Wellyboot Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 I would understand the testing, but as others have said, imagine getting there after hours travelling to get turned away. I honestly don't think my anxiety could take thinking about it all the way travelling down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Just now, crazyfool1 said: trains might be a little more challenging .... Do it at Paddington and you'd catch a very high percentage. Maybe Bristol Temple Meads and/or Reading as well as loads of people will change there and you'd have a vast majority. Pick up the rest at Castle Cary. Sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisco Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 There is no chance that they’ll have 200,000 people turning up to be tested for COVID!! What If 100 of them are positive? What happens to the car they travelled in, the train coach, the bus! Makes no sense at all to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, incident said: Do it at Paddington and you'd catch a very high percentage. Maybe Bristol Temple Meads and/or Reading as well as loads of people will change there and you'd have a vast majority. Pick up the rest at Castle Cary. Sorted. ideally you'd want it at departure points when people start the journeys ... but I guess that would be impossible although add in a pre departure test that might work although might be too difficult to implement .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, sisco said: There is no chance that they’ll have 200,000 people turning up to be tested for COVID!! What If 100 of them are positive? What happens to the car they travelled in, the train coach, the bus! Makes no sense at all to me. thats why testing at departure points is preferable for something like coaches Edited August 30, 2020 by crazyfool1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisco Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Just now, crazyfool1 said: thats why testing at departure points is preferable for something like coaches Again delays etc.... Personally I’d suggest Something like you’ve had to of had a test 1/2 weeks prior. Of course a few will slip through the net but you’d know the massive % would be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said: thats why testing at departure points is preferable for something like coaches It’ll be departure points for buses with no additional pick ups, and arrival points for trains. Too many potential access points for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Just now, sisco said: Again delays etc.... Personally I’d suggest Something like you’ve had to of had a test 1/2 weeks prior. Of course a few will slip through the net but you’d know the massive % would be ok. get there a few hours prior like you would for a flight it could work ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest17 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Wellyboot said: I would understand the testing, but as others have said, imagine getting there after hours travelling to get turned away. I honestly don't think my anxiety could take thinking about it all the way travelling down Yeah I'm already checking my ticket pocket every 17 seconds on the way down from Manchester never mind this thrown on. I don't drive either what happens if I test positive and my mate doesn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said: thats why testing at departure points is preferable for something like coaches I can see how they could do testing at departure points for coaches and would prefer that to getting all the way to the site. Slight moral issue for us in that we would then have to decide whether to get back on the tube or get a cab to get back home again if testing positive. Best part of an hour of travel to the coach station for us, or 90 minutes maybe if going from Greenwich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Right now you don’t have to take a test before you go on holiday but for certain areas you are advised to quarantine on your return. By next June, if there is any risk of catching Covid at Glastonbury the official advice will be to quarantine after leaving the site. Most of us generally have a week off work to recover anyway so it’s not too much of a hardship to take a bit more time off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toppo Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 The more thought I've put into this rumour the more unlikely it can happen. Festival medical set up a huge operation at Glastonbury and Reading could this infrastructure turn around in very short time? As stated here the festival relies on many land owners turning over their fields to us who in turn reduce them to dust/mud. The land will not recover to good pasture if a September festival were to happen. There is a finite supply of 'festival' infrastructure big tops, metal road tracks, off site accommodation and god knows what else surely the the turn around would be prohibitive even when things run smoothly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said: Right now you don’t have to take a test before you go on holiday but for certain areas you are advised to quarantine on your return. By next June, if there is any risk of catching Covid at Glastonbury the official advice will be to quarantine after leaving the site. Most of us generally have a week off work to recover anyway so it’s not too much of a hardship to take a bit more time off. pretty sure testing for the holiday is going to change ..... but yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Music Girl Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, squirrelarmy said: Right now you don’t have to take a test before you go on holiday but for certain areas you are advised to quarantine on your return. By next June, if there is any risk of catching Covid at Glastonbury the official advice will be to quarantine after leaving the site. Most of us generally have a week off work to recover anyway so it’s not too much of a hardship to take a bit more time off. Seems a lot easier to enforce than mass testing but it's a lot to time to take off for people that can't work from home. We'd be fine as would just work remotely so I'd be happy with this option. Weekly trip to the supermarket and the odd walk aside, it wouldn't be that different to the whole of my April and May this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said: Right now you don’t have to take a test before you go on holiday but for certain areas you are advised to quarantine on your return. By next June, if there is any risk of catching Covid at Glastonbury the official advice will be to quarantine after leaving the site. Most of us generally have a week off work to recover anyway so it’s not too much of a hardship to take a bit more time off. Totally correct, but when you go on holiday 200,000 people aren’t on the plane or in the hotel. It’s very likely Glastonbury will be the first event back, and with it will come the full range of precautions that will slowly reduce over the course of 1-2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Just now, The Crimson King said: It’s very likely Glastonbury will be the first event back I’ve mentioned this a few times but Cheltenham festival will be one of the first back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisco Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: get there a few hours prior like you would for a flight it could work ... People travel from around the country and world. Honestly think it’s a ridiculous idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, squirrelarmy said: I’ve mentioned this a few times but Cheltenham festival will be one of the first back. But will it? With sporting events limited capacity from October the likely hood is that by March Cheltenham Festival will run at about 1/3 capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, The Crimson King said: But will it? With sporting events limited capacity from October the likely hood is that by March Cheltenham Festival will run at about 1/3 capacity. that i think will have increased by march as we slowly open up ..... for the economy !!( dido harding ) Edited August 30, 2020 by crazyfool1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Just now, The Crimson King said: But will it? With sporting events limited capacity from October the likely hood is that by March Cheltenham Festival will run at about 1/3 capacity. Dido Harding is one of the directors of the company that runs Cheltenham. She will get whatever she wants from this government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field of Avalon Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 I’m not so sure I believe the October ticket sale isn’t taking place due to the small number of refunds. If that was the case why did they advertise one in the first place for ? Personally I think it’s more to do with waiting till April to see what the landscape is like regarding the festival taking place. Would be pointless having a ticket sale in October when not knowing how things will pan out. Might just be me clutching at straws 🤷♂️. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said: Dido Harding is one of the directors of the company that runs Cheltenham. She will get whatever she wants from this government. She certainly managed to pull this years event off so close to lockdown. And political sway certainly is a trump card (pardon the pun). I just can’t help think that March will be far too soon for a full capacity Cheltenham to happen. It’ll depend on how the football crowds go. live nations cancellation of the Bryan Adams show in Germany is a good example of people trying too soon, and that was at a vastly reduced capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelarmy Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, The Crimson King said: She certainly managed to pull this years event off so close to lockdown It’s almost as if lockdown was delayed so that festival could go ahead but that would mean our Tory overlords would be putting personal profits before public health and surely they wouldn’t do that. 🙄 Edited August 30, 2020 by squirrelarmy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 16 minutes ago, toppo said: The more thought I've put into this rumour the more unlikely it can happen. Festival medical set up a huge operation at Glastonbury and Reading could this infrastructure turn around in very short time? It's unlikely FMS would be responsible though. Part of the problem is that this is all speculation too far ahead to really predict with any accuracy - but if the virus is still an issue come next June, and if (as seems likely) the government want us to get back to as close to normal as possible, and if that involves testing - then it's likely that the government would be coordinating some sort of scheme in place to accommodate that. Glastonbury would just hook into the official scheme. They've already been setting up drive-thru testing all over the country. It's possible for example that they adapt that into some form of COVID passport scheme, expand it to transport hubs, etc - I think Melvin Benn was hinting at something in that direction in the interview he did the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, squirrelarmy said: It’s almost as if lockdown was delayed so that festival could go ahead but that would mean our Tory overlords would be putting personal profits before public health and surely they wouldn’t do that. 🙄 I’ve realised your point is beyond question. I concede. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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