i really don't know what to do.

[Alexiss]

my friend ended up messing me about and decided he doesnt want to come anymore after telling me 100% he's paying for a ticket and lets me buy mine first, now i dont know what to do because i have a ticket and havent any friends going, i dont know whether i should get a refund on my ticket tomorrow or hope that the off chance that there is another resale. what do you think i should do get my money back or risk going on my own?

[izcuje]

go alone!

[Kyelo]

Go alone and go to one of the camps arranged on here!

[Alexiss]

i dont really want to go on my own at all if im honest.

[anoldhippie@60]

Hi Alexiss.

There are a lot of going on our own it seems this year. There are going to be some meet ups organised on this site. I would go. You will only be alone if you want to be. There will always be someone you can go around with. Dont miss a chance of a lifetime.

[The_Amazing_Oblong]

Get a T shirt printed ;

"Free Tequilla - Stop me and ask!"

You'll be surrounded by mates in no time.

Oh and don't forget to take the tequilla.

[Lucyferrr]

This happened to me last year. I wasn't going up until the day before then I thought "f*ck it!" best.decision.ever.

Go!

Oh and I'm going on my own again this year. You're welcome to hang around with me! I'm utterly awesome, for the record haha!

Edited May 5, 2011 by Lucyferrr

[Monkismo]

You're not going to get many people say to not go so you may as well go. Think of it this way - you can talk to whoever you want and see whatever you want without taking other people into consideration.

[redmosquito]

Yep, I think 95% of the replies you get on here will be saying go on your own. I've never done it myself but after 3 days of the missus I normally wish I had done!

[whisty]

I wouldn't like to go alone but missing the festival seems even worse! Figure this, if you go and aren't happy, you can just as soon leave and go home. It's worth a £200 gamble in my humble opinion.

Oh and I'd surely camp close to the other single peeps and give myself a chance of finding a pal for the weekend and who knows, even longer

[In transit]

Anyone who asks this question on Efestivals obviously gets the same response - go alone.

I really wouldn't make it that simple. Glastonbury might be the most incredible place on earth but depending on the type of person you are it might not be right for you. Personally my Glastonbury has always been so wrapped up with my girlfriend and my friends that I wouldn't dream of going by myself.

It's probably one of the easiest places to make friends but I imagine you can also get quite lonely on your own among so many people. And all the things you rely on your friends for aren't there.

If you think you can throw yourself into it, talk to your neighbours for 4 days, laugh with the efestivals camp and drink and giggle your way through the weekend with strangers then go for it. But if that doesn't sound like you I would hesitate.

One thing I would say is I would make this decision today - I wouldn't rely on another resale because even if one comes up it is going to be almost impossible to get a ticket in it.

Edit: offensively bad typos.

Edited May 5, 2011 by In transit

[mike46]

Anyone who asks this question on Efestivals obviously gets the same response - go alone.

I really wouldn't make it that simple. Glastonbury might be the most incredible place on earth but depending on the type of person you are it might be right for you. Personally my Glastonbury has always been so wrapped up with my girlfriend and my friends that I wouldn't dream of going by myslelf.

It's probably one of the easiest places to make friends but I imagine you can also get quite lonely on your own among so many people. And all the things you rely on your friends for aren't there.

If you think you can throw yourself into it, talk to your neighbours for 4 days, laugh with the efestivals camp and drink and giggle your way through the weekend with strangers then go for it. But if that doesn't sound like you I would hesitate.

One thing I would say is I would make this decision today - I wouldn't rely on another resale because even if ones comes up it is going to be almost impossible to get a ticket in it.

[Wanderlei]

I went to my first Glasto alone on purpose and there are loads of others who do the same thing.

I realise that some people need folks they know around them at all times and others are happy to be loners. But if you've never been to Glasto on your own before i'd highly recommend that you try it - otherwise you won't know whether you'll like it or not! And next time you'll be all, "Tag along if you want, or don't, i don't care."

[ukslim]

I was meant to be coming this year with my mate, his wife and her friend. Then the wife had the cheek to get knocked up, and decided to drop out, along with her friend. Then, on the last day for paying the balance, my mate phoned me and said "John, I've f**ked up -- I was away working and forgot to pay the balance, and now it's too late".

So I spent some time deciding whether to get a refund or go alone.

Fortunately, 10 minutes later he called again, saying he'd tried to pay just in case, and it had worked.

Still, it felt quite different deciding to go alone, compared to advising other people. I like being in company. When I'm at Glastonbury I do go walkabout on my own a fair bit, but I'm always glad to get back into company. I don't strike up conversation with strangers easily -- it feels like imposing -- and when I do it's typically a very shallow level of interaction.

I *suspect* that I'd have ended up going -- seeked out out Efests friends, and made a special effort to talk to strangers. But it would have been quite a challenge for me.

[sjhopewell]

Lucyferrr, can I hang around with you?

[MyTwistedWords]

Lucyferrr, can I hang around with you?

Edited May 5, 2011 by MyTwistedWords

[halfpint]

me too - can i can i??

I must admit am going to find it a bit of a struggle striking up convo's with strangers, and a challenge not to be lonely in the crowd etc. but i didnt even consider not going when all my friends dropped out! not once! i will make an effort, find , and most importantly have fun! life's to short to miss out because of other people

edit: typos

[izcuje]

I've been on my own for the past 2 years and love it. This year when people mentioned they wanted to come as well my heart sank. They changed their minds so again I am on my own - Yippee! Striking up conversations isn't that difficult and this comes from somebody quite she. I have had the most bizare entertaining conversations (esp in the ques for the toilets!). I love the fact I can choose what I want to do, when I want to do it etc.

[rischbrit]

Go. Simple as. Go

Or of you don't go try and avoid the tv for three days cos there is nothing worse than sat at home watching it on TV wishing you were there!!!!

[Peachy]

my friend ended up messing me about and decided he doesnt want to come anymore after telling me 100% he's paying for a ticket and lets me buy mine first, now i dont know what to do because i have a ticket and havent any friends going, i dont know whether i should get a refund on my ticket tomorrow or hope that the off chance that there is another resale. what do you think i should do get my money back or risk going on my own?

[Scouse Andy]

The first day in 2009 my friends got stuck in obscene traffic and only arrived on site at 2200. I spent the day with some brilliant e-fest people as well as wandering around, when my mates turned up I moved to join them. 2010 was similar but I was a gooseberry with two couples so spent a large amount of the festival solo.

The one thing I wanted was someone to chat to when I wake up and someone to bump into during the day and maybe to share a late night stumble back to the tent.

Going alone can be a brave thing to do, but now I have been to Glasto a couple of times, I would be more than happy to do this as long as I knew I was camping with like minded people.

Big call and it depends on your own personality.

Good luck!

[gravejr]

I spend most of my time on my own out of choice gives you the freedom to roam freely. You'll find that as long as you stir clear of the Pyramid stage everyone's really friendly some of them even offer you free drugs where as at the Pyramid stage people won't even take an individually wrapped and sealed boiled sweet that you offer to them friendlily because they suspect it of being a drug.

Anyway don't miss out for fear of being along at a place where you'll learn who fun it can be to go at it alone.

[Spindles]

I did it in '09, had a great time. I saw a few gigs with people I had never met before I walked through the gate, caught up with some friends who were onsite and made some great new ones (who let me camp with them in 2010 in green crew area, luxury!)

As it has been said, there is a loneliness to being there on your own at times, sometimes you just want to effuse to someone about something and when you are alone that aspect of "hehe, look at that" is missing. On the Sunday I was missing my kids and had a little cry, not ashamed to say.

I'd arrived Wednesday afternoon with every intention of finding the elusive . Having trudged around and failed to find them I pitched up on pennards all the same and it was only on saturday that I discovered I was only about 50 feet away from, I popped over and said hello, but by that time I was firmly entrenched in new friendships and it ended up being no more than a sheepish hi to a handful of people and wandering off to other destinations. They were very welcoming to a random stranger and on this short basis I'd recommend their company to anyone travelling alone.

I do not, for a single moment, regret going there alone. I had a fantastic time, comedown sunday morning aside and it reignited a fire in my heart that will never again flicker and die. I'll be back there for as long as I have legs to carry me, be it in company or otherwise (this year there are a couple of dozen friends onsite, most of whom I met there for the first time and who I only get to see that one week each year)

[rexclark]

I went to Rockness alone and ended up camped at the efest campsite where I've met some great friends and I met my girlfiend who I'm still with four years later!

All I can say is go, you're never alone at a fest and there's plenty of people off here who'll take you under their wing and look after you.

You'd just regret it when you're at home watching it on the TV!

[Andre28sharp]

Don't miss out! Go alone u will be fine!