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We are taking our son this year who will turn 1 just before the festival.
We've bought a bike trailer to take him around in.
Haven't got any advice for you I'm afraid, but really looking forward to spending the festival there with our little boy.
Hope you have a great time there with you little one.
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Congratulations in advance.
I proposed to my wife in 2009, with a sky lantern at midnight in the stone circle with will you marry me written on it, All arranged with the help of some folks off here.
Sky lanterns have become rather frowned upon since then though.
There was a thread under my AKA name at the time, but think it may have been archived / deleted due to it being so long ago.
Regarding the ring, I picked up a little token ring in the market to propose with, didn't want to risk losing the real engagement ring at the festival.
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Hi Bridget,
I had my nieces, aged 6 & 9 with us Friday to Sumday last year. During the day they coped well getting around the site.
But late at night (after headliners, not Shangri-La late) we had to carry the youngest back to the tent and the older one was walking back with her eyes half closed. In fact they both slept through the Rolling Stones up on the hill and had to wake them to go back to camp.
We didn't get a cart or anything because it was only a couple of nights they were there, but unless you want to carry the kids back each night I'd think about getting something.
We were looking at the 4 wheeled pull along trucks, or the child seats that you can attach to the back of a bicycle or detach and push like a buggy. Hope this helps.
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Josh Doyle (ex Dum Dums lead singer) self confirmed he'll be playing Isle of Wight Festival this year at a gig in Birmingham last night.
He played at Glastonbury and Hard Rock Calling last year.
Here's a link for a track off his debit album. Really recommend checking him out. Enjoy!
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Neil, I use the website and forums almost exclusively via the mobile app these days.
I'm possibly being a bit thick or not paying attention but I do not see the ticket agent affiliate links accessing this way.
Have you considered putting a pinned locked topic in each forum with links to the various agents / shopping sites that's then easily accessible and more importantly visible via mobiles? May help to overcome the out of sight, out of mind problem that contributes to me not using the links here.
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Queuing for a pee at one of the long drops, mate of mine having a pee in one of the central cubicles. A girl was in each cubicle either side.
At the same time both girls start screaming OMG someone's pissing on my foot.
My mate shouts back "Sorry Girls, forgot I didn't have my cock ring in so I'm pissing in 3 directions!"
Laughing so much I nearly pissed myself!
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Yeah I just checked http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01slck4.mp
17mins 40seconds in
So mark that one down as TBC
First time I've discovered an addition to the line up, proud moment lol.
Worth having a listen to the rest of the live performance, I enjoyed it. First time I'd listened to this group.
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Really? Given their following I would have thought this news would have caught on a lot quicker.
Must admit I was surprised that it hadn't been posted on here already. Was driving at the time they were being interviewed and expected it to be put up here pretty quickly, hence not posting it sooner.
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Warpaint Self confirmed on Zane Lowe show earlier this week (think it was Wednesday)
At Glasto 1 day and a festival in Holland the next if that helps you work out what day it'll be.
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you ask a bunch of random strangers what you should do at the birth of your first child, and then get all huffy when anyone might question you...???
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To those overing constructive input for and against, again thanks. I have purposely not commented too much on this thread so as not to overly influence what is said.
I'll reiterate, any health issues or delay in the baby arriving will of course mean I will not go, I'm not a completely irresponsible twat and there is no way I am missing the birth of my first child.
Further more should I go, my wife will have a very strong support network around her of parents, 4 siblings and grandmother, so have every confidence she will be in great hands.
To those questioning my wife's thinking, mental reasoning and or testing me, I can assure you my wife is perfectly capable of making up her own mind and expressing herself. Furthermore we do not play those kind of games, we are both responsible adults and don't bullshit one another in this manner.
Finally, to those questioning the strength of relationship with my wife, quite frankly how dare you and you can fuck off.
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I was not looking to make the decision now, was merely seeking others experiences who have been here before in order to make an informed choice, as in the past I've found the folks here to be pretty helpful.
Think I'll stick with my original plan, pay my ticket off, reassess the situation shortly before the cancellation date of 9th May, and if all looking fine at that stage keep the ticket and keep my options open, leaving the final decision to nearer the time giving both myself and my wife options to choose either way depending on circumstances.
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Thanks Zoo Music Girl, looked through the previous thread. As you say, it is a different situation, as there is no way I'll put myself in a position to miss the birth, and most of it was preoccupied with interpreting the guys relationship.
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Does anyone have a link to the thread from last year that's referred to please? I've searched but can't find it.
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Thanks for your responses folks and thanks for the Congratulations, some interesting points to think on.
Just to update on a couple of points raised.
If the wife went 2 weeks over there is no way I would be leaving her alone, if I hadn't cancelled my ticket by then it would simply not be used by me.
Grandparents won't be babysitting in future years as some of them go to the festival with us. All being well with Baby Beermonster and tickets permitting little one will be going with us in future years.
Commuting daily is not an option as we live too far away, although going Friday to Sunday only has been suggested by me.
As I said above, appreciate you all taking them time to offer your thoughts on this.
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If your Dad is in general decent health he'll be fine.
I take my Dad and he's 60 next year. Got 2 other guys over 50 in our group also, one of whom is 65 actually.
I'd hazards guess that about 10% of the audience are around the 50 year old mark or above, so don't be concerned.
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We are over the moon that Mrs Beermonster is carrying our first child who is due to arrive 2 weeks before Glasto.
My Darling wife has said that I can still go with our group of friends while she has decided she will not be going, so her ticket will be going back in the re-sale. Instead she would visit her Mum for a week.
I'm unsure whether to go to Glasto or not, or when the time comes whether I will even want to Go and leave wife and Bubba at home.
My initial thoughts are to pay my ticket balance and give myself upto end of May to decide.
Any other Dads to be in this scenario this year or parents been in this situation in the past?
Similarly, any Mum's or Mum's to be in the same boat as my wife?
I would be very Interested to hear other people experiences or thoughts to help crystallise my own thinking.
I open the floor to you, thanks in advance.
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Congratulations and best of luck.
I proposed to my now wife back in 2009 at Midnight at the Stone Circle. With the help of a few kind people on here I had sky lanterns with will you marry me written on them.
My advise would be
1. do it somewhere that is special to you, but do it as early in the festival as you can.
I was bricking it on the Wednesday, and the mrs wondered what was up with me. Once I'd asked, we were over the moon and had an amazing buzz for the whole festival.
2. Buy a token ring onsite. I picked up a lovely little silver ring around the Avalon Field for about £20, no worry about losing the real thing and now the wife has it on a necklace as well as her real engagement ring.
Best if luck and hope you both have an amazing festival.
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10.15pm, greeting the half of our group travelling down from North Wales as they arrive at our house, having a catch up over a cuppa, smiling lots, getting excited as we pack the cars and prepare to hit the road in the next hour with huge grins on our faces to arrive in the car park about 2.30am.
It's so close I can almost smell it (although that may have something to do with getting the tent out this evening for its first airing since 2011!)
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Thanks stormtrooper!
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Thanks folks. Still not been able to work out the approx journey time or frequency for the shuttle bus but would hope not too busy on the Friday afternoon.
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The method we use for our group of 16 is to meet at a certain place, like the water aid tent bu the Pyramid, between 5 to and 5 past the hour at 3 or 4 times ( 12, 3, 6 & 9pm).
If you don't meet anyone from our group in that 10minute window it means we are off having fun doing something else and we'll see each other later, so don't waste anymore time waiting around and go head off to do something as well.
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Thanks guypjfreak & glasto worker.
I am sure the festival office is really busy so close to the festival and I didn't want to impose on them about such a minor issue for them in the grand scheme of things.
I'm not looking to be an exception to the rules on this one, just trying to work out what's workable within what's there already.
Interesting about the £50 charge glasto-worker. I did see that but read it as a charge if a private coach turned up there without booking, not a car.
Done some more digging and see the Drop off point at Bath & West Showground is about 4 miles away from the site so this probably the easiest place to arrange.
Anyone know how frequently the shuttle buses run on the Friday afternoon and how long I should allow for a return trip?
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7th Glasto and first with a baby for us too.
We took our 1 year old for his first festival and he absolutely loved it.
We carted him around in a bike trailer covered in E.L Wires like something out of the movie Tron, which worked perfectly as not a single person bumped into it all week.
Plus our little man was loving the attention it brought his way, interacting with all the friendly folk that came over to chat to him (particularly that ladies as he is a bit of a ladies man already the cheeky little chap lol).
Must admit, made me feel pretty pleased with my work with all the smiles and that's so cool type chats with folks as we went around.
Comments above about strategic movements to avoid the huge crowds are very fair reflection of my experience, as are how different an experience it is. Found my days tended to be 6am - 1am, rather than 10am to 4am in the pre baby festivals.
Also the NCT tent in the kidzfield was a godsend, I so needed that friendly cup of tea and a chat when I found it!
We didn't camp in the family fields, opting for Baileys being the quieter fields in the South West of the site. Made it much easier than trying to navigate the busy family camping areas.
Thoroughly recommend anyone thinking of taking there little one with them to do so. Won't pretend it wasn't hard work, because it was tough going at times, but it was so very rewarding to see his smiles and hear his laughter as we played, danced and enjoyed all of the goings on around us all week.