Worthy View role call

[The Naughty One]

Essentially what they are doing is paying for a bigger spot of land and waste water facilities at a cost far lower than WV.

[UEF]

campervanners arent paying for something you can get for free onsite. The comparison is absurd

[ProperTea]

By the looks of it, access to WV will only be from Wed morning to the Mon. Annoying as last year they let people in from 6pm on the Tuesday night.

[ladybird33]

Up until the final lot of emails last year they maintained that entry would be from Wednesday morning, so fingers crwossed it will be the isame in 2014.

[UEF]

I seem to remember as recently as the early 2000s that Glasto used to advertise itself as being a Friday-Sunday event. There was no mention made online about Wednesday or Thursday. People still came and were catered for (after a fashion).

[Waapster]

Brilliant!

The question was "who else is in?"

I am. Happy to stay at Worthy View. I've got a Scout Tent. Probably won't actually destroy the festival.

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[lme]

I really don't like the divisiveness on threads like this. Having done a few Glastonburys on my own with kids, I've opted for a just offsite capsite this year for a few reasons. The main one is that, to have any chance of a decent camping spot within the site, (esp in a family field) you need to arriveon a Wednesday & this year (because of school / work commitments) we might not be able to. Last year, I really struggled to get our gear (& single family sized tent) to and from the car. Hiring 2 x small tents in an offsite camping isn't that different to buying new smaller tents and, for us, makes more sense.

[LondonTom]

Hiring 2 x small tents in an offsite camping isn't that different to buying new smaller tents and, for us, makes more sense.

[whisty]

Except you can use those tents you buy the year after....

Edited November 7, 2013 by whisty

[Smash1984]

No, unfortunately not. I contacted WV and asked even though advertised weds to Mon if that is likely to change to tues nearer thr time. They said nope! Weds it is!

[ladybird33]

Yeah I saw on their Twitter feed a few people asking and they have said definitely Wed-Mon for 2014. If it changes then even better. I've booked a B&B locally anyway as back up as don't fancy the entire drive on the Wednesday morning!

[bsolxiv]

campervanners arent paying for something you can get for free onsite. The comparison is absurd

[lme]

Except you can use those tents you buy the year after....

[LondonTom]

But that's not the argument, you say there's a "them and us" atmosphere, so while it seems to be ok for someone to spend £60k on their own mobile house (plus £85 for a very large camping space) with a 2.3litre engine (sorry earth), i

Edited November 8, 2013 by LondonTom

[bsolxiv]

Or they've brought one for £1495, that could serve them for many years as their car to....

[Lexbank]

I've stayed in the CV fields for the last couple of Glastonbury's and in all fairness loved it there however my CV was, shall we say, cheap and cheerful and for the last couple of years hardly left my drive. It cost me around £300 a year to insure and around £100 for 6 months tax add on yearly depreciation, the cost of a campervan ticket (£85) and the costs mount up.

So, for me having now sold the camper WV was still less than I would have paid out if I still had my van. Yes I could have gone back to ordinary camping like I've done previously multiple times and loved it but with 2 young kids and now that the wife has decided to join me each year 3 days with the grandparents is enough to ask so we can now just stroll up on the friday (as we did this year in the campervan) , dump our bags and go. I won't bother queueing for a shower, I'd rather my tent to the yurt ive booked but it is convenient and still cheaper than last year for me personally.

Live and let live eh?

[LondonTom]

???? Good luck getting that heap (advertised as a project) to "serve you for many years" without a substantial cash injection.

[blue6field]

Ah will teach me to try and quickly make a point...

So this ready to drive away one http://motorhomes.autotrader.co.uk/used-motorhomes/fiat/ducato/1991-fiat-ducato-2500-cc-turbo-diesal-left-hand-drive-diesel-blackburn-mfpa-8abef27a41a057be0141cceaeff04d9e £1,895 hardly your 60k motor home is it

[bsolxiv]

Ah will teach me to try and quickly make a point...

So this ready to drive away one http://motorhomes.autotrader.co.uk/used-motorhomes/fiat/ducato/1991-fiat-ducato-2500-cc-turbo-diesal-left-hand-drive-diesel-blackburn-mfpa-8abef27a41a057be0141cceaeff04d9e £1,895 hardly your 60k motor home is it ?

[sadiesays]

Well I'm there.

Anyone stay last year? How far of a walk is the car park.

[bsolxiv]

Well I'm there. Anyone stay last year? How far of a walk is the car park.

[sadiesays]

cheers

[fifilamore]

I didn't even realise there was the worthy view option last year so it certainly didn't 'ruin' the atmosphere of my festival.

I echo the 'each to their own' sentiment. Personally I couldn't be bothered to trek up that massive hill to get to my tent every day/ night and much prefer being down in the thick of it (Even if it means sleeping in the car park on a tuesday night - which not everyone can do) but if others want to go and camp in Worthy View knock yourselves out and have a great time - I don't see how it affects other people in general camping as it is so far out of the way - and it then leaves more camping space down below in general camping and less tents left at the end of the festival.