Glastonbury Veteran

[shuttlep]

just pondering , how many Glastonbury's does one have to do before they can call themselves a veteran 

[squirrelarmy]

It’s not the number, it’s the specific ones that matter such as 2005, 2011, 2016 and others
 

I can’t talk about them because you weren’t there man! 😉

[clarkete]

8 minutes ago, shuttlep said:

just pondering , how many Glastonbury's does one have to do before they can call themselves a veteran 

I think the answer is shuttlep's attendances + 1
😛 

[BluePaul]

If you did 2007 and only 2007 then you are a veteran in my eyes.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I would’ve said 5.

[Crazyfool01]

I’ve gone 8 … but do you also need to be over a certain age ? 

[incident]

I'm in double figures (including 2007) and wouldn't call myself a veteran.

[Bradders]

I’ve been to 9 and would describe myself as “a bit of a veteran”. I feel like you’d have to have been before it was on TV to fully qualify.

[Hotchilidog]

This is my 8th, but I'm not sure that is veteran status just yet (although I do get 2016 points!) 

[gfa]

First one 15 years ago+ and been to most since maybe?

[incident]

I reckon the criteria should be at least 10, including:
- at least one properly muddy year (only 2007 and 2016 count as that in the last 20 years)
- at least one pre-superfence year
- at least once working it

So I'll never qualify because I can't go back in time to before the fence went up.

[clarkete]

1 minute ago, incident said:

I reckon the criteria should be at least 10, including:
- at least one properly muddy year (only 2007 and 2016 count as that in the last 20 years)
- at least one pre-superfence year
- at least once working it

So I'll never qualify because I can't go back in time to before the fence went up.

I'd never qualify because I wouldn't be in a fit state to work - and yes in the past I have seen some folks working who clearly had been enjoying themselves 🙂 

[shuttlep]

12 minutes ago, incident said:

I reckon the criteria should be at least 10, including:
- at least one properly muddy year (only 2007 and 2016 count as that in the last 20 years)
- at least one pre-superfence year
- at least once working it

So I'll never qualify because I can't go back in time to before the fence went up.

2004 and 2005 were proper grimm

 

i would have loved to have gone pre super fence. alas i never made it 

[wilko8]

I’ve been to every one since 2011. I wouldn’t consider myself anywhere near a veteran. Feels like I’ve only just about scratched the surface! 
 

I think you need to have been going pre-fence and got in for free to be a veteran. 

[incident]

1 minute ago, shuttlep said:

2004 and 2005 were proper grimm

This has been done a million times before before but not relative to 2007 and 2016 - neither were an endurance test in the same way. 2004 was muddy in places throughout, but nowhere near as deep or as pervasive. 2005 was really bad, briefly, but pretty much only for about a day and a half - the site dried out quickly (helped by the weather being properly fantastic aside from that one overnight storm) and you could safely wander around in Trainers on the Sunday.

[kemosabe]

I'm certainly not a veteran. Indeed on the Sunday of 2019 (my 4th festival) I discovered a whole brand new area of the festival I'd never been to before, which was mystifying/ hilarious. There's so so much more to see and do. 

But having said that, I do notice that there's certain acts or things that i've done which means my festival is slightly different now. For example, the map release has started becoming more important for me -  little changes to stages or even the placement of food stalls is something I'll actually look out for. I'm also just aware of certain things that I just wasn't a few festivals back, like planning for the time after the main headliners finish and the SE corner is quiet enough to be enjoyable. I also know my way around the site a whole lot better then I did before, which is such a time saver (even if you do lose that magical moments of getting lost) 

I've also seen quite a few of the more 'regular' acts at the festival now, so I either look for them on the line up, or can branch out a bit more (especially on the Wednesday/ Thursday) and do other things (e.g. avoid the opening ceremony, climb the ribbon tower, go to the stone circle for sunrise etc.)

Of course that's nothing compared to many on here with the many tens of festivals more then me, but it's interesting to reflect on everyones festival changes over time.  

Edited April 5, 2022 by kemosabe

[clarkete]

2 minutes ago, incident said:

This has been done a million times before before but not relative to 2007 and 2016 - neither were an endurance test in the same way. 2004 was muddy in places throughout, but nowhere near as deep or as pervasive. 2005 was really bad, briefly, but pretty much only for about a day and a half - the site dried out quickly (helped by the weather being properly fantastic aside from that one overnight storm) and you could safely wander around in Trainers on the Sunday.

Ooh, actually I did work in 1985 and 1986.  Selling cheese rolls 3 for a quid or cups of orange squash...which we only did because MEs brother did it as a local fund raiser, so I think I may just scrape in.

[Hugh Jass II]

54 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

It’s not the number, it’s the specific ones that matter such as 2005, 2011, 2016 and others
 

I can’t talk about them because you weren’t there man! 😉

I’ve seen my buddies lying face down in the mud man.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I'm saying six. That's definitely enough to usually span all weathers, experiences and changes

[gooner1990]

1 minute ago, incident said:

This has been done a million times before before but not relative to 2007 and 2016 - neither were an endurance test in the same way. 2004 was muddy in places throughout, but nowhere near as deep or as pervasive. 2005 was really bad, briefly, but pretty much only for about a day and a half - the site dried out quickly (helped by the weather being properly fantastic aside from that one overnight storm) and you could safely wander around in Trainers on the Sunday.

I can recall lying down on the floor during Brian Wilson on the Sunday!

[amfy]

58 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

It’s not the number, it’s the specific ones that matter such as 2005, 2011, 2016 and others
 

I can’t talk about them because you weren’t there man! 😉

Out of those I’ve only done 2011 and it wasn’t as bad as 97,98, or 07.

[elbongo]

Every year since 94 but that's not half the festivals (I think, I dunno). So it's got to be at least before then surely?? 

[Watergirl]

59 minutes ago, BluePaul said:

If you did 2007 and only 2007 then you are a veteran in my eyes.

That must have been the year the Waterboys played three times. Extremely muddy.

[mike46]

Ten onwards for me

[gooner1990]

46 minutes ago, incident said:

I reckon the criteria should be at least 10, including:
- at least one properly muddy year (only 2007 and 2016 count as that in the last 20 years)
- at least one pre-superfence year
- at least once working it

So I'll never qualify because I can't go back in time to before the fence went up.

Been to 13, worked once but none pre-2002.