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Thanks for this. Hmmm. We were thinking of buying a Car Park Pass to get it through.

Are taxis a no-go to get directly to WV from Bristol? That's our plan for this year, first time we haven't got a Coach Ticket so we were looking to avoid the Gate A Shuttle and go direct.

Jeez, that's grim alright. We live in Antrim so stayed overnight in Naas and got to the carpark for 10.30am - was still TWO HOURS on that Lane of Wasps before getting a sniff of the wristband exchange. We have friends that drove on the morning from Down, 12 hours total, putting their tent up in darkness. Breakfast calzones and seeing Patti Smith twice more than made up for any logistical problems we may have had. And how great to see the Arcadia Afterburner after so many years!

That lower campsite was relatively wasp free. The queue up that lane to get to the wristband exchange was insane though, and we'd beaten the traffic problems. Some food vendors had run out of grub by early Sunday evening. The Sunday weather was apocalyptic rain for much of the afternoon. Can't wait to go back all the same, 2nd wave announcement on Wednesday 😂

And the 'arena' areas are all too often expanding. At Electric Picnic, there used to be areas where you could BYO, various stages throughout the forest and such like. These have fallen away in recent years as the main arena expands. Annual traditions like meeting up with fellow veterans and having a sing-a-long to These Charming Men with a bag of cans aren't quite the same.

x2 on Genesis (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Rutherford, Hackett) - never going to happen anywhere now, let alone Glastonbury.

That was such a glorious set!

VAR is really ruining the game, Line-up Speculation isn't what it was.

@Gnomicideis very definitely a Secret Raver.

Or:la representing! Unreal, she is fantastic!

A Tuesday opening at WV would be quite handy for us actually. Is it just the Car Park or the actual campsite though? We're planning to taxi it across from Bristol - Worthy View, does anyone know if drop-offs are allowed?

I grew up in Killyleagh! I never actually went to Pigstock but I have friends that played at it.

I remember Pigstock, it was actually quite close to where I'm originally from in Down. Beyond the Pale looks decent, it's in a country park with a 5,000 capacity. Seems to be the way of it, Body & Soul have downsized to that number as well.

Ah, lethal man - same as us! Been a miserable couple of ticketless years, eh? I mean we even went and booked Beyond the Pale, that new festival in Wicklow for this June thinking we hadn't a mission in the resale. So we've four festivals this year now 😂

I must check the 2019 prices, although we booked much earlier in the year for that. Think ours were around that for Tuesday - Tuesday. Did you have a festival ticket already, or did you get in on the resale?

Yes lad! x2!

Kind of in the mood for a burger and a cider now.

JPT again? (And a few secret sets!) Remember them on Park in 2015? "Can we start now?!"

Probably a 3-way tie between West Holts, Glade and Block 9.

Just imagining dandering through Hendrix/Warhol in one of those yokes 😂

Mixmaster Morris said on his Facebook last night that he's playing Glade Lounge and Shanrgi'La.

We've done that too, out of necessity rather than comfort - easyJet were looking £808 for return flights Wednesday - Monday. Will be nice to have that extra recovery time, and won't be the usual mad scramble from the airport as we didn't get Coach Tickets this time.

Unmissable. Last saw her at Electric Picnic in Ireland in 2019, so glad I'm getting a chance to see her again. Her show in Dublin's Olympia Theatre sold out in a couple of hours. Hoping she'll turn up at All Together Now Festival in Waterford this year too. The Crooked Machine Remixes album is sublime!

Nice one! We've met him a few times about the site, most recently in 2017 when he'd lost his "luggage and me pals!" at West Holts in the crowds. My partner was able help him locate both. He's a very civil fella, looking forward to hearing him!

That was me asking him! 🙂