First Through The Gates

[rubenz]

Anyone mega keen and been right at the front of the que to get on site like these people?

[ghandi]

Not interested in gettting in first! But we will be cueing up rather early on the Tuesday night.

[Badlands]

I got far more excited about the opening of a gate than any sane man should.

I'd like to know how it's always the same set of tents camped up at the front of the site by the pyramid stage. Got to be some sort of deal going on.

[ceetee]

Anyone mega keen and been right at the front of the que to get on site like these people?

[mkgirl1981]

we like to get to the car park Tuesday night but not up for queuing 12 hours! just to be the first one in

[Abster]

I was talking to my mate about this yesterday, how people camp in the car park and queue to be through the gate at 9am.... She just looked at me and said they must be cray!

I have no desire to spent the night in a queue unless they are giving a million £'s away then I will be at the front.....

[airwaves]

Ahem _ about 45 seconds through just behind the bloke in the waterproof coat and wide brimmed hat is me. Balding head, carrying some bouncy bamboo poles in my hand (for a flag at my tent I hasten to add)

I arrived around 4:30 on Tuesday and avoided the car park stewards so ended up in the crew camping at the top of the hill near gate D. I was first in the q!!! But some later comers then went ahead of the official front of the q and when they were shuffled back by the stewards they plonked themselves in front of me. People at work said they saw me on tele that evening filmed inside the entrance gates.

Will be doing the same this year.

Edited May 25, 2014 by airwaves

[jpeee]

Just out of interest, when do the car parks open actually open - And how many people q over night ?

[glasto-worker]

I got far more excited about the opening of a gate than any sane man should.

I'd like to know how it's always the same set of tents camped up at the front of the site by the pyramid stage. Got to be some sort of deal going on.

[rubenz]

Ahem _ about 20 seconds through just behind the bloke in the waterproof coat and wide brimmed hat is me. Balding head, carrying some bouncy bamboo poles in my hand (for a flag at my tent I hasten to add)

I arrived around 4:30 on Tuesday and avoided the car park stewards so ended up in the crew camping at the top of the hill near gate D. I was first in the q!!! But some later comers then went ahead of the official front of the q and when they were shuffled back by the stewards they plonked themselves in front of me. People at work said they saw me on tele that evening filmed inside the entrance gates.

Will be doing the same this year.

[airwaves]

Ruben

I used Pennards for some years but have stopped a couple of fields earlier for the last 2 years.

I'd rather q overnight and get through in relative comfort than get up to join the q sometime early on Wednesday morning. That way I can settle in in relative comfort rather than spend hours shuffling a few feet forward every few seconds.

When I joined the land of the living at around 04:00 on the Wednesday the q filled several hundreds of yards of zigzag near the front, went all the way back down the steep hill and disappeared off to the left towards the road. About a mile in total??!!

[Guest]

I did the overnight Tuesday queueing last year, it was pretty fun to begin with, but when 4am rolled around we all got tired and bad tempered as we'd all been to work on Tuesday and only driven down that evening on a complete whim. Sleep patterns were well and truly buggered, truthfully, it somewhat spoiled Wednesday and some of Thursday with the tiredness and being out of synch. Will be getting out of bed at leisurely 7am this year, then getting on the coach, catching a few Zs and arriving fresh on Wednesday lunchtime, ready to go. I reckon it's the best way for a lazybones like me.

[Spindles]

We queued from about 2:30am last year, were through the gate by 7am, pitched by 8 and had a bit of a nap, then up and about by 11am.

It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but the excitement levels for me mean I'd rather be sat in a queue with a beer and a joint on the Tuesday night than sat at home. Getting there and back are the 2 biggest stresses of the festival for me

[neilloggie]

I got far more excited about the opening of a gate than any sane man should.

I'd like to know how it's always the same set of tents camped up at the front of the site by the pyramid stage. Got to be some sort of deal going on.

[elbongo]

Queues are ridiculous, remember the days of driving in at 11 on a Wednesday and walking straight in. Last few years we could drive in to camp Tuesday, set up camp and come back Wednesday without the stress of finding space. Unfortunately might not happen this year...

[gooner1990]

I remember in 2005 arriving at about 3pm on the Wednesday and pretty much camping where we wanted on Kidney Mead, which didn't even fill up till sometime on the Thursday.

How times have changed!

[General Lee]

Queues are ridiculous, remember the days of driving in at 11 on a Wednesday and walking straight in. Last few years we could drive in to camp Tuesday, set up camp and come back Wednesday without the stress of finding space. Unfortunately might not happen this year...

[smudger]

Was first in last year..........ok I cheated and came in through the Worthy View gate. Pennard's was already pretty full at the top with large camps that been there at least since Tuesday...................so if you've always fancied that nice bit of land at the top of Pennard's where its nice and flat, under the shade of the trees, near to stone circle....and the park........forget it.

[sedra]

New queuing management system last year was improvement on the chaos of 2010 and 2011. Also I think more campervans and off site camping eg WV means a bit more space inside.

[kalifire]

I don't see the problem with people queueing overnight - I can well understand how that can add to the excitement and the adrenaline would sort out any boredom.

I'll be arriving at Gate A early in the morning (around 6am I hope) and don't expect it to be too bad. There'll have been a couple of coach arrivals from London at that point and maybe a couple of hundred people via the drop-off, but I'm expecting to be pitched and settled by 10am at least. I hope that's realistic, anyway.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Not interested in gettting in first! But we will be cueing up rather early on the Tuesday night.

[elbongo]

You could do that last year. Pretty sure we were through Gate A about 11am Wednesday with no queue. There's no way I'm staying up all night to sit in a queue to get on site 3 or 4 hours earlier.

[LetsGoToMars]

We were about tenth in the queue last year at gate D, and are just behind the group on that video. We joinrd the queue at about 8pm or so, and it was a looooong wait until morning, would have been able to sleep through it if it wasn't for a group of dickheads playing loud music all night and screaming their heads off.

was great to get the pick of Pennards though

[Gnomicide]

That always amases me, the Pilton Palais and other tents are always in the same place, are they locals?

[whisty]

Always think the same. Their nicely taped off area with the DO NOT ENTER! sign always makes my heart leap with joy.