noise and smells of glastonbury

[shavenhaven]

noise and smells of glastonbury

obvious and the not so obvious

for me

smell of wood burning

noise of the long drop doors slamming shut - only at glasto (i think)

EDIT: and tastes

the taste of glasto would be warm captains morgans rum and flat cola or warm cans of larger

Edited June 9, 2008 by shavenhaven

[Krudler]

noise of the long drop doors slamming shut - only at glasto (i think)

[windy_miller]

noise and smells of glastonbury

obvious and the not so obvious

for me

smell of wood burning

noise of the long drop doors slamming shut - only at glasto (i think)

[thetime]

going back to my first couple of festivals and glastonbury. but the smell and the feeling at the front of the pyramid stage on the sunday..mud, sweat and people...pure heaven

Edited June 9, 2008 by thetime

[FrayBentos]

There is this smell you usually get at the end of festivals which is so vile. I think it might come from the greasy food vans, might be all the fat collected from the whole weekend or something like that. I cant be sure what it is but its like a really sickly sweet smell that makes me want to wretch. Anybody know what im talking about?

[Katster]

Greenery

[jontippins]

The smell of Chou Chou being cooked and the smell of the Spiced Cider from the cider bus

[Vlad the Inhaler]

Greenery

[Haggis]

Cheers at dawn

[Pixielis]

I love the general far-off kind of general Festival noises you hear when trying to sleep at any point at Glastonbury. You can catch a generalised mix of music, cheering, chatter, vehicles and wind in the trees - its a really lovely mixture of noises.

People cheering for the sheer unadulterated pleasure of just being alive and happy cannot be beaten! Spontaneous cheering, its the best.

[Katster]

Cheers at dawn

[KingOfSnake]

the dawn chorus of tents being unzipped as people head off to the longdrops, because the occupants can't hold onto it anymore

[Brizzle]

the smell of certain herbs is always a good one...

and chai.

[Sweep]

FESTIVAL CROWD SWEAT

Mmmmmmm...

[glastofreak]

One sound you don't hear anymore is the call of hash, acid, wizz throught the camp site

[stevieweevil]

the sound of zips on tents opening and closing - that always reminds me of glasto!

[wigstonmania]

when you get there and theres this underlying hum of talking from down in the valley

its electric

[andypandy]

There's always a low level, very basey "boom boom boom" coming from somewhere that goes on all through the night.

It always seems incredibly quiet at night when you get home (but I don't want to think about that!)

The sound of cheering from another part of the site when the rain stops is also great, because you know you will be bathing in sunshine again in a few seconds.

[Chazeboy]

CLanging Longdrop doors, drying mud, distant (sounding) generators and music, tent zips, and that noise that the flags slapping make (jazz world/dance village style ones)

So basically everything then

[r0cky]

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Edited April 22, 2010 by r0cky

[The Klumpster]

The long drops door noise is a good call, I can here that right now (we've decided to camp somewhere new this year so I won't be able to use my usual clean ones in the cinema field ) and what do they put in those kind of roasted peanut things to get that smell, surely it involves a mixture of crack and heroin cause it's almost impossible to walk past without buying a bag!

[stevieweevil]

CLanging Longdrop doors, drying mud, distant (sounding) generators and music, tent zips, and that noise that the flags slapping make (jazz world/dance village style ones)

[FrayBentos]

never noticed a smell or a sound emanating from drying mud

[Langdale Wolf]

The cheer that echoes around the field like an aural Mexican Wave when everyone is setting up camp is amazing - can't wait for that.

The smell of the Jazzworld field is totally indescribable but totally unbeatable. How the hell a mixture of garlic, stale cider, hash, curry, sweat, smoke, bacon and ale can be nice is beyond me - but it is!!!

[Staberinde]

This is a really nice thread,

and what do they put in those kind of roasted peanut things to get that smell, surely it involves a mixture of crack and heroin cause it's almost impossible to walk past without buying a bag!