Terrible (Read and have your say)

[nightcrawler13]

Jesus was a hippy. He had long hair and didn't have a job.

[Spindles]

A good proportion of my funds went at the 50p tea tent, friendly fellas working their nadgers off 24 hours a day providing good, cheap drinks and snacks and soaking up the vibe with the punters. My happiest moments were spent there with a nice brew, warm fire, friendly people and the occasional organic orange or slice of cake. Those blokes are legends.

There IS a north/south divide at the festival now, alot of people don't like that and I can get why. I only really visited the north of the site for a few bands and certainly never ate there.

It is unreasonable to expect that a festival that operates not only on the ticket revenue, but on concessions would be anything other than commercial.

The obvious answer is this: spend some time looking for things that look like good value and then head there when you want to eat, I ate well for 5 days on a budget of £120 including drinks, travel home and other spending (hats and such), I didn't eat at burger stalls, I didn't buy chips, I didn't buy a tiny pile of stodge for 7 quid.

Now, don't mind me, I'm off to blame the government that convenience food is not as good as a home cooked meal.

*edit* and as stated above, your £1 yoghurt is a bargain, £1.50 for a litre of cold fruit juice at the milk bars/vans was also great value

Edited June 30, 2009 by Spindles

[Langdale Wolf]

There IS a north/south divide at the festival now

[LusciousLucy]

We love you Nightcrawler

[pinktequila]

Glastonbury is not a spiritual, mellow experience, lets get that straight now. It is a dirty, commercial hole serving only to make money.

The prices were so expensive I found myself eating chips for tea every night, nice one Eavis I hope you enjoyed your caviar.

Now for the hippies.

I've never been so angry as seeing a stupid bandana clad 35 year old woman pushing a pram with all kinds of stuff sufficating her poor kid. All you could see were his/her (sex inderterminable) short little legs peeping from this ridiculously overloaded pram. The amount of kids I saw crying at that festival was unbelievable. They don't like it so give up the dream and stay at home, or get a babysitter. Your kids should come before your lazy hedonistic vibe chasing. And as for the four year old boy waving a fire candle and then getting bollocked by the very hippy who gave it to him, dont get me started!

Going back to the greed of Michael Eavis and the organisers. There were blatantaly too many people in that toxic field for it to be safe and even close to comfortable for the £180 paying punters. But who cares when the more you cram in the more money they make. The bottom line is they dont care about your experience.

And where were the cleaners on site? I've seen less rubbish on a tip. It was like dancing in a Chinese landfill site. The bonfires full of plastic were disgusting too. But with next to no steward or police presence around the festival, who could stop that. Of course, Eavis wouldn't want to jeapordise his precious arrest figures by paying for extra police presence now would he.

The best festival ever, lower crime, doesn't he say that every year? Obviously when you rely on citizens arrests the figures will be rather low!

Now back to how commerical the festival is, brace yourself for this - seriously.

When I went to one of the little markets by the circus field, I saw a lovely decorated tin, with pieces of mirror and other colourful intricacies on it. It was a set of three and at £6 I thought it was very reasonable and that I would be helping out a small business. Then the bombshell struck. The sellers tired looking nine year old daughter, who was also serving, spilled the beans. After I asked her who made them, thinking I was prompting a proud exclamation of "my gran" or "aunt Pearl" she looked to her mother, with a slightly confused "I cant remember if I am allowed to say this" look on her face and blurted out "my mum gets them from India". Ha! a bloody sweatshop in India! Embarrassed, her mother turned to me and muttered sheepishly "...er yes, a little family I know in India." A family I know? how many Somerset families do you know with friends in Bombay?

I live for music and wanted to go to what I thought was the biggest celebration of music on the planet. But this was not good. I'm glad I've been however and there were definately snippets of fun. I met some fantastic people and when I wasnt getting crushed to death due to Eavis cramming far too many people in, I saw some great music.

What do you think?

[Spindles]

Too right, and it's ALWAYS the f**king Southerners who cause the trouble. I blame London.

[Langdale Wolf]

tsss...way to misquote I mean the site, not the punters and you know it!

Just on a completely unrelated sidenote, the nice people I interacted with all weekend came from everywhere and if anyone says that one part of the country or another contributed a group of antisocial types I did not see this at all.

[sifi]

But if you DID see it, I guarantee it'd have been started by Southerners.

Or hippies.

Or Jesus.

[grumpyhack]

I ate wonderfully, saw some great music, always found clean flushing toilets, spent less than at most festivals, met some lovely new people. What more can you ask for?

[sifi]

I ate wonderfully, saw some great music, always found clean flushing toilets, spent less than at most festivals, met some lovely new people. What more can you ask for?

[Langdale Wolf]

No Wolverhampton Wanderers fans?

[sifi]

F**k me, sifi - I gave you one year off. Don't get greedy. I'm coming next year - get used to it.

[Langdale Wolf]

Well, Glasto is big enough for the both of us, so fair enough .... just stick to your parts of the festival site and I'll stick to mine

[mikeb]

You couldn't manage to wander up to the Greenfields and find places that do massive plates of fresh, organic, home-cooked food for a few quid? Take Permaculture for example. £3.50 for a massive plate of lentil dahl and rice with fresh salad grown on site. Vegetable pakoras made with veg grown on site for £1. A big slice of homemade cake for £1.

Edited June 30, 2009 by mikeb

[jonajuna]

afaik, Mr Eavis does have a say in the pricing of food.... he caps the upper limits!

we go as a family of four and have always found glastonbury to be one of the cheapest (of the larger ones) to eat at

couple of times i had a full english breakfast for £5 which to be fair is a bit dearer than my local cafe, which does a comparable breakfast for £4.95!

the other comments are too troll like to respond to

[pehaw]

Too right, and it's ALWAYS the f**king Southerners who cause the trouble. I blame London.

[Langdale Wolf]

Wolves is in the south isn't it?

[sifi]

Suits me just fine, jizz bucket.

(Erm - just to clarify - is it okay if my half incorporates the real ale tent?)

[Langdale Wolf]

Fine - I tend to drink vodka and oj all-day. Steve Bull's cum bucket

[nightcrawler13]

We love you Nightcrawler

[Rolf Harris]

too be fair he has a point about the bins. The food prices however are not too bad compared to other festivals but those ice cream vans absolutely take the piss £2 a lolly or bottle of coke.

[tHomBleached]

That's absolute bollocks. You CHOSE to eat chips - bought from a crapmonger near the Pyramid, no doubt, becuase you couldn't find anything better than that? You couldn't manage to wander up to the Greenfields and find places that do massive plates of fresh, organic, home-cooked food for a few quid? Take Permaculture for example. £3.50 for a massive plate of lentil dahl and rice with fresh salad grown on site. Vegetable pakoras made with veg grown on site for £1. A big slice of homemade cake for £1. And you ate a bag of chips every night that must have cost you at least £3?! I feel sorry for you mate...

[Langdale Wolf]

too be fair he has a point about the bins. The food prices however are not too bad compared to other festivals but those ice cream vans absolutely take the piss £2 a lolly or bottle of coke.

[BlackHole2006]

too be fair he has a point about the bins. The food prices however are not too bad compared to other festivals but those ice cream vans absolutely take the piss £2 a lolly or bottle of coke.

[staggerlee]

I think the resistance Glastonbury has put up against commercialism is admirable. The majority of people would have sold out years ago. Just consider the Working bars, all staff are volunteers and all proceeds go to trade unions. Glastonbury is a million miles away from other big, capitalist festivals and long may it remain that way.

Edited June 30, 2009 by staggerlee