Toilet Talk

[Tartan_Glasto]

So in 2015 when it was glorious and sunny, I was singing the praises of the longdrops we had at Hitchin Hill. This year, camping at Pylon, I have discovered that the compost toilets are the way to go! So the question I have is this, what camp sites have the compost toilets? As I think we may look to camp somewhere else this year and I am that guy who will choose a site based on the toilets available haha

[stutheblue]

I think more and more will have compostable. Definitely seem to be the way to go and the festival seems to think this. Hope so!

[Tartan_Glasto]

Fingers crossed! A longdrop is all well and good until you need a sh*t in the pissing rain.

[Twisted Melon]

Either South Park 1 or South Park 2 had them if I remember correctly.

[guypjfreak]

Some come here to shit and stink 

Some come here sit and think 

But I come here 

To scratch my balls and read the writing on the walls. 

 

 

 

I too like the straw loos 

[bexj]

I like the composters and glad to hear there's been more installed since my last visit to the farm in '14. 

That said,  I can't be the only one who finds it strangely comforting to have a shit while the rain gently falls on your bare backside... Can I? 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

21 hours ago, guypjfreak said:

Some come here to shit and stink 

Some come here sit and think 

But I come here 

To scratch my balls and read the writing on the walls.

Anybody would think that with all this wit, Shakspeare had once been here to sit.

That, my friend, may well be true because Shakespeare had an arsehole too.

[guypjfreak]

4 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Anybody would think that with all this wit, Shakspeare had once been here to sit.

That, my friend, may well be true because Shakespeare had an arsehole too.

Ooooooooooohhhh my arse hole is sore 

Tis macbeth..  he keepos banging away with ME

When he should be banging away with juliet 

Me thinks tis time to go forth and watch Sir Thomas yorke

Tis Abit Pablo honey round here 

[Miathedog]

The compost loos are great, but the one issue I have with them comes from being short - they always seem really high up and designed for taller people! The ones in the kids field are perfect though!

[Respectfatfrog]

I always worry about my shorts hitting the piss covered floor

[Sweet_pea]

On ‎05‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 7:25 PM, Twisted Melon said:

Either South Park 1 or South Park 2 had them if I remember correctly.

Correct - SP1

Queues were ridiculous. I'm hoping they have more of them this year

[jennilily]

my first glasto last year having done years of other festivals and I couldn't believe how good the long drops were compared to portaloos!

[SloopJohnB]

On 21/04/2017 at 11:32 AM, Respectfatfrog said:

I always worry about my shorts hitting the piss covered floor

This

[Jakeyboi135]

I'm going to sound a bit thick now, but what's a compost toilet?

[Smash1984]

On 4/21/2017 at 11:32 AM, Respectfatfrog said:

I always worry about my shorts hitting the piss covered floor

Trick to this is to open your legs slightly wider once they're down (but above the piss covered floor) which holds said shorts in place. Also find it a good place to hold your loo roll while going about your business

[Lynsey Cox]

1 hour ago, Jakeyboi135 said:

I'm going to sound a bit thick now, but what's a compost toilet?

Shitting on a bucket of hay basically I think....

[sime]

12 hours ago, Jakeyboi135 said:

I'm going to sound a bit thick now, but what's a compost toilet?

The idea is, you take a cup of compost from a big pile of the stuff, poo and then cover poo with the compost. This covers your doings and helps mask 'the smell', the same as the pooie before you did. Plus, they are roofed which is handy if it's raining.

[Jakeyboi135]

Thanks for clearing it up, why don't more festival's do it? The smell of long drops has been my number one hate at everyone I've been too

[Curlygirl]

On 05/01/2017 at 9:16 PM, bexj said:

I like the composters and glad to hear there's been more installed since my last visit to the farm in '14. 

That said,  I can't be the only one who finds it strangely comforting to have a shit while the rain gently falls on your bare backside... Can I? 

 

Bex will you come tickle me with your tickle stick? Met you at Kendal last year, hope to see you at the efests meet all burlesque like x

 

edited, not whilst I'm in the loo by the way haha 

Edited April 25, 2017 by Curlygirl

[MilkyJoe]

On 06/01/2017 at 0:16 AM, bexj said:

I like the composters and glad to hear there's been more installed since my last visit to the farm in '14. 

That said,  I can't be the only one who finds it strangely comforting to have a shit while the rain gently falls on your bare backside... Can I? 

 

I think that's probably splashback...

[@leenewman6590]

Composters were great and there is no smell if people put the compost in . The long drops opposite the Other Stage in Oxylers had the worst Ammonia smell going on . To the point where you couldn't breathe. Even though they are out in the open they certainly are a last resort   

[MartinK]

On 24/04/2017 at 11:37 AM, Smash1984 said:

Trick to this is to open your legs slightly wider once they're down (but above the piss covered floor) which holds said shorts in place. Also find it a good place to hold your loo roll while going about your business

So funny, that's exactly where my big roll goes as well !

[Crazyfool01]

does anyone else spend lots of time talking toilets at the festival ? 

[grumpyhack]

I only tend to talk toilets to non-festival goers who don't understand.  There is always the assumption from people who haven't been to festivals that the toilets are dreadful, whereas they are not usually a problem once you have worked out which ones to go to or you get your timing right after the cleaning crews have been round.

[squirrelarmy]

The biggest problem with festival toilets is peoples fear of them. If everyone used them the same way they use their loo at home we wouldn't have as many issues as we see. I've not noticed it much at Glastonbury but Leeds fest toilets were shocking mainly because people would go out of their way to avoid sitting.

There were two methods causing problems, there's the cover the seat in an inch of loo roll method, the problem is that the next guy in would then piss all over that tissue meaning the toilet seat is unable to be used until the cleaning crew arrive.

The worst method is when people are squatting away from the actual seat, miss the hole and then make the whole cubicle off limits.

So treat the loos like you would at home, if you splash the seat give it a little wipe with tissue and remember hand sanitiser will kill all those germs. 

Can't do anything about the smell but after day one you don't even notice any more.