Arrival Wed 5-6pm carparks?

[Dizzy2012]

Been coming many years but last year was the first time with the kids and apparently we’re no longer allowed to come alone!! 
arrived last year Thursday around 6am  (5hr drive if we do it at that time) which was perfect for us, school, length of stay onsite and still found pitch we wanted on Wicket BUT A BIG PROBLEM was Pink car parking 😓😓 we’ve never experienced it before as pre kids, we used to come early doors wed so no issues being on the at least the right side of the road but that walk was awful!
we don’t want the kids having the horrific queues by being there first thing wed - was wondering what arrival time of around 5-6pm was like? Which side of the road is more likely and what the gate queues are like?

Just a bit of advice really - we’ve got a bigger tent as well now kids insist on coming so dragging 15kg of tent all that way sends me into a panic!

 

TIA

[Lycra]

13 hours ago, Dizzy2012 said:

Been coming many years but last year was the first time with the kids and apparently we’re no longer allowed to come alone!! 
arrived last year Thursday around 6am  (5hr drive if we do it at that time) which was perfect for us, school, length of stay onsite and still found pitch we wanted on Wicket BUT A BIG PROBLEM was Pink car parking 😓😓 we’ve never experienced it before as pre kids, we used to come early doors wed so no issues being on the at least the right side of the road but that walk was awful!
we don’t want the kids having the horrific queues by being there first thing wed - was wondering what arrival time of around 5-6pm was like? Which side of the road is more likely and what the gate queues are like?

Just a bit of advice really - we’ve got a bigger tent as well now kids insist on coming so dragging 15kg of tent all that way sends me into a panic!

 

 

On past experience there will be no queues to park but where you park will be down to which field the stewards are filling. You can be either side of the road but it's more likely to be over the road. The gate queue should be small, less than an hour. Maybe less than 20min.

[p.pete]

On 5/13/2023 at 9:53 PM, Dizzy2012 said:

Been coming many years but last year was the first time with the kids and apparently we’re no longer allowed to come alone!! 
arrived last year Thursday around 6am  (5hr drive if we do it at that time) which was perfect for us, school, length of stay onsite and still found pitch we wanted on Wicket BUT A BIG PROBLEM was Pink car parking 😓😓 we’ve never experienced it before as pre kids, we used to come early doors wed so no issues being on the at least the right side of the road but that walk was awful!
we don’t want the kids having the horrific queues by being there first thing wed - was wondering what arrival time of around 5-6pm was like? Which side of the road is more likely and what the gate queues are like?

Just a bit of advice really - we’ve got a bigger tent as well now kids insist on coming so dragging 15kg of tent all that way sends me into a panic!

 

TIA

If you can I would be asking friends, neighbours, family if they had a sack truck or heavy-duty (needs decent wheels) trolley that they would be okay with you borrowing.  You can't control where you end up being parked but having a sack truck has been a game changer for us.  Sit the 15kg tent on its base, get as many other heavy things on it as possible and then you can just have a relatively light load on your back.  Especially helpful if you do end up in a bit of a queue as you don't have to pick up and put down everything when you stop/start.

Edit: glad the kids weren't put off by the walk at least!

Edited May 15, 2023 by p.pete