dieweener Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 This year, i'm driving down to Glastonbury myself and am looking to get in early. I'll be in Bristol the night before and am planning my trip out nice and early in early excitement. My question is if anyone has gone down for gate opening before and what the traffic situation is like because I don't want to set off at 5am only to find no traffic and I have to hang around for a couple of hours for the gate to open. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cky Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 This year, i'm driving down to Glastonbury myself and am looking to get in early. I'll be in Bristol the night before and am planning my trip out nice and early in early excitement. My question is if anyone has gone down for gate opening before and what the traffic situation is like because I don't want to set off at 5am only to find no traffic and I have to hang around for a couple of hours for the gate to open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneCircle Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 For the last couple of years we have overnighted in Bath and left there at about 7am which has worked perfectly to arrive for around 8am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisearl Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Do the carparks open at 8 then as well as the gates? Or before? Last year we arrived quite early but hit the traffic near the site and can't remember what time we actually got into the carparks for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuzo Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 We usually hit the queue for the west car parks around 7:45 - 8:15 and it usually takes 30-45 minutes from joining the queue to getting parked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura_Babs Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Well we leave at 6am from surrey and get there about 8.30 with usually two stops along the way! so 5am from Bristol may be a tad early! You will find traffic starts to build a bit near the site but really not very bad at all. We have never actually stopped in traffic until the last mile or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieweener Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Brilliant, thanks for all your advice. I think i'll adjust my set off time quite a bit now, set off around 6:30-7, which i'm sure my mates will appreciate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cky Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Do the carparks open at 8 then as well as the gates? Or before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshwarrr Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 We got down at about midday on wednesday and it was fine. A bit of a queue to get into the carpark and then one into the site that took about 30 mins to clear. But not that bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welly Boot Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 We usually overnight in Glasto town and leave just before 8am. Any earlier and you can't get in, or find anywhere to wait. Usually in the site about 9.30ish. Tent pitched then first beer about 10.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norainplease Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 We usually overnight in Glasto town and leave just before 8am. Any earlier and you can't get in, or find anywhere to wait. Usually in the site about 9.30ish. Tent pitched then first beer about 10.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouth Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 We usually overnight in Glasto town and leave just before 8am. Any earlier and you can't get in, or find anywhere to wait. Usually in the site about 9.30ish. Tent pitched then first beer about 10.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisearl Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 We usually overnight in Glasto town and leave just before 8am. Any earlier and you can't get in, or find anywhere to wait. Usually in the site about 9.30ish. Tent pitched then first beer about 10.30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glastoman417 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 For the last couple of years we have overnighted in Bath and left there at about 7am which has worked perfectly to arrive for around 8am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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