Pennards Vs Big Ground/Kidney Meads

[jimmy_crack_connor]

Pennards Vs Big Ground/Kidney Meads (overlooking pyramid stage basically)

So, i've done pennards twice n i like it. but a few mates want to camp overlooking pyramid stage. whats's it like?? thoughts?

[karlpowell]

i used to camp facing the pyramid stage , then e decided to make a change and for the last 11 years the home ground has been out home for the glastonbury week , we see the same people each year .... we like it , I have never done pennards

[rich005]

My mates and I always used to camp overlooking the pyramid field. Its very busy, tents on top of each other... and from memory a few skalies about - that was probably when the fence wasn't up though. Was good being able to see bands from your tent, but is quite a walk back from the stones at 6am.

Been camping down overlooking the Other Stage in recent years where there is quite a bit more space, but close to a busy access road with noisy tractors... going for top of Pennards this year.

[travelling mr pastry]

id imagine its pretty crap next to the pyramid stage, thats the shittest area of the site. in pennards you are right next to the greenfeilds and the stone circle and also the glade, its also nearer to the trash/shangrila area so you will be closer to the stuff going on past 12. i used to camp at the top of pennards until they changed it to the tipi area and it was always good. last year i was in park home and this year i think im going to be in dairy ground.

[talullah]

We camped at Big ground last year, we really liked it...could see and hear music from the pramid from our tent and is only a minutes walk to the porcelain loos! Not too noisy at night either..however we are moving to Pennards this year to meet up with friends we have made from here, might camp in a different place every year.

[pie_and_a_pint]

We've always camped at Kidney Mead or Big Ground simply because it's close to the pedestrian gate we come in at, and because it's a slope with no chance of flooding. I prefer Big Ground now - a bit flatter, decent cuppa from the Big Ground cafe whatever the time, and close to the Acoustic and Red Flag bar where I spend a fair bit of time. It's not terribly noisy, and I certainly don't recall many 'skallies'. Only bad point about it is that the pylons crackle in the rain, but I find that strangely comforting...

[jimmy_crack_connor]

cheers guys...i think to be honest there's a part of me that's always gonna be in pennards after the floods in what, 05? wkaing up to 2 torrential rivers flooding down either side of my tent... still at least i wasnt one of those poor sods at the bottom!

[Dominic1983]

You can't beat Pennards IMO, it's in a great position, not too far from most of the stages, and the late night goings on are but a stones throw away....

Edited June 14, 2009 by Dominic1983

[LusciousLucy]

Park Home is my spiritual home but for second year on the trot am defecting to Pennards. You get an ace biew over the Second Stage proceedings in Park Home...and far less trouble than that of Big Ground. Just depends on what floats your boat really.

[pie_and_a_pint]

Park Home is my spiritual home but for second year on the trot am defecting to Pennards. You get an ace biew over the Second Stage proceedings in Park Home...and far less trouble than that of Big Ground. Just depends on what floats your boat really.

[jimmy_crack_connor]

Pennards? Pyramid? keep 'em coming!

[Originalshez]

We're camping overlooking Pyramid again. The majority of the acts we wanna see are on there, so it makes sense. Plus met some great people last year who we're meeting up with again.

[coolethan]

Pennards Vs Big Ground/Kidney Meads (overlooking pyramid stage basically)

So, i've done pennards twice n i like it. but a few mates want to camp overlooking pyramid stage. whats's it like?? thoughts?

[gooner1990]

Have gone for Kidney Mead/Big Ground the last three years...and will be trying for there again this year.

I like it because its near to the gate we come in and its near to the Pyramid stage (If your at the campsite chilling you can always grab your chair and wander over to the back bit and sit down with a beer and a smoke and watch whats going on), near to the Leftfield , market, cider bus, and its up hill so little chance of flooding (2005 was no mud round us all weekend!)

[The Nal]

I always camp in Big Ground - it fills up stupid quick and it is a bit miles out BUT if you're camping near the top you have the lovely flushing loos!!

[Wooderson]

How quick is mad quick? Were getting there at 10am on Wednesday.

[funk_yeah]

Just thought i'd resurface this thread.. Is pennards on a bit of a hill? If (it won't but just incase it rains) Is it susseptable to flooding?.. I camped at Big Ground and had a quality one last time but friends of mine want to go Pennards this time?? Your thoughts...?

[cowmadiddy]

I'm a newbie and not sure where any of these campsites are, is there a map of campsites?

[funk_yeah]

I'm a newbie and not sure where any of these campsites are, is there a map of campsites?

[jimmy_crack_connor]

Just thought i'd resurface this thread.. Is pennards on a bit of a hill? If (it won't but just incase it rains) Is it susseptable to flooding?.. I camped at Big Ground and had a quality one last time but friends of mine want to go Pennards this time?? Your thoughts...?

[chuckley]

i cannot understand the appeal of camping RIGHT next to the main stage.

must be pure dirty there. constant people movin around the area.