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[glasto_mongrel_2008]

It was my first time at Glastonbury last year and as you all know the site is huge. I was there the full 5 days and still didn't know my way around by the time I left. I got a basic grasp of a couple of places but lost my bearings all the time. How long did it take you to get confortable with the layout?

[Wooderson]

It was my first time at Glastonbury last year and as you all know the site is huge. I was there the full 5 days and still didn't know my way around by the time I left. I got a basic grasp of a couple of places but lost my bearings all the time. How long did it take you to get confortable with the layout?

[Katster]

This year is my 7th or 8th time and I still don't know my way around properly

[ThomThomDrum]

To get your bearings just do a lap on your first day on the monorail...........Always helps........

[bombfrog]

i'm pretty good with the west/middle/sout but still not too good on the north and east sides and i've been going since 2004.

[cossie65]

Some of it changes a bit year to year, but get to grips with the pyramid, accoustic, other, JP and the greenfields and youll be alright. If you know how to get from one to the other, you'll not go far wrong, the rest is up for exploration. (saying that , i have no idea what youre into).

Theres also a decent glasto earth application that will (hopefully) be uploaded soon enough which is pretty good for pre-glastonbury mappings.

have a great one and get lost as much as you can, it makes it all the more fun

[glasto_mongrel_2008]

How sober were you though?

*cough*

[ivan]

My friend went for the first time in 2007 , despite having done other festivals , could not believe the size , but coped really well despite the mud.

But when we returned in 2008 , she soon found her feet straight away !

[norainplease]

This will be my thrid year and I don't think that I will ever get my bearings fully!

Although drinking less cider may help but that would defeat the purpose wouldn't it!!

I love just stumbling across things while lost, it's the best way to have a great Glasto!!

[r0cky]

How long did it take you to get confortable with the layout?

[glasto_mongrel_2008]

Just remembered my mission to find the Brothers bar!!! It took me 2 or 3 hours, I must've gone round every bit of the site twice except for the bloody Jazz World field! It's now firmly stamped on my RADAR. I'm also hoping to hang out with my fellow campers more this year as most of my exploring last year was done on my own.

Edited April 2, 2009 by glasto_mongrel_2008

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

Back in 2000 I got lost at night while I was wasted and couldn't find my way back to my camp, so I asked a few people, a couple of those were lost themselves but 1 guy pointed out the light on the top of the Pyramid stage, which was great because I was camped right near there.

Now everytime I lose my barings I look for the little light which to me is like a homing beacon & I just head for there, no matter where I am camped I always know my way to there from the Pyramid

[amfy]

It took me about 10 years to realise that the railway line is the key. If I can find that I can find anything as almost everything seems to be just off it, and it is usually an easer way of getting around in the mud too.

[PAH030]

Hahaha

I just know i'm gonna get soooooo lost

[angelheaded hipster]

Last year was my forth, and although I've been pretty comfortable with the site before (good sense of direction), it was the first year I arrived and didn't even have to think about where I was going, I just knew all the main/unchanged areas immidiately. After a day or two when I realised that was the case I got very excited about it - ok, I won't have the fun of getting lost so much but there's such a lovely feeling about returning somewhere that's becoming so familiar...

Plus I've gone from being someone asking directions to being able to give them without thinking which I found provides a lovely warm glow... Ahhh... roll on June!

[Chazeboy]

This will be my thrid year and I don't think that I will ever get my bearings fully!

[Chazeboy]

Last year was my forth, and although I've been pretty comfortable with the site before (good sense of direction), it was the first year I arrived and didn't even have to think about where I was going, I just knew all the main/unchanged areas immidiately. After a day or two when I realised that was the case I got very excited about it - ok, I won't have the fun of getting lost so much but there's such a lovely feeling about returning somewhere that's becoming so familiar...

Plus I've gone from being someone asking directions to being able to give them without thinking which I found provides a lovely warm glow... Ahhh... roll on June!

[Chocscoffer]

It took me about 10 years to realise that the railway line is the key. If I can find that I can find anything as almost everything seems to be just off it, and it is usually an easer way of getting around in the mud too.

[ivan]

It took me about 10 years to realise that the railway line is the key. If I can find that I can find anything as almost everything seems to be just off it, and it is usually an easer way of getting around in the mud too.

[norainplease]

Yes but that is why you have a Chaz

[lovelessrapture]

Hahaha

I just know i'm gonna get soooooo lost

[rosstopher]

lol first year last year, dont know my way around still, i wanna try and keep it that way, its more fun lol just remember where your tent is at the end of the day lol sunday last year me and my mates were at the verve sunday night, most of us had taken a bit of acid and were realy tripping balls and then one of the sober(ish)/not tripping people decided it would be a clever idea to give me the map to guide us back to the tent (pyramid stage to just above the cinema field) it took us over 4 hours, but it was the best time of my life! apart from i think i got hit on the head by a firework, but no-one believes me cos i was off my head, but i swear its true!

[robith]

lol first year last year, dont know my way around still, i wanna try and keep it that way, its more fun lol just remember where your tent is at the end of the day lol sunday last year me and my mates were at the verve sunday night, most of us had taken a bit of acid and were realy tripping balls and then one of the sober(ish)/not tripping people decided it would be a clever idea to give me the map to guide us back to the tent (pyramid stage to just above the cinema field) it took us over 4 hours, but it was the best time of my life! apart from i think i got hit on the head by a firework, but no-one believes me cos i was off my head, but i swear its true!

[mouth]

im really good with directions even when hammered. always find the tent and when around the site i tend to know things by seeing certain shops etc.

[staggerlee]

The tent is the only thing that I struggle to find and that is only for the first few nights. Usually try and pinpoint a nearby landmark, last year it was a Welsh flag that was about 100 yards opposite out tent. Unfortunately someone had the same tent as ours and I walked into that about 5 times, much to the owner's annoyance.