IF you don't get a ticket.....

[ColdSideofthePillow]

it doesn't bear thinking about but after successive years of failure, I'll do what I've always done, kept away from Glasto hype and watched as little of the coverage as humanly possible.

why I take this attitude is hard to say, just think when you want something so badly and miss out, you just want to erase it from your consciousness as best you can.

still, im back to try again this year!

[Avalon_Fields]

Wouldn't mind a wee bit of advice from all of you informed and festival educated folk.

My backup options would be -

Green Man

Latitude

Bearded Theory

Download would be an option but that'd be me going alone!

Could only really afford one, so which should it be if I blank on ticket day ?

Bearded Theory is good, a mini Glastonbury. Music mainly alternative, with some folk, punk and reggae assured. Be careful with the weather, as it is one of the first in the calender it can be cold!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Having this year driven to Glastonbury, Green Man, 2000 Trees and ArcTanGent from Cambridge, all of which were a similar (if not slightly further) distance than that, I know what you mean!

You need your head tested, but then again, I suspect you know that. That just sounds so brutal. I don't really like driving long distances. That said, I once ended up in a test vehicle that hadn't yet been taken to the market. It had loads of sandbags in the back to see what type of shit it would take, and was driven 24 hours every day for a few days by a team of drivers. There were three of us in the vehicle - two of us had been on the piss for 2 days, but the driver was sober. When the driver saw us flagging on our way to Exmouth and back in a single round trip, he got out some acid and gave it to the pair of us. What happened next was madness in the extreme. The grand finale of this was getting a stick of Exmouth rock smashed over my head before deciding to go to bed and call it several days.

[smash]

It doesn't bare thinking about!

[flyingdog]

What is with all this negativity.

I will get a ticket

I WILL get a ticket

I WILL GET a ticket

I WILL GET A TICKET

and so will everyone else in my group who wants one

[ItsBadForYa]

Two of our friends, who also happened to be newbies, held on through all the stress and worry and got their tickets - via another friend who'd already got hers (as had the rest of us) - in one of the last secret resales, barely a month before the festival.

So if you miss out in a couple of weeks, by all means DO NOT give up.

[LadyP]

This is the year...........We are normally 4 but, have convinced the floating voters that if we don't go we are never going.

Trying to explain the military exercise that is getting tickets to people who don't know is quite funny.

Register, Pass all details round, keep all lines of communication open, confirm you are all in position, open 48 windows, wait for 9:00 and pray.

Hope it works out.......we'll need 2 people in the slot at there is 8 of us.

Foo's - Fleetwood Mac - Daft Punk

Predictions

We're in a similar boat, booking for 7, including 5 virgins. The other veteran will be away on T-day so it's all down to me to organise it. As this will be my 8th consecutive glasto they all seem to think it'll be fine, they don't seem to realise how lucky we've been in the past, and how easily the dream could slip through our fingers! Also it's never been me that has actually got through to the booking screen, always someone else while I'm F5ing my heart out!

How do you decide how to split the group when booking? Draw straws for who's on the first screen? Seems harsh to split it 6/1, if we've gotta get through twice anyway then surely 4/3 is fairest, but how do we decide? Any advice would be helpful at this point, they're all asking me what the plan is and I'm feeling the pressure!!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

How do you decide how to split the group when booking? Draw straws for who's on the first screen? Seems harsh to split it 6/1, if we've gotta get through twice anyway then surely 4/3 is fairest, but how do we decide? Any advice would be helpful at this point, they're all asking me what the plan is and I'm feeling the pressure!!

In the interests of fair play I think you should go for the 6/1 option and have people decide who should be voted the one to be the one in that equation. The person who is to fail. That it creates psychological trauma and leaves that person unable to trust anyone ever again is neither here nor there. On second thoughts maybe that's not the route to go down.

No, better off the 4/3 route and names are drawn from a hat to see which way the split goes. There may even be some sort of free random name generator that you could use on line - a virtual hat, so to speak.

[FuzzyDunlop]

In the interests of fair play I think you should go for the 6/1 option and have people decide who should be voted the one to be the one in that equation. The person who is to fail. That it creates psychological trauma and leaves that person unable to trust anyone ever again is neither here nor there. On second thoughts maybe that's not the route to go down.

No, better off the 4/3 route and names are drawn from a hat to see which way the split goes. There may even be some sort of free random name generator that you could use on line - a virtual hat, so to speak.

Or..

Each person trying on sunday has a different 4 names. Their own and 3 more. Each person has equal chance of getting a ticket depending on who gets through. Once person a gets through, you are all trying for the rest

[yellowsnow]

I didn't go last year (due to having moved house) and forgot how shockingly bad the BBC coverage is so if I don't get a ticket I think I'll go abroad!

[**claire**]

I'm not sure... we missed out a few years back & did then get lucky in the resale, but this year I'm not sure if we'll wait, or take it as a sign that we should try a couple of alternatives instead - maybe Shambala or Standon Calling (Latitude depending on line up).

Or we might put the money towards a sneaky little trip to New York.

[Sofa]

Wont be going this year ,off to Queensland to look at buying some land there ,went to the last one after not going for donkeys years ,it was mental .So more tickets in the pot for you guys ,best of luck to you all !

[monkey1989]

if I don't im just gonna sign up to one of those litter picking companies pay my 200 deposit to them and enjoy the festival , I'm sure they employ well more than they need and they would be getting my money so I wouldn't feel bad

[Glastonlocal]

if I don't im just gonna sign up to one of those litter picking companies pay my 200 deposit to them and enjoy the festival , I'm sure they employ well more than they need and they would be getting my money so I wouldn't feel bad

yeah that's a brilliant attitude. If only there were more people like you signing up to help at the festival.

[jeffie]

24 years old, says it all,

edit - actually, I apologise to other 24 year old's - that's an unfair comment, I'm sure you are much more mature than the Monkey. My 5 year old is probably more mature than the Monkey.

Edited September 30, 2014 by jeffie

[Ged Devereux]

Thought to volunteer you had to give them your registration number and if you didn't turn up for your shifts you'd get blacklisted for future years? If not then it should be

[LadyP]

Or..

Each person trying on sunday has a different 4 names. Their own and 3 more. Each person has equal chance of getting a ticket depending on who gets through. Once person a gets through, you are all trying for the rest

This seems fairer than anything we've come up with so far, thank you. Although I'm not against yoghurt's idea of doing the 6/1, means they'll all have to be really nice to me as I've got all the deposit money!

Thanks for your help guys, here's hoping we're all lucky this year!