One Tonne Baby Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) To get us through this tough time, today is exactly a year since the gates opened to Glastonbury 2017, probably my favourite year I've been to. So tell us exactly what you were up to a year ago. It could be specific to the time you're posting or a summary of the whole day! I had been queuing since about 4am. After the slight worry of what 'bag searches' meant and the joyous roar of the crowd as the gates opened, we were in and set up by 9am. After a slightly embarrassing chase of a milk van we headed off into the festival. I bought a jurassic park bumbag and a disgusting hawaiian shirt and looked for alcohol. Because I had been up all night, it felt like it was the early afternoon and I was confused that I was struggled to get a beer, at Glastonbury! It was of course, about 9.15am and after spotting 3 people with cider I meekly asked them where they got it and they pointed me towards the Somerset Cider stall. Cider and hotdog in hand, at this very moment a year ago I was laying under the multiple signposts in Williams Green, getting some shade and sipping my cider full of excitement about what the weekend was about to bring. Now you. Edited June 21, 2018 by One Tonne Baby 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Wasn't that yesterday? Anyway, I think I was on a mass hike to tent hero @Titters/ @Titters2's car to partially payback his efforts of the day before carrying in my (and several other people's) tents. It probably equated to about 1% of the effort he'd put in and guilt levels were going through the roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmb1992 Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 If we're talking about the Thursday I was just surfacing from my double bed in my yurt after a night at the NYC Downlow and having gone to the stone circle for the sunrise (it was cloudy) but still worth the experience I was feeling a bit worse for wear but still had 4 days of festival ahead of me after what was one of the best Wednedays I've ever had at Glasto so up for what the next day would bring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Tonne Baby Posted June 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Sorry I wasn’t clear. This date last year was the Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helsbels Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 This time last year we were on a sweltering coach down from Manchester. Upon arrival to our horror the toilet had leaked piss (and thankfully only piss) all over our rucksacks. It was the grimmest walk into Glasto ever! Thankfully everything was packed in plastic carrier bags so our stuff was ok. We ended up camping right next to Gate A as opposed to the year before where we ended up in the furthest outskirts of the campsites. Went onto have one of my favourite Glasto's so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubenz Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Enjoying the view from the hill in the park I think! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sime Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 I was butt naked at the camp with my (non naked) friends chilling out in the heat and sunbathing. What a scorcher it was...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSmurphy Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Burning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 This time Wed last year was probably still in that 'kin snake outside Gate D - the one where whenever you thought you had finally turned the corner, there was only yet another snake in the next field to traverse. Or maybe I'd got in by then - can't remember. If I had then I would have been melting as it went to meet a mate by the tree on the NE corner of Pennards to see where he was camped in there. Thursday - probably at Brothers Bar getting messy. I think we were considering going to see The Smyths, which everyone else in the site did in the end as well, completely ramming Williams Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Drunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyT Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) According to my whatsapp messages I was at the ciderbus taking refuge in the shade of the tree. Edited June 21, 2018 by JoeyT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 If its the Cider Bus area tree I'm thinking of (usually surrounded by benches), I have equally taken refuge beneath it on many occasions, though usually when it has been pissing it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 If memory serves me correctly (unlikely) I think I was at @Sawdusty Surfer's glorious table getting hammered in thw sunshine with @stuartbert two hats and@Seldom Seen Kid, and I think @fatyeti24 and @H.M.V (still with us at that point?), having acquired a bottle of mead from @mr gumby. The night did not end well 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Telephone Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) Wednesday- drinking cocktails from the bar between West Holts and William’s Green Thursday - gave up on trying to see The Smyths and hung about around Green Futures. Headed on down to the Common later on.... B8FEE8E8-83F1-4452-9F87-378068625A33.MP4 Edited June 21, 2018 by The Red Telephone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Quark said: If memory serves me correctly (unlikely) I think I was at @Sawdusty Surfer's glorious table getting hammered in thw sunshine with @stuartbert two hats and@Seldom Seen Kid, and I think @fatyeti24 and @H.M.V (still with us at that point?), having acquired a bottle of mead from @mr gumby. The night did not end well Oh yes it did! EDIT: I ended up leaving with the mead, @Seldom Seen Kid and a non-efester (the horror) Edited June 21, 2018 by stuartbert two hats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 I'm not entirely sure where I ended up. I have a vague memory of meeting up with some people at Baggy Mondays, stumbling over to the Glade for a bit of Orbital, and possibly the Giant Tree Light Show in Greenpeace. Either you or SSK were supposed to give me a call so we could finish the mead and I never heard from either of you again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 39 minutes ago, Quark said: I'm not entirely sure where I ended up. I have a vague memory of meeting up with some people at Baggy Mondays, stumbling over to the Glade for a bit of Orbital, and possibly the Giant Tree Light Show in Greenpeace. Either you or SSK were supposed to give me a call so we could finish the mead and I never heard from either of you again!! It did get quite messy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Klein Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 We did the handfasting under a scorching sun at 1PM. We were all by ourselves but a few strangers showed up and stayed there even though it was super hot. A nice couple even offered to take pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTichborne Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 I didn't go.. First time since 1994 that I failed to get a ticket. This is the fifth fallow year since I've been going... and the fifth with glorious rain-free weather down here. There was one where it rained heavily on the Sunday afternoon but that's it. And of course last year when I failed to get a ticket was nice too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipsteak Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Stewarding at Gate D in that insane heat. That was a tough shift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisque Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) Trying not to fall asleep after sleeping on Brighton beach the night before due to an easyJet flight from Edinburgh arriving late & missing my train. I was also 99% sure I was drunk. Edited June 21, 2018 by Bisque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Wednesday, I'd not been there that long due to shit bus time but by now was surely at the eFests meet, stickered up by @bennyhana22 and progressing to gently merry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Gnomicide said: Wednesday, I'd not been there that long due to shit bus time but by now was surely at the eFests meet, stickered up by @bennyhana22 and progressing to gently merry. Yep, if we're talking Wednesday I was definitely well into it at the meet, getting dragged round by HMV and introduced to everyone, stickered by @deebeedoobee and being fed cherry bakewell by @Curlygirl Actually being fed booze, and strangely enough flat peaches, by efesters proved to be a theme of the weekend Edited June 21, 2018 by Quark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagelaureate Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 This time last year (Wednesday) I was passing through The Orb at the Glade. It wasn't really for me so a litre of mix later I was in the Croissant Neuf I was listening to Dr DJ and waiting for Rhythm of the 90s, heavily sunburnt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie_and_a_pint Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 I think me and @amfy were dancing on tables by this time on the Wednesday... I'd had gin-inna-tin for breakfast and had carried on, so I was bladdered, frankly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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