[The Unsuccessful]

I got through to the booking page, entered details, got to card payments, entered those, clicked confirm.... nothing.

It kept hanging me for ages and then just throwing up a kind of error/not found page.  I was clicking back rather than refresh and entering card details again to try again, did this quite a few times and in the end it took me to a page that said I'd taken too long and tickets had been released, then it took me to the Sold Out page!  Gutted!  

I'm not sure whether I could have done anything different - maybe instead of trying with card details again I should have opened up another browser and started F5ing like mad in that, I dunno!  Really frustrating.

To be honest this would be my 6th time & I've been on about working it for years, so maybe this is the kick up the bum I need to do so.  Going to start researching options tonight but my fella is a self employed teacher so any more time off than Thursday - Monday is tricky for him as we start losing too much money from it, so the voluntary option might be tricky for him.  

We'll see.  

[F*cked people]

Not sure if fucked or just an idiot, but spent a good few minutes of Muse looking on the floor with torches as a guy was in a right panic.  Seemed like he'd dropped something & I thought I'd felt something hit my foot and bounce off as it fell to the ground. 

"I've lost my glasses!  I can't see without them!"

Got everyone involved around,his mate was saying to us don't bother, leave it etc, continue looking & then he finds them!!  We look up & the guy has found & is wearing said glasses without a speck of mud on them.  His SUNGLASSES.  

[Next time I will...]

Ribbon tower.

Less clothes.  More socks! 

Visit the cider bus (never done it). 

[Booking "luxury accommodation" at Worthy View]

I've stayed at Worthy View twice, it went on sale at the same time as campervan tickets this time & usually all sells out pretty quickly apart from the scout tents which take a bit longer.

What I like about it is the short walk from the car, not having to actually drag a tent across site & pitch it, quicker access in & out of the car park (much appreciated on Monday morning when leaving site) & that it's a bit quieter as it's that bit further away.

Having said that, if you're booking because you want the luxury of having a shower, I wouldn't bother unless you're an early riser - queues were VERY long this year and one morning there was a half hour queue for the flushing toilets - I ended up going to the long drops by Strummerville on my way down as they were always spotless & no queue!