them to bring our booze back (I guess I'll have to pack some pallet wrap or duct tape to keep everything on the trolley)

    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. 

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