Reading for the Over 30s

[goodoldfashionedmosher]

Anyone over 30 going to Reading? - Do you still camp or do you fork out for a hotel?

i just can't justify paying £300 for a hotel for the weekend plus a weekend ticket, that's just ridiculous.

Do you camp in "quieter" white? is it worth the walk to the arena? & is it really as quiet as it's supposed to be?

i'm not an old fart, but i can't go 4 nights without sleep anymore, those days are gone.

i don't care about the grime or smelly toilets, that doesn't bother me in the slightest - it's the scary flying gas canisters & mental people on whatever they get their grubby hands on.

[Joshuwarr]

My Dad is 52 and he camps on his own although he used to camp with me when I was younger.

[504329lt]

My wigfe and I noth > 40. Get a campervan, loads of olf farts there + comfortable bed +

cold beer

[5co77ie]

Me and the wife (and our teenage daughter) all go to Reading.

[feral chile]

I'm 48, my husband's 54, and we go to Reading when we can get hold of tickets! We'd prefer not to camp but it's too expensive to stay in a hotel.

[CaneRossoGrande]

I'm 50 and will be taking my 10 year old daughter.

[sickhappy]

I'm only 24 (25 for this years festival) and I will be seeking out the quietest spot possible in White this year - it may be a trek to Green Car Park but it'll be worth it! Just don't have the energy I used to, and the young'uns have boundless amounts!

[metallimuse]

Yeah i'll be 25 by the time that this year's rolls around and even last year i felt quite old there.Need my sleep.I'm old before my time.Don't think i'll go this year which saddens me but Knebworth seems alot better this year.

[calumtom19]

i'm 16 HA! u r all old!!

[rivalschools.price]

im 39 and been going for years.dont camp any more,ive two mates who live in reading so i stay with them.as an old man i find it much better to wake up on sunday morning after sleeping in a proper bed,nursing my hangover with anadin and orange juice,nice shower,full breakfast,read the news of the world,watch 'goals on sunday' on sky sports,then a few pints in the pub before wondering back down to the festival at about 4pm.not very rock and roll but it makes me feel better when i see unwashed,tired and unshaven campers looking rough and chuckle to myself and remember that that was me 5 years ago.

[micawber]

i'm 16 HA! u r all old!!

Edited February 7, 2009 by micawber

[calumtom19]

We're all old HA! We don't get id'd for drink and can still string a sentence without txt spk!

[Bez16]

Also HA, I can go without sleepin for 3 days and still party harder than you

HA! Im the teen but yet ur the 1 who has enuf time on ur hands to type everything out in plain English.

[micawber]

Also HA, I can go without sleepin for 3 days and still party harder than you

HA! Im the teen but yet ur the 1 who has enuf time on ur hands to type everything out in plain English.

[Marvel]

HA! Im the teen but yet ur the 1 who has enuf time on ur hands to type everything out in plain English.

[Duffbox]

Reading could do with some older people, when I went when I was sixteen, which wasn't too long ago, me and my friends were in a minority age-wise.

A lot of the trouble reading has is from little 16 year olds, who having been let out of Mum and Dad's sight for the first time think it's a good idea to run around burning tents and generally being a nuisance,

I also think the £390 spent on ebay was during the pre-sale period, although I might be wrong.

[calumtom19]

see thats the stereotype that us teens have to live with day in day out I jus go 4 the music and the atmosphere only those of us stupid enuf to meddle with wot we dont understand will be putting tent on the fire.

The whole ebay thing was probably one of the most naive things Ive ever done and hopefully will ever do.

[Duffbox]

I wasn't neccesarily saying you were one of the many morons that reading seems to attract, and I wish everyone went for the music, the socialising and the merriment.

But these days there is a large problem with 'rioters' as they have been refered too, although I think dickheads is a much better name,

[Budweiser]

Also HA, I can go without sleepin for 3 days and still party harder than you

HA! Im the teen but yet ur the 1 who has enuf time on ur hands to type everything out in plain English.

[phil123]

Me and my wife go every year, l'm 29 and she's 31. We go to leeds tho and l think the whole campsite and arena at Reading are set up differently so l can't really say where would be good place to camp.

At leeds we camp in the brown camp which the furthest away from the arena and its the quietest. There is the dickhead crew thats goes but they are in the likes of red and blue, its just a small minority tho. l'm not saying that ALL the poeple who are them campsite's are dickheads, its just where the trouble starts...

Young ones who can't handle there drinks.

[strudders]

Also HA, I can go without sleepin for 3 days and still party harder than you

HA! Im the teen but yet ur the 1 who has enuf time on ur hands to type everything out in plain English.

[calumtom19]

I wasn't neccesarily saying you were one of the many morons that reading seems to attract, and I wish everyone went for the music, the socialising and the merriment.

But these days there is a large problem with 'rioters' as they have been refered too, although I think dickheads is a much better name,

[goodoldfashionedmosher]

if you camp in white, can you get the boat to the arena? if there are boats running everyday, does anyone know how often they go?

[t8yman]

im 38 this year, and not going for the first time in 8 years. but orange camp near the viaduct is a great place to camp, and close for car parking too.

[micawber]

Say I was in one of the more noisy camp sites closer to arena, what would u suggest I do on the last night cos i dont realy want my tent bein dragged on to a fire espiecially with me inside it.

Is it safe or is it best to pack up and go to another camp site?