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  1. Rail Strikes announced

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    8 hours ago, woyski said:

    Successfully claimed a refund last night for our Wed 05:23 train from Paddington to Bath Spa, knowing it was very likely going to be cancelled anyway. Lost a £10 admin fee but not too fussed. Booked to get coach to Bristol for 3am instead, lift down from Cheltenham all the way down for an early start! Had some gate A trauma in 2019 so do not want a repeat of that...

     

    Sending love and solidarity to both the union, and everyone else still trying to sort out their journeys. 

    Was it a refundable ticket then? Mine isn't.... 😞

    I have the 14:32 Paddington to Bath Spa on the Wednesday. But they haven't announced these services to definitely be off have they for the Wednesday?

    Think I have to claim a refund when the service has officially been cancelled.

  2. Rail Strikes announced

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    Have they confirmed what services will be effected? Ie. All of them by the providers listed? Or part services etc 
     

    On the Thur I have a ticket from Bath to Castle Cary.😕 guess I best start looking if there's a bus 😭

  3. Castle Cary shuttle

    in Questions

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    On 6/6/2022 at 5:39 PM, Simsy said:

    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".

    Screenshot_20220606-173426.thumb.png.2c9edf7498405a630dba8a7de6202756.png

    Really helpful! Thanks, I was using trainline.com and it's not as clear. Cheers 👍

    I'm either going to....

    Buy in advance an off peak CC to Ldn ticket which technically allows me to travel on a bunch of trains that day. So getting the shuttle bus from the festival to Castle Cary, queueing up and then just be herded onto whatever train. Hoping it ain't raining and the wait isnt horrendous.

    Or....

    Get the £22 coach to Bristol from the festival (website gives a timetable but not how to buy a ticket?). Then when at Bristol...(which I hope to be less busy than Castle Cary)....buying a ticket home to London.

    And now I've just heard about bloody rail strikes at the start of the festival 😭😂

  4. Castle Cary shuttle

    in Questions

    Posted

    Thanks for the input guys. Think I've messed up tho.....😭
     

    Im arriving from Bath...but returning home to London, so I can't have an open return ticket can I as you have to leave and return to the same place 🤷‍♂️ (I've already bought my London to Bath, and Bath to Castle Cary tix)

    Wonder if I can cancel my London to Bath ticket, book an open return to and from Bath, then get a shuttle on the Monday back to Bath?

    Or....buy the lunch time Castle Cary to london train, leave the site at 7ish and just hope I'm there for the train.

     

    I take it that Gate A is for ALL coaches? So shuttle busses and the main coaches?

     

    Cheers

    Phil 

  5. Castle Cary shuttle

    in Questions

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    On 6/1/2022 at 11:18 AM, Glast0baby said:

    All I'd say is it's likely not worth the risk or stress of getting an advance fare ticket.  That might not be what you are intending, but just thought I'd put common sense out there. 

    I was thinking this too....but then I'm scared of being at the station and everything is sold out to get back to london 😬

    Or pre buy a ticket...the journey might take for ever to get out to Castle Cary, and then I miss my train 🤷‍♂️ right dilemma 🥴 

  6. Castle Cary shuttle

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    Hay guys

    I'm using the Castle Cary to Glasto shuttle bus for the first time this year. On the Monday I want to get the 12:30 lunch time train from Castle Castle back home to London. I feel I might be asking "how long is a piece of string" here but.....to get that train what time would you suggest I need to be at the shuttle bus station in the festival?? (My only Glasto experience was driving)

    On the way there my friends with coach tickets are leaving Bristol at 10:15am and I'll be at Castle Cary at 9am. If I beat them to the festivals site, is it possible to wait at the coach section? Or do you get corralled into lines and moved along?

    Any info much appreciated.

    Thanks 🙂

    Phil

  7. Lost Village 2019

    in other UK festivals

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    On 8/12/2019 at 1:58 PM, TheFullShaboo said:

    Apps been updated with the set times! There doesn't seem to be a minute spare from funky beats over the whole weekend! Bring it on :) 

    Totally agree! And..weather Is looking good so far, so think I’ll just brave wearing trainers :)

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  8. Boomtown 2019: Chapter 11

    in Boomtown Fair

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    13 hours ago, man next door said:

    that sounds very dodgy to me. 

    Were they legit security? can't believe they were acting within the remit given to them by the festival.

    Are festival securuity allowed to randomly search you and your bag once inside the festival?

  10. New to Boomtown

    in Boomtown Fair

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    Hi

    Does any know where i can get coach pick up times from? I want to buy my ticket soon but cant decide if i'm going to train / shuttle or use the coach. My friend worked there last year and said the shuttle queues on the Monday morning were looooooong!?!

     

    Thanks

  11. Exit 2019

    in overseas festivals

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    13 hours ago, Nicklord said:

    Camping and City Beach hostel are 2.5km away. Campus and Spot hostels are basically halfway between the camp and the fortress and really close to the bridge where the festival unofficially starts. I haven't been in those 2 in Novi Sad but some other student dorms are perfectly fine so I can imagine those are too.

    About travel, if you want to go to Bosnia find blablacar or taxi van, I used Gea Tours several times for Belgrade - Zagreb and it was perfectly fine and they go to Bosnia too. You have a lot of old towns, cities, mountains AND amazing cheap food. Romania is nice too but everything really worth seeing is on the eastern side of Romania far away from Novi Sad.

    Yeah, its City Beach Hostel i'm interested in which as you said is 2.5km away. i copied the address into google maps and it said its a 4km walk to the fortress?!? ....which i'm guessing is on a hill?! so potentially a 4km up hill walk :)  had to email them any way as when we try and book it, the site crashes :(

    @Noeliam will do! thanks! hope you're well by the way ;) 

  12. Exit 2019

    in overseas festivals

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    Bought my ticket :) finally...im going to Exit!

    anyone travelled somewhere before the festival? or afterwards? interested in Romania or Bosnia, but will depend on transport links.

    Thinking of booking one of the student dorm style places that are on the Exit site. It says it's 2.5km from the festival site, and 50m from the beach. When i put the address in google maps, it says its actually 4km (50min) walk from the fortress??? Does anyway have any hotel recommendations? just want something quiet, AC pref and walkable to site. oh and cheap. yeah, i dont want much :)

     

    Thanks guys

  13. Sziget 2019

    in overseas festivals

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    17 hours ago, gfa said:

    Cheers, would you say doing all 7 is worth or just stick with the 5? I am assuming flights will be cheaper as they are further from the festival times if I do 7 days which would counteract the cost?

    i would try and go for as long as possible, both times I've been i went for 2 weeks (with 10 days on the island)

    i met quite a few people who had travelled over for 5 days and they all regretted it and wished they had of stayed longer :)

  15. Exit 2019

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    On 12/29/2018 at 10:59 AM, Nicklord said:

    They announce when they're gonna rise the ticket price up a few days before it happens. Full ticket price is 125€ which is around £115. So they can't rise more than that :D

    What accommodation? If you think about camping is probably my favorite camping experiences from Sziget, Werchter, Nova rock and Rock im Park. If you think about those cheap hostels, they're mainly student dorms which aren't used by students during the summer, can't help you more about those :D 

    ok, thanks. Will keep an eye on the Exit site then for a warning of a ticket price rise.

     

    yeah, i mean the ones that look like student accomadation. Im not considering camping...done that at Sziget. Even though campsites do always have the best vibes, plus i think im going alone and guess you are more likely to meet people while camping. but nar!.. its SO HOT! :)

  16. Exit 2019

    in overseas festivals

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    Hi guys.

    Currently the Exit tickets are £89, does anyone know when the next price increase will be? and to what? and does anyone have an experience of the accomadtion that is listed on the offical site?

     

    Thanks :)

     

     

  17. Best Kept Secret 2019

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    Thanks guys.....i checked the clash finder and saw Run The Jewels and Soulwax straight away and thought "yep, my type of place!"

     

    I know this will sound a bit lame, but it just looks like a really "nice" festival :)  i'm interested and i think this and/or Exit are at the top of my list at the moment.

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  19. Bestival 2018 incoming!

    in Camp Bestival

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    well...that was my first bestival and boy O boy was that fun!! :)

     

    sailed straight into the carpark, got to the front off the fast track lane as the gates opened, nearly got caught with something in the search, randomly bumped into Curlygirl, then from then untill Monday i just danced and got sun burnt with the solo group! I saw 2 thirds of what i planned to see. Loved Rudimental, stanton warriors, Crafty Kutz, Holy Goof. i found Silk City suprisingly good too. Saw some of Plan B but his arrogance pissed me off after 3 tracks. plus....the sun was killing me!! Cuban brothers were fantastic and so were Oh My its the church.

     

    Loved the Caravansari....and that little place called Sunday Best.

    Site layout was good, but it really pissed me off that The Temple and HMS Bestival werent on level ground. kept dancing down the hill :(   if it had of been wet, that site would NOT be fun.

    Security was OTT quite a few times. shame there were non around on the first night when i woke up to a guy half in my tent going through my bag. I kicked him back into the porch where he the dazzled an LED tourch in my eyes to blind me, He just said "oh wrong tent" and dissapeared as i lay span out trying to figure out if i was awake or not !

     

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  20. Bestival 2018 incoming!

    in Camp Bestival

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    never heard of Woov but will download it now as there are a few acts that i really don't want to miss.

     

    So excited now for Bestival :)   a new festival for me - YAY  weather is looking brilliant - YAY   time off work, of which I've had none for 6 months - YAY

  21. Bestival 2018 incoming!

    in Camp Bestival

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    On 7/26/2018 at 8:37 PM, Brave Sir Robin said:

    We have a map:

    Bestival_2018_Maps.pdf?1532629664

    Just had a look at this, its my first time at Bestival but the site looks well laid out.Think i might aim to camp up nearer the entrance in rainbow rave, providing its flat? Cashless system too isnt it? think ive only experienced that before ay Sziget, nice not having to carry cash about.

  25. Bestival 2018 incoming!

    in Camp Bestival

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    2 hours ago, PorkSoda said:

    Do other festivals that don't allow spirit actually enforce it, or is it more of a rule to appease councils? 

    i dont think so. At SGP i just took in a plastic bottle of spirits wrapped in my sleeping bag...as did all my mates. But once you are in, there is no seperate arena and camping area. Everyone just walked around with their plastic bottles of different spirits :)

     

    but i believe bestival has a seperate arena area?

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