Differences between Stafford and Chelms?

[icedgems]

I went to Stafford last year, but now I've moved down South I decided to get tickets for Chelmsford this year.

Apart from the standard "oh but the north/south is better" or whatever, are there any major differences that I'll find in Chelmsford from Stafford?

Is the site more compact? (Last year I walked from my car for an hour before there was space to camp!) Are there any other attractions apart from the music stages? More/less stalls? Different kind of people? (have heard rumours on this one...) etc etc

Thanks all

[thetime]

been to staffs many times as I live very close by, but one year I went to chelmsford for a change and apart form meeting a new gf there who turned out to be a right nutcase lol everything is the same. I did find chelmsford a bit bigger but aprt form that nothing is differnt.

They didnt have the indie disco then, but this was 7 or 8 years ago and I dont know if its changed.

Edited June 30, 2009 by thetime

[mcalli2008]

I've only ever been to Chelmsford, but from what I've heard Staffs has a fairground and Indie disco which chelms doesn't..

Chelms gets the better weather though

[Josephinus]

I've only ever been to Chelmsford, but from what I've heard Staffs has a fairground and Indie disco which chelms doesn't..

Chelms gets the better weather though

[icedgems]

Deffo agree on the better weather . . . glorious sunshine last year at Chelmsford whilst it was p*ssing it down at Staffs!!!!!

[Benj]

I went to Stafford last year, but now I've moved down South I decided to get tickets for Chelmsford this year.

Apart from the standard "oh but the north/south is better" or whatever, are there any major differences that I'll find in Chelmsford from Stafford?

Is the site more compact? (Last year I walked from my car for an hour before there was space to camp!) Are there any other attractions apart from the music stages? More/less stalls? Different kind of people? (have heard rumours on this one...) etc etc

Thanks all

[icedgems]

The traffic situation is miles better, never taken us more than 3-4 minutes to get in or out.

Edited June 30, 2009 by icedgems

[happypenguin]

We'll be taking the train this year.... how is the shuttle bus system in Chelms? We're in yellow camping - which apparently is nearer to where the shuttle bus from the station drops people off? (Hope so!)

Beer queues... well I came up with a genius way of smuggling vodka in to the arena (and then all you need to buy is a bottle of coke from whichever place has least queue), so hopefully that method will work just as well this time!

[Josephinus]

We'll be taking the train this year.... how is the shuttle bus system in Chelms? We're in yellow camping - which apparently is nearer to where the shuttle bus from the station drops people off? (Hope so!)

Beer queues... well I came up with a genius way of smuggling vodka in to the arena (and then all you need to buy is a bottle of coke from whichever place has least queue), so hopefully that method will work just as well this time!

[icedgems]

Tell me your genius idea!!!!

[xxtinkerbellxx]

That sounds like 2 much hard work. Just buy a camel bag you can get them from poundland, fill with vodka and coke, put your coat over the top and hey presto

[Reedo321]

Well, you know those little plastic 50ml bottles of spirits (like you get on airplanes)... well, take a big bottle of vodka (decanted to plastic of course). And then refil lots of those little bottles each morning and hide them about your person. A few in each welly, some down your bra (if you're female...), in the hood bit of your waterproof, etc etc. Each bottle holds a double so you shouldn't need too many! And then, buy a bottle of coke from whichever food place / ice cream van has least queue, tip some vodka in and ta-dah! Also, it's much easier to hold and dance with than beer, and saves A LOT of queueing time

[icedgems]

You can take unopened soft drinks into V, just dont break the seal. That way u'll not need to que at all

[shoptildrop]

Really? I'm sure it was only water last year, and security were really fussy about the whole thing...

[Cal91]

The difference is that Staffs is better.

[Benj]

The difference is that Staffs is better.