Pedestrian Gate D

[Franky]

6 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

At that stage thinking about it most likely yeah the queues might be the same length but A will be prioritising public transport 

Might start a queue for the queue for Gate D 😁

[MadDog29]

We also got redirected to PGA last year, as we did the previous year as well. I woudlnt be surprised if that happens again. We will be leaving Bristol at 3am so potentially arriving to the car parks either orange or pink around 4am. If we pack trolley quickly we may be able to make the shut off time which you think is 4:30am right?

[incident]

Just now, MadDog29 said:

If we pack trolley quickly we may be able to make the shut off time which you think is 4:30am right?

 

Would assume it's how far the queue snakes back, rather than a defined time. The actual time would probably vary year to year.

[gooner1990]

1 minute ago, MadDog29 said:

We also got redirected to PGA last year, as we did the previous year as well. I woudlnt be surprised if that happens again. We will be leaving Bristol at 3am so potentially arriving to the car parks either orange or pink around 4am. If we pack trolley quickly we may be able to make the shut off time which you think is 4:30am right?

 

I think they just shut it off when it gets to the roadside.....what time that happens to be can be anyone's guess, last year was 4.30am though.

[Franky]

3 minutes ago, incident said:

 

Would assume it's how far the queue snakes back, rather than a defined time. The actual time would probably vary year to year.

This! Time is irrelevant really,it's all to do with the queue length. 

[Magic Toaster]

57 minutes ago, Franky said:

Could well be open by 09:00 tbh, they just need to get the queue down, although I am not sure why as I have queued for Gate D on the top of the field before for hours 🤷‍♂️

 

Gate D was open and basically free-flowing at ~10:30am last year. We spent roughly 30 minutes snaking through it, with the occasional stop and wait, and were at the campsite and setup by 11:30am.

 

There was someone setting up next to us that had been queuing since about 5am at Gate A and they almost started crying when I told them we only queued for half an hour 😂

Edited June 23, 2025 by Magic Toaster

[gooner1990]

2 minutes ago, Magic Toaster said:

 

Gate D was open and basically free-flowing at ~10:30am last year. We spent roughly 30 minutes snaking through it, with the occasional stop and wait, and were at the campsite and setup by 11:30am.

 

Did you get to the gates/queue at 10.30am or park up at 10.30am?

 

[Magic Toaster]

8 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

 

Did you get to the gates/queue at 10.30am or park up at 10.30am?

 

 

 

Okay - my times were a little bit off, but not by much.

 

But I'll reconstruct the timeline according to my WhatsApp history

 

10:13: "Parked in pink. Traffic wasn't terrible"

10:59: "We're nearly at the front!"

11:13: "And we're in!"

12:01: I sent a photo from my tent with a (slightly warm) cider in my hand

 

Tbf, that was the quickest I've ever moved through a queue. It might have been a fluke, but I hope to reproduce it this year.

 

None of our group has trolleys, and we're fast walkers, so there was no faffing around once we'd arrived.

Edited June 23, 2025 by Magic Toaster

[nikkic]

3 hours ago, Franky said:

Oh well if you're on and have the chance would you update the state of the queue please? Last 2 years as I have approached the Gate A/D Junction, Gate D has been closed like 30m before I got there, which quite frankly almost brought me to tears at this age and hauling this much stuff. (I did manage to blag my way through last year though) but the first year I had to go from Gate A to basically Sticklinch 😞

What time was this? 

[gooner1990]

15 minutes ago, Magic Toaster said:

 

 

Okay - my times were a little bit off, but not by much.

 

But I'll reconstruct the timeline according to my WhatsApp history

 

10:13: "Parked in pink. Traffic wasn't terrible"

10:59: "We're nearly at the front!"

11:13: "And we're in!"

12:01: I sent a photo from my tent with a (slightly warm) cider in my hand

 

Tbf, that was the quickest I've ever moved through a queue. It might have been a fluke, but I hope to reproduce it this year.

 

None of our group has trolleys, and we're fast walkers, so there was no faffing around once we'd arrived.

 

Nice one - our aim is to park up in Pink at around 10.30am, head for PGD and hope for the best.

[Franky]

8 minutes ago, nikkic said:

What time was this? 

2023 was about 05:30 last year was 04:30

[Magic Toaster]

1 minute ago, gooner1990 said:

 

Nice one - our aim is to park up in Pink at around 10.30am, head for PGD and hope for the best.

 

See you in the queue then!

[GlitteringFeeling]

If we’re arriving by coach at roughly 4-4.30am on Wednesday, do you think we’re best to stick with gate A or try to make it to gate D? We’re aiming for Paines as normal but first time using coaches and hence being dropped at A. Heard there la a priority for coach arrivals, so wondering if it’s better to stick and then beetle our way through the site to Paines

[gooner1990]

2 minutes ago, GlitteringFeeling said:

If we’re arriving by coach at roughly 4-4.30am on Wednesday, do you think we’re best to stick with gate A or try to make it to gate D? We’re aiming for Paines as normal but first time using coaches and hence being dropped at A. Heard there la a priority for coach arrivals, so wondering if it’s better to stick and then beetle our way through the site to Paines

 

Stick with A - You'll be much further up the queue than if you walked round to D and its only 10-15 or so mins walk back the other way.

 

Plus as you say there is a priority for public transport arrivals. 

Edited June 23, 2025 by gooner1990

[Magic Toaster]

1 minute ago, GlitteringFeeling said:

If we’re arriving by coach at roughly 4-4.30am on Wednesday, do you think we’re best to stick with gate A or try to make it to gate D? We’re aiming for Paines as normal but first time using coaches and hence being dropped at A. Heard there la a priority for coach arrivals, so wondering if it’s better to stick and then beetle our way through the site to Paines

 

I didn't know there were coaches that arrived that early! 😮

[Franky]

14 minutes ago, GlitteringFeeling said:

If we’re arriving by coach at roughly 4-4.30am on Wednesday, do you think we’re best to stick with gate A or try to make it to gate D? We’re aiming for Paines as normal but first time using coaches and hence being dropped at A. Heard there la a priority for coach arrivals, so wondering if it’s better to stick and then beetle our way through the site to Paines

Yup stick with A for ease 👍

[countrybumpkin24]

same as last year! arriving at PGD about 3pm tomorrow! get settled in, catch up with friends some of whom ive not since sunday night goodbyes last year! cant wait

[GlitteringFeeling]

37 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

 

Stick with A - You'll be much further up the queue than if you walked round to D and its only 10-15 or so mins walk back the other way.

 

Plus as you say there is a priority for public transport arrivals. 

 

25 minutes ago, Franky said:

Yup stick with A for ease 👍

thank you!! 
 

37 minutes ago, Magic Toaster said:

 

I didn't know there were coaches that arrived that early! 😮

 National Express from london 😁

[gblock]

Aiming to park up just after 9am and head for PGD, expecting to join the very back of a long but moving queue. Any chance it’ll still be shut off at that time?

[Magic Toaster]

Just now, gblock said:

Any chance it’ll still be shut off at that time?

 

Could still well be shut at 9am if it was particularly long when they closed it. Flip of a coin, really

[Franky]

4 minutes ago, Magic Toaster said:

 

Could still well be shut at 9am if it was particularly long when they closed it. Flip of a coin, really

You say that but really the queue isn’t that long! Taking into account I was the last in the queue I was at the gate at 08:31 🤷‍♂️ 

 

(just checked the time I took the photo 😂)

[Pinhead]

The place where the snake will be at D is fairly small so queues would end up going down the hill to the car park. I'll let you know here if they plan to shut it to manage it (between doing my gate stuff obviously).

[gooner1990]

I really do think the management of this side needs to be altered/improved.

 

The vast majority of people are arriving either pre-8am or shortly after on the Wednesday,  either the PGD queuing system needs to be largened somehow or some sort of contingency that if you send over spill to PGA they aren't just left in a holding pen for hours on end due to prioritising public transport arrivals. 

[Franky]

2 hours ago, Pinhead said:

The place where the snake will be at D is fairly small so queues would end up going down the hill to the car park. I'll let you know here if they plan to shut it to manage it (between doing my gate stuff obviously).

Legend 🙇‍♂️

[kerplunk]

Don't do what I did in 22 - got pointed up the hill where everyone was queuing by the stewards, so dragged my heavily laden barrow all the way to the top and then realised the snake went all the way along the top of the field, and then having traversed the top of the field saw that it went all the way back down the hill again. I was so annoyed I sacked it off and went and joined the Gate A queue which was about 50m from where my car was parked