Festival Firsts

[Abbathehorse]

This was my fourth Glastonbury this year and up there with the best. However despite going a number of times before, there are are a number of things I did for the first time, some good, some bad. What did you do for the first time this year? Mine are as follows:

• Found the tunnel under the railway track

  Went to the kidz field (which looked amazing)

  Queued to get in, despite leaving at the same time as previous years

  Spent no time at the Stone Circle

  Started a mass singalong (to the theme tune to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air)

  Ate some thai green curry flavour crickets

  Smoked no marijuana at all

  Ran out of beer

  Finally managed to catch Atilla the Stockbroker

Edited June 30, 2009 by Abbathehorse

[mrfunk]

Woke up to find a scally laying on me rumiging through my stuff..

never done that before

Edited June 30, 2009 by mrfunk

[Abbathehorse]

I also learnt some interesting facts about duck billed plattypusses. Whoever that was who gave me all that info, thanks very much!

[Rachie]

I got to the kidz field! was bloody amazing.

but made me miss my daughters too much, so had to leave.

i also spent a good few hours at the stone circle this year, previous years ive either not found it, or spent about 10 mins there.

Edited June 30, 2009 by Rachie

[Jutt69]

It being the first year that we had a kid with us I saw the Kidz Field for the first time. Bloody brilliant if you're 2 years old!

[whisty]

1st music I sought out was Red Snapper. I thought it was a DJ/Mixing artist, man how wrong was I. Brilliant band

[The Dawg]

I witnessed a GP saving a girls life who had od'd on coke and alcohol.

She was back on it though the next day!

[clockworkpurple]

• Found the tunnel under the railway track

Edited June 30, 2009 by clockworkpurple

[LusciousLucy]

10th Glasto and finally...

had a massage

found the Dragon

ate a Goan Fish Curry...good but a bit disappointing

saw Micheal Eavis in flesh

Apart from not finding or even looking for the Underground Piano Bar, ticked off everything on my 10th Anniversary To Do list!

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

I ATE AN OGGY!

[grumpyhack]

Self catered much more at our encampment thanks to the little toaster gizmo I bought to sit on top of a gas ring. Everyone loved it and we had a toast factory going every morning. Smoked mackerel pate one day, home made marmalade another and one of our gang, aged 59, tried Marmite for the first time in his life and loved it.

You are supposed to be able to rest four slices of bread round the sides but we found it worked even better with a fifth resting on the top.

Can't recommend it highly enough.

Edited June 30, 2009 by grumpyhack

[Aragorn]

This was my fourth Glastonbury this year and up there with the best. However despite going a number of times before, there are are a number of things I did for the first time, some good, some bad. What did you do for the first time this year? Mine are as follows:

• Found the tunnel under the railway track

[pie_and_a_pint]

where was that ?

[cejx]

For the first time:

I also missed the Saturday night headliner... went to Avalon instead.

Partied till dawn at Arcadia... how f**king good were Freeland?

Spent hours in the healing fields.

Didn't visit the dance or John peel tents

Contracted swine flu.

[IGNITE77]

Ate an Oggy and a growler

Actually had two growllers...............

Also didn't destory myself completely on teh Saturday so properly enjoyed the Sunday for once.....

Watched Romanian music videos in a tent near the stone circle follwed by a comedy banjo player at 3/4am monday morning - anyone else go to this tent? Was very trippy!

[Kaye]

Rolf Harris!

This was my fourth Glasto and the first time I've seen him perform. Amazing.

[Edi M]

8th Glastonbury

Didn't go to the cabaret tent

Finally learn't the art of pacing myself (that one's been a long and hard lesson to learn)

[deardo]

Getting flu on the thursday night seriously fcuks up the rest of the festival for you. Not fun

[bubblegum_burd]

Woke up every single day without once feeling like dog crap

Got a lift from a stranger

Parked in East (don't think I'll be doing that again!)

Didn't run out of beer

Ate as much as I could manage of a Pieminster (a deceptively large amount of eating in those things... but frikkin good!!)

[rabid]

In a field, in the sunshine, wearing a frock and a feather boa, drinking cider, eating 'special' fudge all whilst watching Tom Jones rocking Glastonbury.

That's a first for me.

[travelling mr pastry]

had a girl sit on my shoulders for the first time, that was a festival first for me.

had a growler

went to the acoustic tent (ray davies was fantastic)

raved to a full set in the glade

[ktej]

- had a 2am cup of chai at the tiny tea tent - thanks to the nice chaps that introduced me

- went through the tunnel twice

- didnt see a saturday headliner but bimbled around blade runner city instead

[smash]

I took kids for the first time 5 and 7. Saw a different side of Glastonbury. As always had a great time.

[ministe2003]

For the first time:

Contracted swine flu.

[Pipine]

I managed to finally get into NYC Downlow! My (male) best friend kissed a transvestite on the door and we got in free

I also spent an hour of thurday morning at the site dentist which was a first!

I was expecting to have to go off site to get sorted out but they have this mini dental theatre in a field out back of the main medical centre and they fixed me up there Dentist Dan was a star!

Edited June 30, 2009 by Pipine