Glastocam!

[EavisAintDead]

4 hours ago, FieldingGoodney said:

Silage cutting next to the Park, before the fence is complete I take it there's security otherwise you could wander about the site whilst they build the stages.

I went two weeks ago and stuck to the public footpaths but there was nothing stopping me from straying, especially once you're on the other side of the farm in dairy grounds etc. It gets a bit more serious once the fence is up and it's like walking outside a prison (I will still go back a few times for fun though)

[EavisAintDead]

1 hour ago, westholtschic said:

Think that’s Pennard Hill Farm

 

Correct, wedding venue all Spring & Summer long except for the festival week when it is accomodation

[Crazyfool01]

24 minutes ago, EavisAintDead said:

Correct, wedding venue all Spring & Summer long except for the festival week when it is accomodation

Definately wasn’t the average worthy view tent 😀

[Crazyfool01]

tent appearing in entrance to croissant neuf .... is it welfare or such like ? I know they give out suncream there and have that amazing glastonbury trainline map outside 

[Skelts]

47 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

tent appearing in entrance to croissant neuf .... is it welfare or such like ? I know they give out suncream there and have that amazing glastonbury trainline map outside 

Yes, that’s the welfare tent. Had some great fireside chats there 

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, Skelts said:

Yes, that’s the welfare tent. Had some great fireside chats there 

just round the corner from @Sawdusty surfer amazing table and acoustic chair where i often rest up

[Skelts]

Just now, Crazyfool01 said:

just round the corner from @Sawdusty surfer amazing table and acoustic chair where i often rest up

I always gravitate there too. Think he’s sold it now though? Would be happy to be proven wrong!

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Skelts said:

I always gravitate there too. Think he’s sold it now though? Would be happy to be proven wrong!

nope theres definitely one there ... think he sold a previous version 

[Skelts]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

nope theres definitely one there ... think he sold a previous version 

Great, might see you there then 😃

[stuie]

10 hours ago, FieldingGoodney said:

Silage cutting next to the Park, before the fence is complete I take it there's security otherwise you could wander about the site whilst they build the stages.

 

Fun fence fact:  there's gaps in it right up to festival week for wildlife to leave.  The festival brings in experts to encourage their departure and they do a sweep of the site to make sure! 

[Stokesy10]

43 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

Fun fence fact:  there's gaps in it right up to festival week for wildlife to leave.  The festival brings in experts to encourage their departure and they do a sweep of the site to make sure! 

This is an excellent fact!

 

Edit; this has just reminded me - my brother is convinced he saw a massive hare run out of a bush past him in 2022 🤣 

Edited May 15, 2025 by Stokesy10

[aident93]

8 hours ago, Stokesy10 said:

This is an excellent fact!

 

Edit; this has just reminded me - my brother is convinced he saw a massive hare run out of a bush past him in 2022 🤣 

We saw a large hare running between campervans in the east fields whilst queueing for PG C at 6am in 2023 

[itsfomas]

10 hours ago, stuie said:

 

Fun fence fact:  there's gaps in it right up to festival week for wildlife to leave.  The festival brings in experts to encourage their departure and they do a sweep of the site to make sure! 

I love a cheeky little fact

[MilkyJoe]

What we wouldn't give for some of this current weather in 6 weeks...

Edited May 16, 2025 by MilkyJoe

[sabre-toothed tart]

11 hours ago, stuie said:

 

Fun fence fact:  there's gaps in it right up to festival week for wildlife to leave.  The festival brings in experts to encourage their departure and they do a sweep of the site to make sure! 

Didn't they find some owl chicks nesting under the Pyramid stage one year?  Or have I imagined that 😂

[dotdash79]

11 hours ago, stuie said:

 

Fun fence fact:  there's gaps in it right up to festival week for wildlife to leave.  The festival brings in experts to encourage their departure and they do a sweep of the site to make sure! 

Fun fact where there is hardly any humans around you do get deer on the farm. 
 

[tomf3]

12 hours ago, stuie said:

 

Fun fence fact:  there's gaps in it right up to festival week for wildlife to leave.  The festival brings in experts to encourage their departure and they do a sweep of the site to make sure! 

That is a fun fact. As others have mentioned we saw a hare running through the camp Wednesday morning both in 2022 and 2024 and it was a sad reminder that the event must be utterly terrifying for the wildlife! Glad they do have experts in to address that.

[Cheesey]

About 10-15 years ago (I can't remember which year exactly), my GF and I watched a group of badgers running around in the area that is now The Wood - back when it was all fenced off apart from a path through the middle.

 

I've never seen live badgers in broad daylight before or since. They seemed quite happy but all the activity of the festival must have been a bit disorienting for them at the very least.

[TheDayman]

8 minutes ago, Cheesey said:

About 10-15 years ago (I can't remember which year exactly), my GF and I watched a group of badgers running around in the area that is now The Wood - back when it was all fenced off apart from a path through the middle.

 

I've never seen live badgers in broad daylight before or since. They seemed quite happy but all the activity of the festival must have been a bit disorienting for them at the very least.

There’s a badger that lives down the road from us and makes his way down the streets at nights. They’re a lot bigger (and sturdier) in real life! 

[dotdash79]

16 minutes ago, Cheesey said:

About 10-15 years ago (I can't remember which year exactly), my GF and I watched a group of badgers running around in the area that is now The Wood - back when it was all fenced off apart from a path through the middle.

 

I've never seen live badgers in broad daylight before or since. They seemed quite happy but all the activity of the festival must have been a bit disorienting for them at the very least.

I saw a bbc wildlife program and it showed that a set of badgers were living in the bushes at the bottom of muddy lane, near staff catering. They were out at night during the festival. 

[gooner1990]

When I was at Big Chill festival in 2009 we were sat around camp one morning and about 20 ducks got out out of the river that was next to it and started waddling through the campsite scavenging for any bits of food they could find!

[dotdash79]

23 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

When I was at Big Chill festival in 2009 we were sat around camp one morning and about 20 ducks got out out of the river that was next to it and started waddling through the campsite scavenging for any bits of food they could find!

And that is how The Duck Truck which can be found at west holts was founded. 

[Pipine]

When I was working for oxfam and there on the Tuesday I saw a pheasant and young chicks in the hedgerows around the SE corner somewhere .. I hope they found a quiet spot to hide for a few days.

 

I’ve also seen a huge stag just outside of the fence from our South Park campsite one year very early morning, looking over the site and probably wondering what the heck was going on.   

One year there was a baby bird of some sort sat on the speaker stacks at the pyramid, I think it was during Wolf Alice’s set.. it was tweeting away trying to find its parents.  
 

I’m glad they try and encourage the wildlife out of the site as munch as possible.. but must be hard to get it all cleared. 

[FieldingGoodney]

20 hours ago, EavisAintDead said:

I went two weeks ago and stuck to the public footpaths but there was nothing stopping me from straying, especially once you're on the other side of the farm in dairy grounds etc. It gets a bit more serious once the fence is up and it's like walking outside a prison (I will still go back a few times for fun though)

I'd like to visit sometime just to see it getting built (rather than it being bare), I guess that's why I like the webcam so much as it increases your anticipation, even for telly watchers. 

[westholtschic]

1 hour ago, gooner1990 said:

When I was at Big Chill festival in 2009 we were sat around camp one morning and about 20 ducks got out out of the river that was next to it and started waddling through the campsite scavenging for any bits of food they could find!

That was a good year there. I Used to do the medical cover at the festival. Beautiful setting