Summer Solstice - 21st June

[JoeyT]

Just wondering if there will be quite a few people in and around Glastonbury from the Monday night this year due to the summer solstice on the Tuesday before the festival? I live relatively close to the tor so thinking I might head there to watch the sunrise which i'm sure will be spectacular due to all the amazing weather we will be having at the end of June.

Anyone have plans to incorporate this on their journey to the festival?

[Paul ™]

Yup there is a group of efesters who will be in the area for the solstice. Past couple years we went to avebury, but the plan is head to the tor this year.

[MyTwistedWords]

i very much like the idea of the Tor for solstice but as i'm going to Glastonbury alone this year I'm not sure if that isnt just too much time in my own company, plus i'd have nowhere to say and i imagine you cant just pitch a tent at the Tor

.. either way i'm mulling it over as a general idea!

[G1T]

If it's a clear night, watching the sun come up on solstice morn from the Tor is properly incredible, nothing like it. If it's rainy, it's still a great laugh, always good and busy up there.

[shiveringsky]

i very much like the idea of the Tor for solstice but as i'm going to Glastonbury alone this year I'm not sure if that isnt just too much time in my own company, plus i'd have nowhere to say and i imagine you cant just pitch a tent at the Tor

.. either way i'm mulling it over as a general idea!

[Wickedfaerie]

I still haven't been up the tor for summer solstice, but I know it's busy and some Druids do a little ceremony. Sounds really fun and I'm sure you won't feel like you're on your own.

My problem is I'm Miss Sensible and try and get plenty of sleep before the festival, so Summer Solstice passes me by usually! Next year with the year off, I'll definitely be planning to go either to the tor or to stonehenge.

Btw there's a travelodge in Glastonbury if it isn't already booked up for that night.

[Paul ™]

Or there is the lovely OLD OAKS campsite at the foot of the Tor, they like large group bookings and don't mind a bit of noise at night after pub shuts

PS That was meant in jest, they are the most awkward, annoying people I have ever dealt with at a campsite

[Spindles]

I thought I read that Old Oaks don't take bookings for people going to the festival anymore last year? A mate and I stopped there in '09 on the Tuesday night and it was great for access to the tor or a walk into pilton. We drank a few tins in the evening and smoked a herbal ciggie or 7 and were no trouble personally (well, I WAS a bit sick around 4am...but that was unrelated), it was dead quiet and there seemed to be no issue so was wondering what caused such a ban.

[G1T]

I still haven't been up the tor for summer solstice, but I know it's busy and some Druids do a little ceremony. Sounds really fun and I'm sure you won't feel like you're on your own.

[SoCalMusicLover]

We plan to stop at Stonehenge for the overnight Solstice, before heading towards Glastonbury on Tuesday afternoon. Have always wanted to visit Stonehenge, so this works out perfectly.

[The Aged Raver]

We plan to stop at Stonehenge for the overnight Solstice, before heading towards Glastonbury on Tuesday afternoon. Have always wanted to visit Stonehenge, so this works out perfectly.

[MyTwistedWords]

I'm sure if eFests are going in numbers I wouldnt be alone at all, and its something i'm thinking about for sure, but like others have said, i do try and get my sleep in before Glastonbury begins and i will definitely go next year during the fallow year so may give it a miss this time... ive done stonehenge and i found it a bit too touristy to be honest, i'm hoping the tor will be better

[denwyn]

OH SO BORING....

[Pinhead]

Forgot about the Tuesday being the Solstice. I'll be on-site by then, but reckon it'll be easy enough to spin over to the Tor for it . . .

[Paul ™]

Solstice is Tuesday 21 June 2011 - Sunrise is @ 4.45am

[SoCalMusicLover]

We did this in 2008. Prepare yourself though. It wasn't quite the green and lovely pagan ritual I expected. You get herded onto fields by the police, miles and miles from the stones. It's one hell of a walk to get to them for dawn. If you hope to sleep, take ear plugs as all around you will be partying throughout the night. I still wake of a night with a start and "bongoman" rattling my brain and it's nearly 4 years on!