So, how did you handle taking a year off?

[hannahlmoore]

I went to a garden party / BBQ last year and we watched on a big screen, it was actually really good fun. Got to see shit loads of music, cold beers directly from the fridge and no queues for the loos.

[ivan]

I first went in 1999 and these are the ones I have missed and what I did

2001 - went round Scotland on my motorbike

2006 - Loads of us went to Roskilde ( what a line up )

2012 -  Attended Solstice Celebration Festival  ( what a mud bath )

2013 - Did not get tickets to did not mope about it so we hired a Classic VW camper and toured the Highlands & Islands of Scotland

2016 - Line up for me was terrible , took our camper to Wales for a week , got back home in time to watch bits of the festival on the telly 

[Cheesey]

The only year I've missed since 2002 is 2013, where we had to opt out due to money problems. We ended up going on a very cheap holiday over the same week, but we did watch some of the festival on telly. It felt very strange, and not in a good way.

I wasn't too bothered at all watching Mumfords and even the Stones on TV, but I reached new levels of guttedness watching Portishead

[Funky Jim]

I missed 2004 as we my wife's due date with our daughter was Glastonbury weekend. Fortunately she was 2 weeks late else I would have had a hard time going to every festival since

 

[fred quimby]

Only missed 1 since 1982 and that was 2009 as I had to go to a wedding so that distracted me.

 

Not sure about this year yet. Hoping to make it. but this year could be my last (apart from the 50th) as the appealing is waning with crowds, queues etc

[Hugh Jass]

10 hours ago, nikkic said:

That and the festival wasn't on. 

That's the point. It's what I did on the years I couldn't go.

Everyone's going to have to do it next year.