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The route in and out was different to previous years and we got caught out on the Wednesday. They needed to put a sign at the junction with the A37 saying "no access to Worthy View"

Stayed up at WV since 2014. Still worth the extra cash. We were on the last row of scout tents this year. The reconfiguration at the bottom was the main change. No more view! That was a shame as it was great to hangout there and it was away from the tents so you didn't keep people awake. I wonder what the occupants of the first few rows of the scout tents thought about being so close to the shops, food outlets and sitting area? The path down was just about manageable but in the wet it would be a huge risk. My wife slipped on the gravel going down one day and it could've been nasty. This needs sorting for next year for sure or there will be injuries and claims. Showers were ok. The increased capacity for women was a good move as they had huge queues in the past.

2005 On Saturday Morning the Glasto Newspaper Frontpage Headline was "Thanks God!" with a picture of the bottom of Pennards on Friday morning. It did dry up eventually though. Unlike 2007 which was like a disaster area by the Monday.

Take the warmest and comfiest one and get a disposable emergency poncho to put over the top in case it lets water in.

Definitely taking wellies but will get away with trainers until Friday I reckon. Then DMs on Saturday and probably wellies on Sunday going by the latest forecasts. Could be a lot lot worse.

After a failed experiment of lying on bubble wrap at Glasto 2003 (pop, pop, pop) I used an airbed for a few years before discovering the self inflating mats. Complete revelation. No need to keep pumping them up. Less risk of puncture. Nowhere near as much weight and hassle to carry.

Remember it well. Baking hot on Thursday, not a cloud in the sky. Got a text saying to expect thunderstorms and thought it was taking the piss. Got woken up at 4am by deafening thunder and the rain absolutely hammering relentlessly on the tent roof. Stuck my head out of the tent to see a mate completely naked covered in soapy suds taking the opportunity to use it to get clean. My then girlfriend then had the novel experience of going to the ladies to change her tampon and seeing it expand in her hand as the heavy rain hit it making it un-insertable. My avatar is a picture of the top of the tent at the bottom of Pennards. Poor bastards. Those lads in the canoe had the right idea. Thing was the sun was out by lunchtime and the rest of the weather was great. The site was utterly fucked though. Down by John Peel it was a swamp with danger of water overtopping the wellies.

Ah 2007. Definitely the wettest one I've been to. Monday morning the campsite was a disaster zone. Loads of discarded tents. Everything sodden. Didn't get out of the car park for 8hours. Got home about 3am. Dumped festival stuff at bottom of stairs and went to bed. Got up the following morning and detected a funny smell that was coming from the bottom of the stairs. Everything smelt awful, lack the back of a bin lorry that had been flooded. Despite all that 2007 had some great memories such as the stage invasion for Iggy and The Stooges. It was so wet that the mud didn't stick like 2016 either.

I've used the same picture on my ticket (passport photo taken in 1999 when I was 26) at every Glasto since they used pictures on the tickets. I've had a few funny looks in 2018 and 2019 but always got in.

Very unpredictable at the moment and plenty of time for it to go either way. One positive is the lack of torrential rain in the lead up so 2016 levels of mud on arrival look less likely. I'm expecting it to be more of a 2004 weather vibe (a mix of sunshine, showers and rain on the last day) than 2007 (awful).

Love "the cheer". Can occur at any time on a Wednesday in my experience. The best one was when putting my tent up in the rain in 2007. The rain stopped, the sun came out and the cheer seemed to reverberate across the whole site. A mixture of loving being at Glasto and the sun coming out did it. Of course it started raining again soon after and didn't stop much all weekend but who cares.

I was wondering about this too. I just used cash up to now. Don't want to bring heaps of cash if it's not needed but don't want to be left having to draw it out either.

Why is it that the closer to the event we get the more bizarre and varied the forecasts? Surely we should have some more certainty by now please? I'm bringing all the clothing I own just to be sure I've got the right attire.