the glastonbury comedown

[punkincowcat]

anyone get that similar heart sinking feeling in the early hours of monday morning and packing up your tent all ready to make the journey home? always makes me feel sad

[Ladybug-nina]

I do and it lasts about 3 weeks, but I dont want to think about it now! Bring on June!

[r0cky]

anyone get that similar heart sinking feeling in the early hours of monday morning and packing up your tent all ready to make the journey home? always makes me feel sad

[Tugger2k]

dont think i will get it this year as as soon as i get back its down the pub to discuss with pals and then a couple of days work and then its either blur and wireless or off to belgium for werchter

yes i'll miss the big G but im so busy at other festy's this year i dont think mine will kick in till around midnight august 30th when my last day a field of 2009 is over

[norainplease]

I'm usually okay until I get back to work and remeber that in the real world, people are just not like Glasto Goers!!

It lasted about three weeks last year, it was horrble!

It is made a bit better though when people on here start to post their pics of the festival though!

Edited April 16, 2009 by norainplease

[retox]

Normally doesn't hit until I get home Monday night, I spend all of Sunday night/Monday morning out partying making the most of the last time! There's normally plenty of others doing the same, and such a great atmosphere.

[Amlo4ka]

I'm still in it. Bring on 09!

[Aragorn]

I quite like getting home and having a nice cuppa and a bath - its normally 3-4 hours after I am home that it starts to kick in.

I have Virgin+ though so I tend to record all the glasti stuff thats on so I can then re-watch it

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

I hate it

It takes me a good couple of weeks to get back into 'normal life'

then its straight back on the forums and counting down till the next year..

obsessed a bit or what..

[popcornmaster]

what a depressing thread not even there and thinking about the end

It doesn't really hit me till a day or 2 after

monday while packing my faith in mankind is replenished for bit, it feels good,

it feels almost as if left wing politics could actually work, then you leave and realise that we're in the minority

[ivan]

I am dreading the comedown already !

[beergut100]

It pisses me right off! I've got a plan this year though. Going camping for a few days after, so returning to real life crap more gradually.

[staggerlee]

Mine lasted for two weeks but even then I felt terribly nostalgic. My two friends had a great idea, they returned from Glasto and the day after flew to Spain and enjoyed a week of sun and relaxation. I imagine that would really help with the initial comedown. Fortunately I am doing something similar in that I am going to a 60th in Portugal 2 days after Glasto.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

mine kicks in properly when i have a proper wash and goes on for weeks. the first jaunt to the supermarket or whatever where everyone is all frowny and insular as a matter of course is always a right kick in the teeth too.

at least if the deposit scheme runs again we only have 3 months to be miserable before we're gearing up for the next one though.

[youcancallmeal]

I don't experience a Glasto' comedown: on the Sunday I usually go through a short period of being a little sad that it's all coming to an end soon, but after I leave the festival I'm totally relaxed and almost completely impervious to stress for quite a few weeks. Then I start looking forward to the next one!

[nu-marc88]

mine kicks in when im home and showered. its proper wierd when i turn the light off to go to bed and all i can see is flickering fires in my bedroom. any body else get that?

[rosstopher]

I don't experience a Glasto' comedown: on the Sunday I usually go through a short period of being a little sad that it's all coming to an end soon, but after I leave the festival I'm totally relaxed and almost completely impervious to stress for quite a few weeks. Then I start looking forward to the next one!

[deschwah]

i used to be able to get over it after a couple of days but the past few years it has taken at least 2 weeks. now that obviously has something to do with age, but i also think that as you get to go more and more, you get better at doing what you want each year and are so able to enjoy it more and more

its not sad at all discussing this - its all part of the magic

and as a fledgling space cadet once said to me.. you have to come down to go up

ps 432 days to the 40th anniversary festival

[serginhowardinho]

I don't suffer nearly as badly as i used to. I just keep going to festival after festival so that i've got something to look forward to. I then buy tickets for next year's fests when they go on sale early to ensure i know i have a summer of fun for the following year.

It's only when i pack up my tent for the winter that i slump. And then i slump really badly.

[popcornmaster]

mine kicks in properly when i have a proper wash and goes on for weeks. the first jaunt to the supermarket or whatever where everyone is all frowny and insular as a matter of course is always a right kick in the teeth too.

at least if the deposit scheme runs again we only have 3 months to be miserable before we're gearing up for the next one though.

[Aragorn]

mine kicks in when im home and showered. its proper wierd when i turn the light off to go to bed and all i can see is flickering fires in my bedroom. any body else get that?

[The Klumpster]

I discovered my answer to this about 8 years ago, move to Cornwall I loved living in Birmingham but returning there from a fest was a real downer. Don't get me wrong, I still have that sinking feeling when leaving the site on Monday but after an hours drive getting home, when I see the river, take a walk on the beach and then go to the local to discuss the last 5 days of tomfoolery, it doesn't seem so bad and I realise how lucky I am (and look forward to the next fest of the year, hope I'm not being smug )

[CrunchyFrog]

mine kicks in when im home and showered. its proper wierd when i turn the light off to go to bed and all i can see is flickering fires in my bedroom. any body else get that?

[nu-marc88]

i bang radio 1 highlights on and smoke wats left of my green if any then usually sleep till mid afternoon tues

[amfy]

I really look forward to having a lovely bath all the way home, and then as soon as I'm in it i think - No, this wasn't worth it - I want to go back!

I now actually find my comedown starts on Sunday afternoon - I hate the thought that it's my last day. I still enjoy myself and party as long as possible of course - but it does nag at me.