#281

Same, the few times its rained at end of the road the ground doesnt suffer at all. Puddles, sure, but not clay!!!

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#282

100% this.

#283

The heat last year was unbearable. I genuinely spent most of Saturday in my tent as I had sunstroke, so grim

#284

Started with food poisoning on the Wednesday night and that somehow only scraps into the top 5 of bad things that happened that weekend.

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#285

Obviously everybody experiences things differently, but for me I’m not bothered by the mud, but have been put completely out of action by the sun a few times. I missed a lot of bands last year because I’d have to find the one bit of shade I could and just stick to it between like 11 and 3. Woke up really early every morning because the tent was too hot to sleep in, so just really tired for a lot of it. Couldn’t really have a drink until the sun went down, didn’t bother drinking at all a few days. In 2017 it took me a few days for the feeling of being absolutely fucked bringing all the gear from the car across the site to wear off. It’s still an absolutely amazing weekend even with strong sun, but speaking just for myself it does make parts of it really unpleasant.

#286

Had a ticket with coach return, leaving at 4am Monday morning. As much as a horror show as that sounds, the idea of staying awake for another couple of hours and being home by 10am sounded heavenly at the time. Shut my eyes for a ‘couple of hours’ waking up mid morning. Oops.

Your way sounds preferable

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#287

Sun last year was pretty punishing, especially on the Saturday and they had a few water-refill teething issues. I’m generally pretty good in hot weather but nearly every other member of our group had at least one day where they were floored by it. That said, nothing more grim than a relentlessly wet and muddy festival (particularly if it coincides with getting camp set-up or taken down).

Last year we got the train back and the queue on the Monday was a pretty tough end to great weekend!

#288

Uh oh. :slight_smile:

I think I’d have stayed up. And then probably fallen asleep in the film tent.

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#289

Adding my vote to the pro-mud, anti-sun camp.

2017 was vintage

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#291

Was trudging painfully uphill on the last night and had to dive into a puddle as a tent lifted out of the air and barrelled past me spilling its innards into the shit like an underwhelming indie version of the film Twister. Got to the top of the hill to find that, yeah, of course that’s my tent. Went to Roskilde the next day which was the same dreadful weather but worse because (a) if you stood up for long enough punters would use you as a shield to do a wee in the mud (b) most of my stuff was buried somewhere in Somerset and © The Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared to be permanently on. Retired me from both events for good.

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#292

If I wasn’t 18 and hadn’t only been to Reading festival before, it would have been horrendous. As it was, it completely blew my mind.

Does the thought of doing it now fill me with utter terror and often put me off even going for tickets? Absolutely.

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#293

I think it’s really hard to impress on anyone that hasn’t been how bad a muddy Glastonbury is, as opposed to a muddy anything else.

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#294

Like getting conscripted to fight in the trenches plus music and beer. Just a gruelling ordeal… miserable, exhausted, wet, uncomfortable and very likely in physical pain. I had huge open sores on my feet and it was all I could do to just give up, lie down in the mud and start sobbing uncontrollably by the end of it.

Obviously, being 18, I felt I’d had the definitive Glastonbury experience and went home happy nonetheless.

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#295

I find coach returns a lot better than they sound.

If you get it early, you beat the traffic and theyre usually comfortable. People are knackered so theyre quiet

#296

An incredible set that, they were better on that tour than they’d ever been IMO.

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#297

Wow. I didn’t suffer that much! I think because 2005 was equally awful (they were selling snorkels to people who’s tents were submerged) and the line-up was so good (Bjork!) I didn’t find it so bad. I did cry at The Hold Steady on Sunday afternoon when I turned round and the tent was rammed though, so maybe I did! I just drunk a lot and stayed out the whole time so I didn’t have to think about drying out or getting clean!

#298

The coach is great for getting on and off the site. You only have to drag your shit to the gate instead of twice the same distance again to get across the car parks, you don’t have to worry about tiredness on the Monday, if the traffic is shit then it’s the coach driver’s problem and you can relax. But compared to driving the cost is fucking huge, and it takes a lot longer, and getting all your stuff into town on public transport is a much bigger and harder operation than just sticking it in the boot of your car. Also the ability to bring as much shit as you can fit in your car means you save so much on buying drinks and can bring what you actually like (most bars serve a pissy lager or 25ml shot of a rubbish spirit with rubbish mixer options for £6 a pop), and you can plan for any weather, have a camping chair to sit on etc. Kinda feel guilty for not going on the bus anymore but the car is just the better option.

#299

Disagree, they were even better on that last tour of England. Got rid of the singles on that tour it was phenomenal.

#300

I’ve done both, and train, and whatever you do is wrong! If you drive it’s loads more convenient but then I’ve been stuck in car park twice… I don’t think it matters really. There’s no perfect way of getting there…

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