Has It Changed Much since 2010?

[stuartbert two hats]

I'm planning to return to Worthy Farm this summer for the first time since 2010, having had to miss the festival due to a wedding and a birth. Like all good fathers, as soon as my daughter is old enough to say my name, I'm going to leave her for a few days!

Anyway, enough about me - onto the festival. How has it changed in the intervening years? I've been on here a fair bit in that time, so I've got a fair idea of what's different, but I was wondering if I've missed anything. This is what I know has changed so far. Let me know if any of these impressions are off the mark:

* Arcadia has moved to the corner of the Other Stage field, near where Garlic Guzzlers was (is?).

* The Glade has gone.

* The "Spirit of '71" stage has been added. I can't visualise this stage at all. It's near where The Glade used to be - is it where the toilets were?

* Hare Krishna free food tent - gone?

* Smartphones everywhere now apparently - how do people keep them charged? Is it the same as every gig you go to where the crowd is a sea of screens? Isn't maintaining a charge really really hard, especially with the move to on-replaceable batteries?

* Pie Minister has moved to between Other and West Holts, near the Jerk Chicken place?

* The Dance Village has been replaced with Silver Hayes, which is prettier, but has just as bad an atmosphere and even worse sound, although The Gully was good.

* Shangri-La - this changes around a bit every year, not clear if any of the changes since 2010 will stick into this year?

* What's the status of Leftfield these days?

* Bourbon Street has gone.

* Camp 3-sided-pointy-thing has left this forum.

* "It's not as good as it used to be", although strictly speaking this isn't a change, as this has been apparently true since they stopped giving away milk.

Anything else changed? Any new venues I've missed? Any new food places, new bars? Have they rotated any of the stages, or changed the shape of them? Any changes to the PAs? Any new screens been added anywhere?

Edited February 6, 2014 by stuartbert two hats

[fightoffyour]

The weather has got worse since 2010

[topmarksbri]

The weather has got worse since 2010

[russycarps]

the food last year was really bad, I thought. You really had to seek out the good places, which never really seemed to be the case before.

Hare Krishna is still there isnt it??

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Common has grown arms and legs with some fairly ambitious building and Latin American styling.

[stuartbert two hats]

Hare Krishna is still there isnt it??

[CaledonianGonzo]

Last year the Glade and Spirit of 71 were operating as a joint venture in a new tent.

[psychology]

Definately thought the food was worse last year.

Changed the toilets by Pyramid/cider bus.

[mrtourette]

I wonder what design russy has on his flag.

[stuartbert two hats]

Definately thought the food was worse last year.

Changed the toilets by Pyramid/cider bus.

[Mr.Tease]

I really enjoyed 2010- perfect weather and a great lineup! I think a new food boss took over in 2013, so there's been a bit of a shake up with the food places. Unfortunately that meant that Señor Moon and his delicious veggie burgers and spicy potato wedges have gone! (used to be in the jazzworld/west holts field). They also rejigged Williams Green,- it looks a lot more spacious around that area (I tried to figure out how they'd opened up so much space, but I couldn't!), and shoved a load of food/farmers market type things there, and some more places to sit and wolf down your food.

Someone posted that they will be new things at the festival this year, like a new area called 'Spike' (thats as specific as they got- no idea what it is or what it's replacing!)

The glade has indeed gone and been replaced with a camp fire and a pizza shed, which sounds terrible, but it actually was a nice shaded, breezy place to cool down in and get out of the sun, and they projected some light things there at night.

Leftfield continues to be marginalised, I think- miss it's Williams green location from a few years ago- I also thought the tent was even smaller this year, but my memory is rubbish, so it might not have shrunk any further!

[stuartbert two hats]

Where is Leftfield now?

[russycarps]

That's cos you spend all your time at the Pyramid.

[Mr.Tease]

Where is Leftfield now?

[Mr.Tease]

my meals consist of burger and chips, with the burgers taken out

[UEF]

So much love for 2010, but that heat damn near drove me bonkers. Too much.

But no, it's about the same now as it was then. You'll cope fine.

Edited February 6, 2014 by UEF

[stuartbert two hats]

And the Park stage has been rotated so it faces up the hill.

[Trebor]

Interesting to see all the comments about the food getting worse, I thought it was only me who felt like that.

[Pinhead]

Krishnas tent and free food is still there, now placed out of the way of Spirit of '71 which has consumed that area and is bordering Holts along the South now I think.

There are some infrastructure changes all over site but venue changes are mainly to be found in the SE Corner and Ex-Dance now Silver Haynes.

[psychology]

In case anyone was wondering if I really care about tiny minutia such as this, then I do. Perfect stuff :-D How have they changed?

[russycarps]

the long drops are in a worse condition nowadays too, drenched in piss from girls as a lot of them refuse to sit on the sits. Instead they actually climb up, put their feet either side of the hole and jet piss all over the seat.

It's really happened: it's far more risky to follow a girl into the longdrops than a man.

[stuartbert two hats]

Are there a lot more smartphones around?

[russycarps]

Are there a lot more smartphones around?

[Mr.Tease]

No not really (in my opinion anyway).

It's nothing like as bad as at gigs

[mrtourette]

I think that's only cos you don't notice at much in the daylight. There's plenty for the headliners if you're near enough the stage where they'd be any use. People even video the screens FFS. Filming the film.

You may as well take footage of the TV footage you've recorded when you get home.