blutarsky
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Freeze capri suns rather than using those blue ice blocks. Refreshing drink once thawed and you don’t have to carry them home.
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9 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:
He did. I was there when he unfolded it
It’s a classic
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6 hours ago, SGS said:
my memory says that it isn't explicitly prohibited ubtil the gates open to the public when it is
I rode my bike around the festival after gates opened in 2022. Didn’t use it much Fri onwards due to traffic but used it to bomb all over the site on Thursday. Put it in the lock ups when not using it.
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Superman wears @kalifire pyjamas
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On 5/5/2023 at 10:21 AM, Crazyfool01 said:
Yeah absolutely I’m just looking for the Taunton detail but Lib Dem’s seem to have smashed it here and @blutarsky has been elected where he stood 🙂
Yep - been a busy week.
Accepted an offer on our house on Wednesday.
Got re-elected to district council on Thursday.
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Glastocam!
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42 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:@blutarsky your daily updates were great ... I know you arent attending but we are missing those
Don’t know if I could bring myself to do it…? Maybe. I’m coming back on this forum now anyway, so might as well…
Won’t be doing it until I’m back at work on the 23rd though. Keep peer pressuring me!
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On 5/10/2023 at 8:57 AM, Quark said:
It's quite a niche response, but I'll see that and raise you the old-school heavy cotton rugby jerseys that we played in back in my yoot. By the gods they gained some weight in the rain. @blutarsky might still fit in the bracket of remembering those things.
Just about. My colts days were spent in cotton. My first year of senior rugby 2006 we had moved onto synthetic materials but still enormous and baggy.
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Had a baby didn’t I
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22 hours ago, Lakey91 said:
This is the first Glastonbury that I won't be attending since I started going in 2014. My partner and I have just had a baby and I don't think it would be appropriate to ask my Mum to babysit a 3 month old for a whole week whilst I go get off my head on the farm. That said, even if I had decided to go, I probably wouldn't have got tickets. I was still trying in the sale and resales for other people with no luck. It gets harder every year and I think I need to accept that even when I do want to return to the farm, I might not be so lucky.
I honestly thought that knowing I wasn't going this year, I wouldn't be bothered and I wouldn't spend every day trawling efests and refreshing the webcam every hour, like I usually do during the build up, yet here I am doing these same things again.
My question is how does everyone who misses out on a ticket get through the week when Glasto takes place, knowing that it's happening without you?
I know some people like to book alternative festivals or a holiday, but these aren't really an option with baby at the minute.
I could always stay at home and watch the TV coverage but tbh, I don't tend to spend a lot of time at the stages that appear on TV. I generally go to the dance stages, plus naughty corner, etc. I don't mind watching some of the main stage acts on TV when I get home, just to see what went down.
There are a few decent documentaries that cover the alternative areas of the festivals but I've watched most of these multiple times so even they are getting a bit old.
Has anyone got an decent suggestions of how to get a little bit of that Glasto feeling, without actually being there??
I'm in exactly the same boat. Second baby due in 20 days! We got away with the first not causing us to miss Glastonbury as she was born in 2020, so was 18 months old by the time the next Glastonbury rolled around. At that point we felt able to leave her with her Nanny, albeit only for 2 nights. I travelled up on Thursday and was joined by Mrs B on Friday lunchtime. We went home post Sunday headliners. Personally we didn't feel comfortable leaving my daughter for any longer at that age. Others may feel differently.
We also aren't prepared to take the girls to Glastonbury yet - it's a personal decision and fair play to people who do, but it doesn't seem right to us. It is a very family friendly festival in many ways, but there are also areas I personally feel are very family un-friendly. Some of those areas are the ones we enjoy the most and at this stage we're not prepared to spend £1500+ to go and not be able to enjoy everything we want to enjoy. We anticipate taking the girls with us when our eldest is around 9/10, in order for them to enjoy a few years on a free ticket. Can't wait to be there with them when they're adults.
21 hours ago, giantkatestacks said:Same as @Pipine I missed a few when my children were young but didnt mind at the time. Looking back I did miss some proper performances though but didnt miss the festival itself iyswim. I was too knackered and not in that headspace to want to be there.
I'm hoping this will be the case come June, that I'm so shattered I don't have the energy for Glastonbury. Or do I? Which is the lesser of two evils? haha
6 hours ago, El Matador said:Didn't get tickets in 2016. Went on holiday instead and pretty much forgot the festival was even happening.
Helped that it wasn't a vintage year on the weather.
With this in mind I feel so guilty for feeling like I want 2023 to be biblically wet! I'm not hoping for it, but I'll be happy if it is, although it may negatively affect the festival experiences of my mates. I've only ever been in hot years so missing a wet one (last time I missed out was 2016 when we didn't pay our ticket balance) will almost feel good. Hopefully it may thin the crowd come sale day in October too?!
Anyway, in short, I have no answers. I think I'll try and ignore it, but I'll almost certainly fail. Maybe I'll lean into it. may offer to help Stu with Secret Glasto.
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I’ve found pingers on the floor in the SEC and taken them. Not smart, but I’m in my 30s and making an educated (albeit inordinately risky) decision. I wouldn’t want my daughters doing that. I wouldn’t take them in there below the age of 16.
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Ahhh feck - the poster and a private message yesterday have sucked me back in. I was doing so well avoiding any real Glasto discussion.
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1 minute ago, maelzoid said:
One of my big regrets last year was having such a shit spot for Macca. I couldn't see the stage due to flags and surrounded by coked-up twats. For Elton, I absolutely have to be in the pit in front of the toenail (what we call the semi-circular barrier). So my question is, Do you think there'll be much churn after Lil Nas X, or should I get there and watch his set just to be safe. I don't dislike him, but not a big fan, and I don't like the idea of taking up real estate that a real fan could be enjoying.
I doubt there'll be loads of churn. Surely a lot of people will be doing what you've suggested and settling in for Reg?
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You guys - anyone moaning, there will be hundreds more going on around the site that you will absolutely enjoy.
I can't go this year and am now soooo jealous!
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Nestle, BP, Shell, Exxon, GAP, Sports Direct.
Bring ‘em on.
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31st of February, 2430.
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19 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:
Who's got the biggest, who's got the biggest, who's got the biggest brain??
Not Piers Morgan, the thick c**t
Is that how it ends?
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2 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:
I've checked with my mum and she's heard of Guns n Roses.
Well done Mumicide.
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26 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:
I got a ticket in the main sale. I've probably got a working place if I want it but I'm low on days off to be able to spend eight days on site, plus my best mate (you know) has a ticket for the first time since 2009. It's going to destroy him and I want to be there to witness every minute. I'll still be able to enjoy all the usual privileges of T&C but I'll be camping with the rest of the scum
I did know that. He's going to be such a misery on the Sunday 😁
Gutted not to be there to witness it. I'll have to pop round his on the Monday.
See you there in 2024.
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1 minute ago, fred quimby said:
Same as people wanting it to piss it down if they are not going
That's me this year 😳
Horrendous mud pics all over the BBC = reduced ticket demand in October...?
It's also been scorchio every time I've ever been, including at Worthy Pastures.
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1 minute ago, DeanoL said:
I mentioned it ages ago, but if it is these three, I think if every year you gave 100 festival attendees 100 seconds to name as many songs by the three headliners as possible, this year would have the most songs named. They're "big" by that very specific metric.
In 20 seconds, trying to cover all 3:
Welcome to the jungle
Sweet child o'mine
Rocket man
Saturday night's alright
Candle in the wind
I bet you look good on the dance floor
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On 1/11/2023 at 9:56 PM, Supernintendo Chalmers said:
It's looking like my group and I will be looking for somewhere new to camp this year. I have the added complication of Thursday entry to contend with also. After camping in the Theatre & Circus crew area for the past five years, I'll be out amongst it again, so I have some research to do.
Where's everyone planning to camp this year, and why that area?
Why are you out in the wild?
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GNR not for me. Wouldn't be squeezing into the Pyramid field for them.
Not fussed about AM - take 'em or leave 'em.
Disappointed to be missing Elton.
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16 hours ago, Jose Pose said:
There is also a video of a gig he did in France and they’re going mental for it, no sea of phones like you get from most of the gimps at UK gigs either.
Hé, nous avons aussi des gimps en France.
Is cash required for on-site payments (food, drinks, merch etc.)?
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I took £200 cash in 2022 and only spent about £50, most of which was bunged to a friend for sundries.