Coach drop off - camp site

[joleen]

Hi

We are taking the coach this year (i've only been once before and drove). Does anyone know how long it takes to walk to Pennards Hill campsite from the coach drop off? I know normally it takes 40 odd minutes to navigate through from the car park to the entrance but wondered if it was any shorter from the coach drop off and also whether there are actual walk ways there rather than just farmland.

Trying to decide whether to take a trolley or not and the one we have might not suffice over muddy farmland..although the weather so far has no rain predicted..YET!! hahaha

[HandFedFred]

Go in at the nearest gate and make your way from there. Don't go across farmland, unless you want to negotiate ditches etc...

Pennards is quite a way from the coach drop off, Just take your time and have a few rest breaks. You will probably be ok.

[joleen]

Thanks. Hoping there will be a nice walk way that makes it easy to pull the trolley... that's what i'm hoping for anyway! haha

[HurrahBrother]

I'm banking on it taking me about an hour, this is based on a few rest stops, i'm carrying a fair amount of kit, and its sunny (so not pushing it) and 1/3rd of it is uphill.

Get in at the nearest gate, head for the John Peel, then through the dance village, should that be closed the muddy way (the market between the dance village and the pyramid/other stage enclosures) then accross the other stage feild, and over the railway embankment.

Its the straightest route and passes at least 2 toilet blocks (and water taps for recharging the water bottle). A good chunk of the walk is on a prepared roadway.

Edited June 19, 2009 by HurrahBrother