MyHab @ Glasto....

[parsonjack]

anyone fancy glamming it in a MyHab at G2011?

on sale now for £395 at www.myhab.com

pre-erected tents also available for £210...

[4AssedMonkey]

Never got the MyHab thing. Seems horrendously expensive.

[Gnomicide]

Remember the hill.....

[parsonjack]

Remember the hill.....

[parsonjack]

Never got the MyHab thing. Seems horrendously expensive.

[Gnomicide]

done the Hill of Death to van fields for 7 years running....at least this one has a different view

[parsonjack]

Nice view but after a full day of partying. It was bad enough being dry, God knows what it will be like in muddy conditions.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Nice view but after a full day of partying. It was bad enough being dry, God knows what it will be like in muddy conditions.

[jameshunt]

that is a nightmare. unless you are a fell runner you will not "pop home" for resurply and after a hard session partying the hill becomes a mountain..........and in the wet would be enough to break the S.A.S.

just so you can kip in an "exclusive" cramped cardboard and plastic box.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Sounds like an amazing bargain. You're not employed as their marketer are you?

[Gnomicide]

I didn't get a ticket

No bad vibes from me though. But...seriously, that hill is a killer. I didn't stay off camp but know people who did and used to walk up that hill each day to meet them and get more beer from my car.

Anyway, my honest opinion is that the camping up there has good and bad points.

Good stuff

Getting to the car park is brilliant, we didn't experience any queues, straight in, dead easy.

There is no worry of tent thieves, although I walked past the security guard one morning at 6am and he was fast asleep in his chair

You are not kept awake by banging tunes drifting over from the Dance Village.

You can be kept awake by different noises from the usual festival ones (I camped up by the car on the Wednesday and moved into the main site early Thursday morning). I was kept awake by a very noisy cow! Turned out it was giving birth so that explained the excessive mooing.*

Breakfast in the cafe up there looking down over the site was very nice.

Getting away was also very easy, again no queueing.

Bad stuff

The Hill. Seriously, if you have any trouble walking, it's very, very, very steep. We spoke to a few older festival goers who were genuinely struggling.

You don't get the whole festival vibe. Their camp was very nicer but I was much happier where I was.

Admittedly, this won't effect you if you are camping up there, but carrying my tent, belongings, gifts for the kids etc up that hill one last time on the Monday morning had me sweating like a bingo goer who only needed 1 number for the national.

I wouldn't want to put you off but if you think you could struggle, it would be worth getting the opinion of a few people who have stayed there.

*Mother and calf...

[parsonjack]

I didn't get a ticket

No bad vibes from me though. But...seriously, that hill is a killer. I didn't stay off camp but know people who did and used to walk up that hill each day to meet them and get more beer from my car.

Anyway, my honest opinion is that the camping up there has good and bad points.

Good stuff

Getting to the car park is brilliant, we didn't experience any queues, straight in, dead easy.

There is no worry of tent thieves, although I walked past the security guard one morning at 6am and he was fast asleep in his chair

You are not kept awake by banging tunes drifting over from the Dance Village.

You can be kept awake by different noises from the usual festival ones (I camped up by the car on the Wednesday and moved into the main site early Thursday morning). I was kept awake by a very noisy cow! Turned out it was giving birth so that explained the excessive mooing.*

Breakfast in the cafe up there looking down over the site was very nice.

Getting away was also very easy, again no queueing.

Bad stuff

The Hill. Seriously, if you have any trouble walking, it's very, very, very steep. We spoke to a few older festival goers who were genuinely struggling.

You don't get the whole festival vibe. Their camp was very nicer but I was much happier where I was.

Admittedly, this won't effect you if you are camping up there, but carrying my tent, belongings, gifts for the kids etc up that hill one last time on the Monday morning had me sweating like a bingo goer who only needed 1 number for the national.

I wouldn't want to put you off but if you think you could struggle, it would be worth getting the opinion of a few people who have stayed there.

*Mother and calf...

[airds]

isnt there a few new "glamping" options near Gate B, pre-erected tents etc ?

which must be a better option than that hill, just a thought

[parsonjack]

isnt there a few new "glamping" options near Gate B, pre-erected tents etc ?

which must be a better option than that hill, just a thought

[drunk pumpkin]

yep...but if you want anything other than a tent (which we do) then it's kerching...

[drunk pumpkin]

hill picture if this works (never loaded a pic before)

/Users/stephen_jones/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2009/glasto 09 florida 09_2/ST831758.JPG

[FunkyDenz]

You need to upload the photo somewhere first, such as to imageshack or photobucket, then copy the image link and post it here.

[jameshunt]

hill picture if this works (never loaded a pic before)

/Users/stephen_jones/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2009/glasto 09 florida 09_2/ST831758.JPG

[drunk pumpkin]

Dude, for that to have worked it would mean that everyone on the Internet had direct access to your computer's hard drive. That would not be a good thing.

As others have said you need to upload your photo to a server somewhere and then post the URL (the internet address) of that uploaded photo here.

[cham08]

A bit more on the hill

The hill is only about 50-100m long but it is steep. It was not a problem last year for us but we are fairly fit. Just remember slow and steady wins the race if you are not particularly fit (we did see some proper bloaters struggling with it and having to stop every 5m or so). It is not as bad as some people make out and you do not have to be of fell runner fitness to be able to manage. There is a path with stones down one side which I imagine will come in handy if it is a wet year but in the dry this year it was easier to go up the grass as shown on the photo above.

We only went back to the village once during the festival which was on the Thursday. Dont really see the need to go too/from the tent once the music starts on the Friday.

It is actually harder going downhill than uphill as you there is more strain on your knees trying to keep your pace down.

[staggerlee]

Sounds awful to be fair. Who could be arsed with that walk at least twice a day on top of all the walking and partying you do all day?

Cheap product and cheap website. I would feel embarrassed to say I was spending the night in one of those hideous things.

"for uk festival-goers looking for a great alternative to a soggy tent miles from the action." What are they talking about? How can you be near the action in one of those exclusive campsites, unless the action is sleeping in a up-turned portaloo.

Edited October 5, 2010 by staggerlee

[strudders]

I did a myhab at end of the road festival in 08.

As a sleeping place it was ok, my wife liked it but the campsite was dead.

they are ok for sleeping in, nice and warm and comfortable, for the same price you could buy some nice camping beds.....

But that hill looks horrendous.... Glad I am in spring ground.

[drunk pumpkin]

Sounds awful to be fair. Who could be arsed with that walk at least twice a day on top of all the walking and partying you do all day?

Cheap product and cheap website. I would feel embarrassed to say I was spending the night in one of those hideous things.

"for uk festival-goers looking for a great alternative to a soggy tent miles from the action." What are they talking about? How can you be near the action in one of those exclusive campsites, unless the action is sleeping in a up-turned portaloo.

[jameshunt]

...

It is actually harder going downhill than uphill as you there is more strain on your knees trying to keep your pace down.

[Newtoit]

We camped on the Myhab site this year, and it was good.

The hill is not that bad, steep yes but not that long.

The people we were camped near were all a good laugh, the site was clean & you had enough room to walk to your tent without tripping over a dozen other tents & general debris. You can use a clean flushing toilet, have a shower (these were OK depending when you used them) and get to the car for supplies - if that makes it loose it's atmosphere I can live without that particular atmosphere, I don't feel the need to have to wade through other peoples sh*t when using the loo to feel like I am having the real experience.

The car park is literally 100m from the tents, so if the weather were really bad you can always have dry stuff handy etc. Also we didn't have to sit in any traffic either on the way in or out.

But as other people have said, you're not there that much. Most of the time you are just at the festival doing what ever you are doing, just like all the other 175,000 people. The amount of walking I do at Glastonbury, the walk back to the tent just doesn't seem that important - especially as the site is so big that where ever you camp you are likely to have a bit of a hike.

Each to his own though, it worked for us.

Happy Camping.