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Everything posted by pilton digger
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We were told about the Who at the Emerging Talent Contest in the April, Neil was sat there and heard it too. It was discounted at the time due to the French bookings already in place.
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Confirmation e mails came out last week. I got one.
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What about them?
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I got tickets yesterday. Have done 12 of these now and i would agree entirely with @mr flowthat it is so much more than a line up. Various commentators on here keep saying it is all dnb, it isn't. The full lineup doesn't appear on the app or posters, there are many smaller venues.
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Search today was the usual for us. Two old gits, dog said hello but wasn't interested so they sent us on our way. Talking to the handler, they show the dog to the person on the basis that if you have anything the dog will smell it on you. They then chuck the dog in the van. Two guys in front of us, dog indicated on them and very quickly found the stash in the pot noodles. To be fair, they were told to give anything else up and no problems. If they didnt and anything was found, no entry. Security are very reasonable, blame Hampshire Police.
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unsurprisingly it was worked out a long time ago that it is usually the crew bring the bulk supplies in. Just because someone has a crew ticket, doesn't mean they are pure as the driven snow.
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I have been to a lot of these, it is full on and worth it. You will almost certainly be searched. Even as 2 old gits in a van, we sometimes get a dog through the van and things taken out. If you rock up in a van smelling of weed and wearing a bucket hat be prepared for extensive searches. The crew have been having a difficult time this week with searches taking up to an hour for some people we know. If you intend to take anything in be aware that these can be proper searches and not just going through the motions. Enjoy the experience, drink Guinness in the Shamrock, try the story, embrace the who postal posse / daily rag / boomtown bobbies vibe.
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Village tickets are not for resale. Unless the process was carried out 6 months ago to transfer it you may have a problem. And putting this here where the Farm monitor may not be the best idea.
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Festival was not a factor, we wanted the mid Somerset area for work reasons. We finally found a barely affordable near slum within our small budget and with consideration of the huge mortgage rates available.
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great place to live but as with all villages, riddled with self important rich feckers and village politics.
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not significantly, mild inconvenience at worst. The festival puts money into the area because ME cares about the place, It is not for PR. The festival chose to pay a huge amount to level the football pitch and build a new pavilion to improve village facilities. Hardly something that constitutes bribery.
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as far as I know, there are 34 private campsites this year.
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depends on the wind and where you are, the higher up the more obvious it is. The farm is in the valley, the village is to some extent shielded by that. If people don't like it, they can have the ticket price to go away for the weekend. Some that complain are still happy to take the ticket and cash in displaying good levels of hypocracy.
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its not really a problem, but it is something that intrudes on a lot of village life for most of the year. Actual direct festival activity that starts to impact in some way starts around April and ends around August. This year it has seemed to be a few weeks or more ahead of normal, AA signs and other signs started appearing in April, normally May. There are security dudes on all entrances to the Farm since late April when it is usually mid may, and we can't access the farm now. Normally we run the farm until thrown off about 2 weeks before the festival. Security has been beefed up for this year in lots of ways. Last year a 40 foot arctic heading for the festival turned down a narrow lane, grounded and blocked the A361 by the pub. Had to be dragged out by guys who work at Worthy with 2 telehandlers in a chain as the police were feckin useless. We now have security on entrances to the village to stop festival commercial traffic turning into the wrong road and to avoid a repeat. Poor bugger has been sat outside for 10 hours a day on weekdays for the last three weeks. There are some who don't like it, usually have moved in next to it and then decided to be a pain in the arse. On the whole it is no real problem for us, it has put massive amounts of money into village life and will continue to do so. There are Pilton Party auditions for a few months, the actual party in September. There are Pilton Stage auditions for bands to play at Avalon for a few months. There are regular liaison meetings with GFL for people to address concerns and review what happened. It is a very large thing that is involved in everything in some way, loads of people work for it either full time, seasonally or as a volunteer. One pain in the tits are the self absorbed w*nkers who go down closed roads to try and avoid traffic, or use routes that look good but where festival traffic shouldn't be. The local roads are where the locals get to work / school / hospital during the chaos. Kids have missed GCSEs because of some c**t blocking a road. The place would be poorer and duller without it.
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Shindig has been a bit not dry. The trick will be getting the f**k out of Dodge without digging in. Currently the rain restarting and the pools of water in the cv fields don't look particularly promising.
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Good, possibly Good to Firm.
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That was said by someone who very much would be expected to be correct.
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Will be out Weds or Thurs next week
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obviously, all these dirty dashes across country are designed not to inconvenience the people trying to get to school / work / life etc. I appreciate that people attending the festivals needs always come first and perhaps the oversized campervan wedged on a narrow road is just a welcome price to pay for the poor yokels.
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You are not going to find the jar in this sciencey thread. All colouring and guesswork. Wait until June and we will see what unmittigated bollocks can be found in the State of The Ground.
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in the area, sounded additional to what was there. when I see him again I'll ask what he knows.
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I talked to the guy building stuff for Williams Green last year and there was supposed to be a stage but they ran out of time to build it.
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listening back to Gideon Coe last night, he confirmed Mdou Moctar. The band website interestingly says Williams Green 30 June.
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All is calm. We don't hold with this science stuff really. All guessery and computer posturing. It rains, it doesnt rain, all the same really. Wait until the start of June and we will see what really is happening. There will be weather whatever we do. Keep the faith.
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