I’m contemplating the prospect of general camping with an equal mixture of dread and excitement. Excitement, because I never realised how detached the whole campervan or glamping experience really was.
2014; 30-45 minute walk back up to campervan fields, up a large slippery hill. The walk in was a bastard too. One of the few benefits of being a smaller person is that you don’t fall over very often. Low centre of gravity. I fell on my arse three times going to see Metallica. A coat was chucked in the bin that night.
2016: Flatter walk, quicker to get to the festival gates, but miles away from anywhere you want to go. Also bollocks in its own way.
2017: Thinking Baileys. It’s a bit out of the way, but it’s on relatively flat ground, and it’s going to be nowhere near the walk we’re used to. Open to other suggestions. Where’s best, @supermikey and @krg_ ?
Good luck to those (like us) trying to get tickets in the resale this morning.
3 Hopes methinks
No Hope
Bob Hope &
Envelope
But we try
Although this year I am torn, Mrs D_P is going on her own to a school reunion in Poland that weekend, on low cost airlines for virtually nothing, and while it would be fun to be “single” at Glasto, IF we don’t get tickets then the cost of that UK trip for me alone is equal to a week long vacation for both of us into S E Asia, back to Vietnam or maybe Cambodia would be luverly compensation.
And I am seeing my mate in Pilton on Monday week who’ll give me a ticket IF I grovel… Ho hum
I am sure we will see the Pretenders too. Seen Chrissie on stage with Brandon Flowers a few times.
I now need to get flexi booked for the Wednesday as partner now wants to head down then rather than Thursday. It was his decision as he thinks we get too tired by Friday. Men eh? Cannot make up their minds.
The Glasto App now ready to download. In light of the current status of the UK I would recommend you do download it because (being an Event App person myself it contains a “Messaging system” which may be rather handy in event of say heavy rain or other shit)
The warning about enhanced security. Having been involved in that stuff, I have every confidence that we will be OK. At the end of the day EVERY ticket holder supplied a huge amount of personal data including Photos in order to get their tickets. Rest assured that every one of those details will have been checked by “The Authorities”
So the prep and planning for nutters to apply for tickets and take their ID’s with them makes it “difficult” not impossible. Plus every time I have been they really DO check your photo and ID. Equally each time I have gone by Camper Van it has been searched so
But end of the day Bags and Wheelbarrows will be searched so getting in on Wednesday will be a nightmare even BEFORE it rains. I’m sure some will moan but personally? Inconveniencing some lads trying to wheelbarrow 10 cases of cheap beer into the event is a small price to pay to help the security.
Now where did I put my old Kevlar Jacket sample?
Now, how to smuggle a thousands Power Banks into the place to pay for the trip?
