Glastobury

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DH wants to go glamping or get a camper van at Glastonbury next year. I’m not keen to camp. What do you think and any advice re this would be useful! Thanks!☺️

I watched a bit on tv and all I see is loads of people looking at an ant on a stage, selfish adults who just have to be on another’s shoulders - will the hype be worth the expense or queuing to use disgusting toilets. Have to admit the k my thing I enjoyed was last year I think when Kylie was on cos she was emotional as the last time she was booked she’d had breast cancer.

I’ve no idea who many of the bands are

I'd rather boil my own head.

I don’t do camping at all, I have to say I’d give almost anything to be in front of the pyramid stage right now singing along with Noel Gallagher and anticipating seeing Paul McCartney coming on.

See how far the walk is to the glamping area, and what facilities you get. You may prefer being able to make a cup of tea on a camper van.

I'd love to go and would probably glamp, I went for years and camped but I was very young and high

We started off in a tent, our next visit we upgraded to a motorhome, a few more years on and our last one as a treat we stayed in the glamping yurts. That was amazing - toilets, hot showers, GHD straighteners, our own bar and restaurant and golf buggies to ferry us around.

Glamping at Glasto is wonderful if you've got the budget for it. Most motorhome hire companies crank up their prices around festival time and lots have a 'no Glastonbury' clause. If you just do basic camping there are still ways to upgrade it a bit, e.g. you can buy passes for luxury showers and loos.

These days though, I'd rather have a holiday abroad because unless you already own a campervan or motorhome that's the kind of cost you're looking at.

I LOVE camping but not in a boiling hot field surrounded by hundreds of other tents. Only on a lovely shade and quiet spot under a tree on a pretty sit in the country. If I was going to Glastonbury which I'm not as I can hear it from my house, it would definitely be in a camper van.

If you don't like camping why would you go? Are you just trying to keep your DH happy?

You couldn't pay me to go to a festival .

How the heck do you get tickets I would love to know?

Used to camp back in the day
The final straw was the night a guy kicked me in the head as he walked by our tent

Oh and we woke up the next morning to a breeze - someone had slit our entire tent with a sharp knife

Nah camping is half the point

You need to register in advance and then have approximately 0.5 of a second to hope you get lucky and get on the website before tickets sell out in October. Glamping is £££ (and is still camping). Hiring a camper is £££ and last time I went my campervan was 1.6 miles from the perimeter (about 2 miles from any of the main stages) so don't think you'll be popping back for a wee/cuppa. Don't bother. Leave the tickets for me.

Glamping is not like camping, it is full electricity, proper beds, good showers etc, but it’s very expensive, if you can afford it and want to do Glastonbury then that’s the way to do it. It is thousands though.

Definitely happier watching it from the comfort of my lounge!!
Plus just sold my camper van cos it turns out l didn't like camping after all.

I can't imagine anything worse than camping.

Having said that, I feel beyond cheated not to have seen Noel Gallagher there tonight - what an amazing set and atmosphere.

Macca is crap in comparison

Don't fancy it but I think I am just too old. Might have liked it when I was younger

I never made it to glasto cause never could get a ticket. But my festival going days are amongst the happiest of my life. Loved watching Noel tonight, oh the euphoria to be in the crowd! The pains of camping would definitely be worth it for me if I was free and able to go ( although it is possible I’ve forgotten the traumas!)

Try a smaller festival first.

Glasronbury is epic in its experience but also in its geography. If you’re loaded you can be comfy. But anything less and you’re in a field,
literally rammed next to other tents (yep, you really are, it’s not like a generic campsite!!) and getting back to said tent when it’s dark, you’re pissed, everyone else is pissed, and it’s literally a mile away is less than joyful. It does seriously dent the enjoyment of the stages.

Then there is the detailed itinerary need. You’ve sold a kidney to get there, your act is on one stage, your mates/DFs is on another. And they are MILES apart. You did your 10,000 steps before the music even started and now you’ve got to work out what you see and do, so you don’t go home having sold said kidney and missing the best of the things you went there for. And that’s on a dry weekend. With rain?? Sheesh.

I’ve been 10+ times. Believe me.

its hayday was years ago. I first went as a child with my musician uncle and mother. Things have changed enormously.

amazing how it looks (and feels) the overall experience isn’t just what you see on the TV. You’ve got to be pretty tough.

Glastonbury was my first festival, in the rain, luckily pre children. It was amazing, but it's tiring.
Maybe go to a smaller one first and see if you like it.
There is so much to do at festivals, not just the big musical acts, but the food, the smaller random bands you come across whilst walking through, the shopping areas, the entertainers...
Your tent is only for sleeping in, not for spending time in so I would camp.

I love festivals. Have camped at many. I just couldn't do Glasto. So massive, all the walking. DH said it can take 45 mins to walk from one stage to the other (he is probably exaggerating though). And the clash times would really wind me up.
As a PP said, if glamping then great but I'd rather go abroad all inclusive somewhere and watch it on my phone with the cash it would cost us!

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I went a few times. 1998 the second year of the mud finished me off. Freezing in my tent with my clothes caked in mud.
I would go again if I could get a glamping tent but I could never do it in a normal tent again.
I absolutely LOVE camping but that's with a handy shower block and toilet and sites where they have policy on noise.
The noise is a killer, it doesn't stop. I could cope with that from luxury surroundings.
Nothing can prepare you for the size of the site. It's exhausting. It's even bigger now.
There is so much more than the music there though and you should experience it at least once but if you can afford comfort - take it.

DH said it can take 45 mins to walk from one stage to the other (he is probably exaggerating though)

No, he's really not .

I went once in the early 2000s, it was actually pretty rough then, many people had jumped the fence and it was cancelled the next year a consequence.

It is a lot more Middle class now, so Mumsnet would like it!

For me it was a great thing to do once, but not sure I would want to do it if I was over say 25.

It's a brilliant festival and so much more than what you see on TV. It is enormous though and there is sooo much walking. It's hard when it's muddy as it makes the walking more of a slog and there aren't so many places to sit down. Toilets aren't great but tend to be the open air long drop ones which are actually better than portaloos. I've only ever camped and was fine when I was in my 20s but now I'd want a bit more comfort. Perhaps even a tipi as the tipi fields tend to not get so much foot traffic. We're thinking of taking a campervan next year if we can get tickets but I'm worried that it won't be the same not being in the actual festival. It's wonderful though even though it has changed so much over the years.

I will take your word for it 😁