Arrived, tent pitched, first beer drank.......

[budvar]

Well last year my first destination was the efestivals world cup, but sadly that's not happening this time :-(

Tradition dictates a BBQ in the sun having set the tents up followed by a nice cold beer and a bit of a wonder, usually across the Pyramid, through the market and along the railway line and then back through The Other and Dance Field. A great feeling.

[elias]

Difficult one this year.

Youngest daughter has her final GCSE on Weds afternoon. What to do? Executive decision has been made. I am to spearhead the advance party with eldest daughter early am Weds (daughter to act as pack mule), set up camp, watch the England game and be suitably merry by the time wifey and youngest daughter arrive Weds evening via public transport.

A trip to the stone circle is probably on the cards when all the family is assembled to enjoy the atmosphere.

Kev

[ivan]

Set-up tent, Unfold the easy chair, crack open can of gin & tonic, Light up a bifta and a smile.

Then listen for the sound of foot-pumps pumping up airbeds and then go round and offer up my battery powered one. (It creates instant love from the neighbours !)

[abu hamster]

Glade to check the decor then brothers

[budvar]

Off topic , but sort of related.

Went to V the other year , and whilst myself and mate went back to the car for the rest of

the stuff my girlfriend stopped behind and offered to pump the beds up.

Security we were wondering around , but were offering to pump beds up , help with tents etc

cos they were bored and wanted to something to do. Sow whilst she sat in a chair with a beer

strapping blokes did the beds for her.

And these were the black stab vested security not the students in a high viz !

[BlackHole2006]

Go down past the acoustic tent, have a nice bacon sarnie. Then wonder up to Flagtopia and probably get distracted by lots of stuff along the way.

But this year will most probably be different because I'm arriving on WEDNESDAY!!!!

[Buddhafish]

The first place we normally end up is the stones around evening time after a really good chill out around the camp, but this year it'll be straight down to the Pyramid for the footy I reckon.

[4AssedMonkey]

Our first time last year and wanderings didn't start until 7:00pm ish on Weds so we wanted a drink. Set off in a random direct and ended up going through the Greenpeace field and into the market area near the Greenfields. Stopped at an organic drinks stall and got quite merry on mead whilst talking to random strangers. Good times.

[refriedgenes]

Slow amble through the Greenfields - check out the glass blower and the onsite kiln. After that, wednesday is anyones'.

[pie_and_a_pint]

Pitch tent > drink a gallon of water to recover from Epic Trek of Doom > crack open a can of G&T > crack open another > therefore the first place I visit is the loo! Thereafter, Brother's Bar, bimble up to the Stone Circle to admire the view (I still walk up without looking back after all these years!) then down through the Park and general wandering/drinking - hopefully this year I'll be sober and awake enough to make the Cider Bus meet!

[strudders]

Cider bus.......

[Andy_T]

Always head to the Stone Circle with the people in our group who haven't been before, and then walk to the top of the hill without looking behind us then turn around to take it all in! Absolutely love it every time.

[jamseyboy]

Straight to the info booth to check out Tshirts and any hand outs that are going around...... then to the cider bus.....or Brothers.

[Freewheelin]

Always head to the Stone Circle with the people in our group who haven't been before, and then walk to the top of the hill without looking behind us then turn around to take it all in! Absolutely love it every time.

[drewsstrat]

Brothers bar and the jazz field , and the cider bus are now traditional meeting places, and after a few from the aformentioned sat in the sun its good to get in the mood, meet new likeminded people and generally chill out

[lynneyt]

last year was my first, got there about 9pm on the Wednesday. Put the tent up and decided to wander, by some sort of miracle managed to find the Brothers Bar. Had a few pints then spent the rest of the night dancing like a loon outside one of the wine bars.

Happy times

[lord stradmor]

before first beer.

pitch tent, carry mountain of pointless tat backstage, spend an age dealing with the frankly unterested and bored backstage caravan staff to get passes and wristbands, hike to backstage lock up, dump laptop, camera and other tat, check out whatever changes have been made, check news board, call office, look at metro-tossers populating back stage bar and braying, say f**k it, leg it out of there sharpish, head for the Avalon bar, suck on a cold one.

One year, I swear, I'm going to book it off as holiday instead, go in with everyone else as you all seem to have far more fun than me and get trolleyed from wednesday to sunday...

[Bort]

This year, after I get checked in and set up, I plan on doing this sequence first:

--find La Grande Bouffe

-hope and pray they are open on the Wednesday

-if so, enjoy!

-if not, find something else nearby

--go to Brothers Bar

-grab a couple pints

--go to the Pyramid to watch the World Cup

[toooldtoknowbetter]

Avalon -> Jazz World -> Cider Bus -> sit on grass drinking, looking at the Pyramid

[Ricochet]

Cider bus.......

[Joshuwarr]

Brothers Bar

Gonna try and camp in Holts this years so its on my doorstep as well.

[whiteash]

Firstly it'll be a visit to the cider bus via the Pyramid field. My wife is going for the 1st time & Im really looking forward to seeing her marvel in the world of the Glastonbury festival. After that it'll have to be Brothers Bar for some 7% cider. If still standing we'll make our way to the Stone Circle to watch the world underneath us......

Cant wait!

[Rachie]

We dont get there till 3-5pm (wednesday) so we'll have a few drinks, then eventually head down to the efest meet @ the cider bus... stay there till dusk, then go woundering about!

ooo - writing all that just made me really excited.

[pman]

Usually set up camp, help out others who seem to have never put a tent up in their lives .

Crack a couple open, burn a few down, get food.

Off for a wander with a qty of alcohol & smoke untill the early hours usually teh stone circle round the circus /theatre/pyramid then back to the circle.

Repeat x 4 but with less sleep, more consumables & some music

[r0cky]

Have always camped near the Stone Circle, so that's the first port of call. Last year we then strolled up the very steep hill to that lounging area between SC and The Park. Then a circuitous walk around the entire site (beers en route as necessary), ending up at the cider bus to meet a few peeps.