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3 hours ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

A video of how the fence goes up:

And another, good for anyone planning a break in: 😅

Plus I remember stumbling across this video by some of the blokes putting it up a few years back while on a vlog binge:

 

I'm surprised by how much of the other side of the fence is hedges. Looks like lots of cover....

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2 minutes ago, Leyrulion said:

I'm surprised by how much of the other side of the fence is hedges. Looks like lots of cover....

Cover doesn’t get you over the fence. The amount of noise you’re going to make trying to get a ladder through the bushes will have security on you in no time. 

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3 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Cover doesn’t get you over the fence. The amount of noise you’re going to make trying to get a ladder through the bushes will have security on you in no time. 

There’s other more natural stuff that can be hidden and that doesn’t make such a noise though 

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4 hours ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

A video of how the fence goes up:

And another, good for anyone planning a break in: 😅

Plus I remember stumbling across this video by some of the blokes putting it up a few years back while on a vlog binge:

 

Is it just me that watched those and thought, “I reckon I could climb it”? 
Am I a typical white privileged male who reckons they’re invincible or could I actually pull it off? I am pretty athletic… 

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27 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

Is it just me that watched those and thought, “I reckon I could climb it”? 
Am I a typical white privileged male who reckons they’re invincible or could I actually pull it off? I am pretty athletic… 

I think the real issue is finding a spot that's between observation towers, timing it to avoid the patrols and then picking a spot that doesn't land you in either a staff campsite or on top of more security on the other side. 

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5 hours ago, squirrelarmy said:

Cover doesn’t get you over the fence. The amount of noise you’re going to make trying to get a ladder through the bushes will have security on you in no time. 

There's also at least 20 holes in the fence.

I've said this before - but in no scenario would going over or under the fence be the easiest or most sensible option. There's so many gates, each with their own operational quirks. Sit watching one of them operate for an hour and anyone with a bit of nous will spot a way in. I know exactly what Gate and method I'd try if I ever felt the need.

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6 hours ago, Leyrulion said:

I think the real issue is finding a spot that's between observation towers, timing it to avoid the patrols and then picking a spot that doesn't land you in either a staff campsite or on top of more security on the other side. 

I think it’s doable, but you need to do a bit of recon, ideally you’d need a ticket for the year before you need to break in so you can check out where guard towers are etc. and then hope they don’t move the next year, or have some mates with tickets who could do that for you. Patrols should be easy enough to work out if you spend a bit of time observing them before you attempt to break in, plenty of bushes to hide in to do that. It’s something I’d love to do just to see if I could do it, but hope to never be in a position to have to.

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40 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I'd love to know the stats on break-ins. Of course, the successful ones won't be known, but there must be a good few captured each year. It must be so exhilarating to try!

I had to go off site in 2017 (I think) and gave a lift to a hitchhiker that was trying to get in. He had tried a few times already, I dropped him out near the CV east end. He had been caught a couple of times already, and the pain in the neck was that security always took them back to the PGA area and released them. So they then had to get to wherever their next attempt was to be made. Some of his group were in, but he did say this was to be his last go, and if he failed he was going to stay with friends in Taunton or something like that. He was very cheerful 🙂

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My journey to and from work takes me on a bit of the M5 in somerset, and around this time of year I get to play 'I wonder if that truck going to the festival site?' whenever I see an artic with fencing / portaloos / stage racking etc on the back 🙂

 

makes the journey fly by, I tells ya 😄

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