Tuesday Evening Traffic

[filmguy]

I'm heading in at about 7-8pm tomorrow evening via Blue gate, do the surrounding roads get mad busy with people arriving to join the queues?

[MJP]

Should be fine, it gets busy towards sunrise on Wednesday.

[deebeedoobee]

12 minutes ago, filmguy said:

I'm heading in at about 7-8pm tomorrow evening via Blue gate, do the surrounding roads get mad busy with people arriving to join the queues?

The car parks open at 9pm so yes, we get a lot of traffic from about 6-7pm. If today is anything to go by it’s been like the M 25 through Pilton all day and is still going.

[EasyUserName]

14 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

The car parks open at 9pm so yes, we get a lot of traffic from about 6-7pm. If today is anything to go by it’s been like the M 25 through Pilton all day and is still going.

It's been heavy-traffic for days. Was out on Sunday - it was like peak-hour everywhere!

[deebeedoobee]

9 minutes ago, EasyUserName said:

It's been heavy-traffic for days. Was out on Sunday - it was like peak-hour everywhere!

Good job I know a few quiet places where I can still run.

[EasyUserName]

11 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

Good job I know a few quiet places where I can still run.

You'd go okay on foot. I think though if you could bottle the delays, & pass them on to the "why do locals get preferential treatment" people, they'd then understand!

[themuel]

Do they really not open til 9?? I thought I had always got in before that. 

[Pinhead]

They often open earlier and even seen different times at different gates. Probably depends largely on conditions, queue length and when the site / build gets signed off by H&S.

[MJP]

30 minutes ago, themuel said:

Do they really not open til 9?? I thought I had always got in before that. 

For the purpose of their licence, no you cannot get in before 9pm.

For the purpose of not blocking up the feeder roads with queuing traffic all afternoon and evening, you might be able to get in before 9pm.

[Spindles]

Indeed.  I've generally arrived between midnight and 2am, find the flow of people really arriving ramps up around 6am.  We'll know more about the situation on the roads from the camper van folk based on previous years.  

[Baby On A Stick]

Last two festivals I've arrived at the West CV just after sundown and seen no queues on the approach.  

 

[Flysheet]

Staying down near Lydford on Fosse, will be in the area probably by 5pm tomorrow. Will it be better coming in from J23 and sneaking the back way round Pennards Hill, or thru Pilton village? Or maybe jumping off the M5 further north and cutting across to Shepton Mallet? Don’t fancy coming down the 37 all the way from Bristol as that would involve negotiating Bristol at early part of rush hour.