Dodgy Glastobation Video

[sparkythetortoise]

In these fallow months, when obsessives want to talk about Glastonbury, but there isn't very much to say, I thought this might be of interest. I stayed on last year and, although there are quite a few videos that show the devastation that immediately follows, it is remarkable how quickly its tidied up, and how quickly everything is dismantled. With time on my hands and no car, I went wandering and took some footage, which I've just cobbled together. I thought that folk on here might find it interested. Lord knows, no one else would.

PS. If you think Glastonbury is like Brigadoon, rising once a year, fully formed, look away now

Edited February 16, 2014 by sparkythetortoise

[thesaint78]

Good video,thanks for sharing.

I would imagine dismantling the festival though must be the most depressing job ever!

[kalifire]

I was just thinking that, it can't be a pleasant job in a lot of ways, and I'd much prefer helping to set the thing up, but at the same time I bet the sense of community and involvement is pretty amazing.

[THEBOILERMAN]

Class

[sparkythetortoise]

Good video,thanks for sharing.

I would imagine dismantling the festival though must be the most depressing job ever!

[whisty]

Was going to ask what the track is, patience paid off but feel slightly cheated as having previously refused to listen due to the band name I'm now caught!

Nice vid.

[sparkythetortoise]

Was going to ask what the track is, patience paid off but feel slightly cheated as having previously refused to listen due to the band name I'm now caught!

Nice vid.

[whisty]

It is a childishly tiresome name which I bet they probably hugely regret as their reputation grows. They played a monumental set up at the Park, probably the highlight of the festival for me, which I only saw having given up watching the Stones after 20 mins. Best move I made all weekend.

Edited February 16, 2014 by whisty

[JayBalls]

Wow thanks for sharing! It never ceases to stagger me how effort goes into the place year in year out, which I think is why I found it so eerie to visit this weekend and there not be a soul in sight.

[thesaint78]

I expected to find it a bit depressing, but it was almost the opposite. In previous years, I've had the most terrible post Glastonbury blues, thrust back into real life and all its petty ways. This was more like a soft landing, gently getting you used to the idea it was over for another year, but within the cocoon of glasto-world. The big plus was Sunday, which for me has always had the shadow of hellish Monday looming over it - something to put out your mind, but always, in truth, a preoccupation. As work didn't start til Tuesday, Sunday could be enjoyed as fully, as it were, as all the other days.

As for the week itself, when you're not working, the atmosphere is a little like the Wednesday before, uncluttered by the nuisance of having to see bands, you can sit back, have a beer (free, incidentally, as masses of it is left behind and can be harvested from the ground) and a chat. The good weather helped, I must admit, but I really recommend it if you've done the festival for a few years and want to put a new spin on it. I shall be doing the same this year.

[ian the worm]

We conceive, gestate and finally give birth to each festival.

What you see in that video are the midwifes washing their hands and putting the forceps away.

[neilloggie]

One thing amazed me, can't they find a recycling company any closer than Diss in Norfolk ?

[stuartbert two hats]

We conceive, gestate and finally give birth to each festival.

What you see in that video are the midwifes washing their hands and putting the forceps away.

[sparkythetortoise]

One thing amazed me, can't they find a recycling company any closer than Diss in Norfolk ?

[sparkythetortoise]

When you put it like that,it doesnt sound so bad! How do you go about getting involved?

[JayBalls]

We conceive, gestate and finally give birth to each festival.

What you see in that video are the midwifes washing their hands and putting the forceps away.

[dondo]

Cheers for posting this. Having done recycling crew 4 times it was great to watch. Will feel a bit weird not doing it this year but am sure I will be back in the future

[TaBoosh]

What a bunch of ass hats some people are.

Massive respect to those that tidy up.

Love the farm (Yeah I swore the oath)

[ian the worm]

Very poetic!

[stuartbert two hats]

I've been listening to the band on the soundtrack all day. Brilliant, I expected some really harsh punk thing, not lush textures and hypnotic rhythms, like a more tribal Mogwai.

[whiteash]

Great video. Nice to see the effort those who stay behind put into getting the site back to a working farm again.

Thanks for posting.

[guypjfreak]

see you in the piano bar then lol

yea fair play to the cleaners but i think WE as festi goers could do more ....i personally leave nothing ...

[dingbat2]

Great vid thanks.

It does make we wonder what happens in the muddy years. How the hell did they clear the site in 2007 for example?! Do they still have hundreds of litter pickers wading through the mud picking up mud caked litter? I just assumed in those years they just left the litter where it was, and then ploughed the field when it had dried out a bit, filtering the rubbish out somehow (like how they harvest spuds!)

[sparkythetortoise]

Great vid thanks.

It does make we wonder what happens in the muddy years. How the hell did they clear the site in 2007 for example?! Do they still have hundreds of litter pickers wading through the mud picking up mud caked litter? I just assumed in those years they just left the litter where it was, and then ploughed the field when it had dried out a bit, filtering the rubbish out somehow (like how they harvest spuds!)

[matt2007]

Thanks for this, worked on the recycle crew last year, you would not believe the waste that people just throw away!