Posh Camping

[shuttlep]

Good afternoon festival folk.

 

after staying in Camp Skylark at Boom Town and being a total convert to flushing toilets , hot showers  and a lovely cafe.

 

has anyone any reviews about Glastonbury posh camping, yurts and the like. trying to find out what is best value and most fun and not bankrupt myself. Hopefully for around 6 pf us. we have a lovely bell tent at Boomtown . The company that ran camp skylark said they do Glastonbury ever year, I am thinking they use a different name.

 

or is the Tipi village any good?

[Hugh Jass]

I've done Worthy View last couple of years and enjoyed it (awaits being called a c**t). It was a necessity as Mrs Jass was pregnant in both 16 and 17, but I can't pretend that the hot showers, quiet nights and 5 minute walk to and from the car (especially as  was carrying everything) wasn't bliss.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Worthy View isn't really posh camping, though, is it? Not like what shuttlep seems to be talking about. 

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Worthy View isn't really posh camping, though, is it? Not like what shuttlep seems to be talking about. 

Actually, yeah having ead the post again you might be right. Posher than regular camping tough.

[shuttlep]

1 hour ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Worthy View isn't really posh camping, though, is it? Not like what shuttlep seems to be talking about. 

it was the showers and nice toilets which really sold me at Boomtown. Worthy view doesn't look too bad, The tipi Village looks nice. If I did it i would really miss my camp fire though.

[parsonjack]

Had some friends stay at Land & Sky last year...quite pricey for a tipi but if it sells it they got GF Crew wristbands as the entrance is via one of the Shangri-la backstage areas. 

They had no idea what they were until I told them and they then spent rest of the festival touring all the Crew bars 

[Laurenkfj]

15 hours ago, parsonjack said:

Had some friends stay at Land & Sky last year...quite pricey for a tipi but if it sells it they got GF Crew wristbands as the entrance is via one of the Shangri-la backstage areas. 

They had no idea what they were until I told them and they then spent rest of the festival touring all the Crew bars 

Just checked Land & Sky out - wow that's expensive!!

[shuttlep]

15 minutes ago, Laurenkfj said:

Just checked Land & Sky out - wow that's expensive!!

it made my eyes water

[Quark]

Somewhere in internet land, Russy's c*nt antenna has started twitching

[Kizzie]

3 minutes ago, Quark said:

Somewhere in internet land, Russy's c*nt antenna has started twitching

Funnily enough that was my first thought when I read this yesterday

[Hugh Jass]

Where is Russy these days? He seems to have spent the fallow year in hibernation, occasionally stirring from his slumber to comment on the Nick Cave thread or bemoan the acts mooted on the headliner thread.

[Kizzie]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass said:

Where is Russy these days? He seems to have spent the fallow year in hibernation, occasionally stirring from his slumber to comment on the Nick Cave thread or bemoan the acts mooted on the headliner thread.

He's not as good as he used to be

[Hugh Jass]

3 minutes ago, Kizzie said:

He's not as good as he used to be

You're right, he was much better in the 90's.

[Zoo Music Girl]

How much is that Land & Sky thing then? Their website says not taking reservations for Glastonbury 2019, but I presume they have to wait for the ticket release as it includes a ticket? That's one of the advantages of these luxury options generally, isn't it?

Each to their own, but I think Glastonbury is an expensive enough weekend without paying for the camping options too so it's never really tempted me (apart from the possibility of getting a no-fuss ticket).

[Quark]

I was cleaning out my folders the other day and came across the Russy's C*nt Bingo Card from a couple of years ago  

Can't remember who came up with it, think it might have been Scruff?  He's another one who's gone AWOL actually.

 

[vintagelaureate]

1 minute ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

How much is that Land & Sky thing then? Their website says not taking reservations for Glastonbury 2019, but I presume they have to wait for the ticket release as it includes a ticket? That's one of the advantages of these luxury options generally, isn't it?

Each to their own, but I think Glastonbury is an expensive enough weekend without paying for the camping options too so it's never really tempted me (apart from the possibility of getting a no-fuss ticket).

£6000 - £11000 depending on the package ?

[parsonjack]

23 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:

£6000 - £11000 depending on the package ?

My friends paid nothing near that....maybe they have changed things but they paid about a grand for a teepee 3 of them shared...and it didn't come with festival tickets either...I got them those in the main sale.

[vintagelaureate]

6 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

My friends paid nothing near that....maybe they have changed things but they paid about a grand for a teepee 3 of them shared...and it didn't come with festival tickets either...I got them those in the main sale.

 

[vintagelaureate]

There are these though too @parsonjack

[tjamest]

17 hours ago, shuttlep said:

it was the showers and nice toilets which really sold me at Boomtown. Worthy view doesn't look too bad, The tipi Village looks nice. If I did it i would really miss my camp fire though.

I'm sure that i was sat by a communal fire in /next to the Tipi Village one evening last year, and of course Strummerville is just a bit further up the hill.

[Zoo Music Girl]

38 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:

£6000 - £11000 depending on the package ?

Fucking hell!

[Zoo Music Girl]

8 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:

 

Actually, I think it was some of the off-site camping options I was thinking of - Camp Kerala or something? You get a ticket with that one. 

[Zoo Music Girl]

16 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

My friends paid nothing near that....maybe they have changed things but they paid about a grand for a teepee 3 of them shared...and it didn't come with festival tickets either...I got them those in the main sale.

Actually, I think it was some of the off-site camping options I was thinking of - Camp Kerala or something? You get a ticket with that one. 

[parsonjack]

11 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:

There are these though too @parsonjack

Yep that's the puppy...the three of them shared the basic tipi and it cost them about £400 each....plus tickets.  

[parsonjack]

6 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Actually, I think it was some of the off-site camping options I was thinking of - Camp Kerala or something? You get a ticket with that one. 

Kerala was the first of this ilk I think. I remember a bunch of Kerala campers with branded brollies getting pelted with mud on the Pyramid field after the flood of 2005