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IMHO the problem with her posting the pic of the Red Army taking Berlin is that Putin has been saying the Ukrainian gov are Nazis and he invaded to stop the Nazis. If he hadn't, it could just be interpreted as "I love my country, and Nazis are bad", which is hard to have a problem with. But posting pics of Russia crushing nazis when that's been used as the justification in Ukraine is more problematic.

How would the order even have his address against it? You don't put an address in when you order. Edit: unless the first person he bought for used to live there and hasn't changed the address on their registration, that's the only way this makes sense.

I'm confused by We will add £1.00 to the cost of each drink for the Download Reusable cup. You can either keep your Download Reusable cup or return your cup at select refund points for a 50p refund. I assume it means "we will add £1 unless you are reusing a cup", but it sounds like "we will add £1 to every drink, and you can only get 50p back for each cup".

When I started going (after the superfence but before photo tickets), you'd find tickets on eBay for a massive mark-up as soon as they'd sold out. You do still get the occasional person selling their ticket because they can't go, but not the level of touting you used to have.

Can confirm, my top secret source* said it's Daft Punk. *You, just now.

Thanks @Brave Sir Robin My husband's been squinnying that his Spotify algorithms are getting messed up by me constantly listening to the glasto playlist. Oops.

Doubt it. I've got to get from Portsmouth to Bristol on the Tuesday night to get my coach on weds morning, so I've booked a cheapo national express (via London) in case the strike goes ahead.

I think 65° is a bit too warm, I'd prefer something in the region of 20°.

What are you expecting, Michael to drive round in his land rover picking people up?

Greenpeace is open air, but it does get a bit rammo if something popular is on.

Same here. Yes it's a ball ache (or more of a tit ache for me), but I work in the public sector so I know what it's like to have pay freezes and job cuts. (Also, even if I didn't have that experience I'd like to think I'd have some empathy, I'm not a fucking Tory.)

Yes, I spoke too soon about trains being alright on the Thursday, those strike days aren't ideal (I'm supposed to be getting the train to Bristol on the Tuesday so I can get the coach on Wednesday morning) 😬 I think you just pay the driver for the bus to Bristol. You can get off peak tickets on the day, so you could wait to see what the weather is like before deciding (as long as you've got enough battery/signal on your phone to buy the ticket).

Does anyone know if they normally run replacement buses during strikes, or is that just for things like engineering works?

My clashfinder is currently like a choose your own adventure! Several different routes I could take depending on mood, weather, what I fancy for dinner etc.

Going on Thursday you might be alright, most people travel on weds. Coming back they'll just keep loading people on trains until they're full (I know in some countries if a train has x seats they'll only sell x tickets, but that's not the case in the UK, there'll be people standing in the aisle or sitting in the luggage rack). I was in 1st class leaving Castle Cary in 2019 because we were told to go wherever there was space. They didn't kick out people with normal tickets.

Getting a single from Castle Cary to London shouldn't be a problem, as long as it's an "off-peak" single (or "anytime" if you need to travel at peak times). If you're looking at national rail website, you can switch between fare types by clicking on "more fares", and check which services the ticket is valid on by clicking "other services you can travel on".

I assume "min" doesn't mean overnight minimum? I'd hope that would be slightly lower than the daytime max.

Spanish spelling of a South American word used by a French company selling tents in the UK. Take your pick on the pronunciation!

Double the risk with a coach ticket, have to convince the driver as well as the person on the gate.

Have started putting stuff in a pile in my office.

I prefer this one. You don't have to give people "special treatment" if you fix the crooked system.

Advanced tickets don't guarantee that you'll be able to get on the train, it's still first come first served. The only benefit of them over open tickets is they're cheaper, but they're only valid on the specific train you booked (which you probably won't be able to get on at Castle Cary).

Not sure what age has got to do with it, pretty sure I was living my most embarrassing life at festivals in my 20s too 🤣

I ordered a camp bed from them a week ago, estimated delivery 13 June. Got the dispatch email yesterday and a text this morning saying it'll be delivered this afternoon.

That must be so hard. Hope you're alright and get to go next year. I missed out on tickets for 2017. Had the time off work so went to Scotland instead. Walked up Ben Nevis, visited Edinburgh, had a bit of a cry watching Radiohead on the telly.