New security measures in place

[themuel]

51 minutes ago, rosieangel said:

Do they empty the entire contents of your bag onto the table or just have a rummage through? 

I think it varies from a quick pat down of the bag to a full check. I got the torch in the top and a few squeezes option. Of my bag... obviously. 

[Bathimp]

Apologies for posting in multiple threads  

 

Just been in twice via Gate B. Normally use Gate D which is bigger. Today is a staff/ volunteer day so tomorrow will be different. 

A narrow gate only two search tables today. Bag check for everyone separate queue for this with No bag only. Everyone else in one queue. 

Everyone checked but looking for obvious hard objects only. Everything else passed through OK. 

Take your time at the tables. I nearly lost some clothes. 

Security nice and friendly. More bag search desks will be added tomorrow. Checks only added 10 to 15 mins to our entry but will be longer queues tomorrow. We will only know tomorrow whether all bags continue to be checked. 

Have a great one. You will be here soon!

[The other Bellboy]

Not a single check when getting into the east Campervan fields, was very quick from the road turn off until getting parked up

[Junglist1981]

Seeing as we'll be queuing at the height of the day I'm seriously considering constructing a mobile sun shelter from survival blankets and sticks or something. Hmmm.

Anyone got any suggestions?

I think the easiest thing would be to tape a survival blanket over a golf umbrella, but wanna go a little bigger to cover more people.

Edited June 20, 2017 by Junglist1981

[Crazyfool01]

7 minutes ago, Junglist1981 said:

Seeing as we'll be queuing at the height of the day I'm seriously considering constructing a mobile sun shelter from survival blankets and sticks or something. Hmmm.

Anyone got any suggestions?

I think the easiest thing would be to tape a survival blanket over a golf umbrella, but wanna go a little bigger to cover more people.

a mobile gazebo ? if you can carry it  let me know your arrival time 

[Morse Code]

A cursory check in the van from a very friendly security guy on the way in to camper van west. No queues and straight in at 12:30  

Saw a couple of bottles of wine being confiscated but no different to previous years. 

I can confirm it's fucking hot so the cold beer is off setting the sweat being lost from putting the tent up!! 

[Franky]

On 05/06/2017 at 8:10 PM, Franky said:

It is what it is, best thing we can do is accept it, be helpful and respectful to the guys doing it and hopefully they won't take to long with you. 

6th post of this thread, nothing has changed.

It will all be ok people

 

[funkyuk]

Had my Swiss Army knife confiscated at PGB this afternoon.  In years past I've brought an axe for firewood and a kitchen knife for cooking.  Be aware. No reasoning with meathead security 

[funkyuk]

They weren't looking for my stash though, which was nice

[funkyuk]

It's fucking hot though, bring litres of water for the queues, and a brolly for shade.  And sun cream for your neck, obvs.  Seen a lots of lobster skin today 

[Ex_ollie]

5 minutes ago, funkyuk said:

Had my Swiss Army knife confiscated at PGB this afternoon.  In years past I've brought an axe for firewood and a kitchen knife for cooking.  Be aware. No reasoning with meathead security 

I think that pretty reasonable tbh...

[weeksy97]

5 minutes ago, funkyuk said:

They weren't looking for my stash though, which was nice

Guessing they are just looking for Sharp objects then and not anyones 'goods'

[MrZigster]

48 minutes ago, funkyuk said:

Had my Swiss Army knife confiscated at PGB this afternoon.  In years past I've brought an axe for firewood and a kitchen knife for cooking.  Be aware. No reasoning with meathead security 

That is meathead. I'll bet the camping stores are still selling them. This was at the Pedestrian Gate not the Car Park entrance right?

43 minutes ago, Ex_ollie said:

I think that pretty reasonable tbh...

I think it's bollocks. We're going camping for five days ffs, not entering a nightclub for a couple of hours. Back in the day we all had them when we were seven year old cub scouts and most of us aren't kids any more.

/old man rant

Oh well, mines packed now. I will leave it in the car. It's easily the most useful thing I've ever found. I've had it for over thirty years now (though I shall tell them it was a gift from my mother) and I'll be buggered if I let someone confiscate it. As I've said before in this thread, penknives are totally legal to carry in the UK.

 

 

[garc1a]

Hit and miss then, then held our coach at the bus station then gave us an escort to gate c... Told us to line pur bags up off the coach for a search.

After a little debate (as we are camped just outside gate c.   Let us all go. Made sense. Still got axe and knife :).

Going in gate c.. Just a had a day sack which they glanced in... Not much help, more a gloat we are camped and coiiiidersflowing!

[Mardy]

Hehe, confiscating penknives is pure and simple bullshit. How many catering stalls are there on site? Hundreds. How many knives, cleavers etc on those stalls? It must total thousands. But no, we'll spend our time getting tiny penknives confiscated. Farcical.

[Tranquility of Solitude]

I've purchased some high strength tensile steel tent pegs due to the state of the ground. 12 of them. They're way more lethal than a swiss army knife, and easier to use in an offensive manner I suspect. Hope they don't confiscate them, or I'll be holding my tent down with cans of cider.

[Loutag]

1 hour ago, funkyuk said:

Had my Swiss Army knife confiscated at PGB this afternoon.  In years past I've brought an axe for firewood and a kitchen knife for cooking.  Be aware. No reasoning with meathead security 

Good!!! The whole point of the checks is to confiscate items like this!! 

[bsolxiv]

I'm confused, we're being asked to pack light and people are taking axes? I know we're camping but it's at a festival not a bivouac in the highlands. Carrying a pen knife these days? What does one do with it these days? I would say out of all the people who carry knives nowadays the majority are for nefarious purposes. 

[neil_d]

A penknife (in your tent) is implied by the safety advice from the Fire &Rescue service on the festival website: http://preview1.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Camping-safety-poster590.jpg

[Loutag]

18 minutes ago, MrZigster said:

That is meathead. I'll bet the camping stores are still selling them. This was at the Pedestrian Gate not the Car Park entrance right?

I think it's bollocks. We're going camping for five days ffs, not entering a nightclub for a couple of hours. Back in the day we all had them when we were seven year old cub scouts and most of us aren't kids any more.

/old man rant

Oh well, mines packed now. I will leave it in the car. It's easily the most useful thing I've ever found. I've had it for over thirty years now (though I shall tell them it was a gift from my mother) and I'll be buggered if I let someone confiscate it. As I've said before in this thread, penknives are totally legal to carry in the UK.

 

 

Doesn't make a difference if pen knives are legal. So is a bottle of wine or a glass jar of mayonnaise- but if they have said we can't take them in that's their rules which we should abide by! 

[Loutag]

6 hours ago, Woffy said:

Thanks dude. 

Where did you hear that?

My sister is working in the car parks today 

[babyblade41]

8 minutes ago, Loutag said:

Good!!! The whole point of the checks is to confiscate items like this!! 

not sure why , I was bought up to learn how to use pen knives and always have a swiss army knife in the car as they are so handy in an emergency... you can do just as much damage with a tent peg ...  

[Loutag]

4 minutes ago, babyblade41 said:

not sure why , I was bought up to learn how to use pen knives and always have a swiss army knife in the car as they are so handy in an emergency... you can do just as much damage with a tent peg ...  

So if a terrorist gave that excuse and got in with a knife would you be happy with that?

[babyblade41]

Just now, Loutag said:

So if a terrorist gave that excuse and got in with a knife would you be happy with that?

I'm not questioning you just seems  a little odd as so many items in my bags which are  just as lethal and yet allowed .. i.e. lighters with gas canisters , as I'm not a terrorist threat I don't know the ins and outs but it just seems a little OTT, obviously if it's a full on hunting knife then yes but multiple utilityy knives seems a little extreme and not your average festival terrorist would want to use as they would be looking for big impact 

[squirrelarmy]

4 minutes ago, Loutag said:

So if a terrorist gave that excuse and got in with a knife would you be happy with that?

There's a bit of a difference between penknives/multi-tools than the 12" blades the recent London attackers used. We're not hacking through jungles so no need for a machete however if the security teams have been told to look for blades and they find them it will be down to their discretion what they do with them.