Showers

[YouWhat]

i gave my ticket up for Glastonbury 2011 a few months back as i'm off to Australia instead, i have a couple of friensds who are going, its there first glastonbury and i have tried to answer as many questions as i can,there is one though re the showers. I have never used them at all when i went,i am being asked are they communial,the only ones i know are the Greenpiece ones and if i'm right you need to get tickets to use them,other than that i know nothing at all, are there any others at the festival. I think the problem they have is they are both concerned as to the privacy, just think there very shy really. Any help appreciated.

Thanks

[MyTwistedWords]

friends of mine used the greenpeace showers last year, they didnt say anything about tickets but they are communal, dont think its boys n girls together but very communal none the less - my friends just went in wearing bikini's as they're both shy too and said it was bliss

[vinylvictim]

Didn't use any showers last year, but the year before there was certainly no ticket required. It's communal, seperated male/female though.

The showers at the bottom of kidz field are less communal, private little shower cubicles, but i always seemed to go when there was very little water pressure or hot water so wouldn't hurry back. Some folk have had great showers there tho.

[hannahlmoore]

What about queues for these greenpeace showers? I must admit I've never bothered before, but if it isn't too time consuming to have one then perhaps this year I might go for a more hygenic approach!

[cejx]

they give you a ticket, tell you how long its going to be and then you can wander off and come back.

I'll be honest, having a shower has never once crossed my mind at Glastonbury - there's so many fun things I'd rather be doing.

Wet wipes and deodorant - all you need. Going feral for 5 days won't kill you!

[spunkflower]

I take a little solar shower fill it first thing leave it in the sun for an hour n stand in as little as poss n someone golds it over while i av a wash - not the best but i feel a bit cleaner after it n i coldnt b arsed standing in line for one.

xxx

[whateverman]

To be honest you don't need to shower at Glasto - just do the wet wipes thing. Life's to short, and all that.

[coma girl]

I used the Greenpeace showers last year, I wouldn't usually bother but for some reason I did this time. I was camped near by so I just went along and waited a wee while, got a raffle style ticket, went back to the tent for brekkie then walked straight into the showers. I didn't feel like I was wasting my time as I went along early doors while my group were still in their kips, by the time I got back people were starting to get up.

They're communal but segregated by sex, there was one shower at the end with a curtain round it but nobody was bothering with it. Tbh, everyone was just glad to get a wash and couldn't care less about the communal element of it.

[whateverman]

Yes, and having said don't bother, I have once or twice myself - it's just that it's no big deal, you know?

[irons]

It is a big deal for some people. I told my ex last year where the showers are, she trotted and in the queue she found it it was communal changing rooms, she trotted back

I don't bother but if you are shy, and 90% aren't, you can always wear a bikini or shorts. It is Glastonbury thou.

[dinky123]

healing feilds ther are showers and sauna

[eoinca]

Can't beat a shower tbh, I had one every day last year!!

Might have a go at the sauna in the healing fields this year!

[hashcity]

Hooray for boobies! Comunal showers are awesome for us perverts. In fact just hanging around the standpipes you can get a pretty good eyeful. Phwoar. Don't be shy, free love and all that. Let's not forget all the hippies back in the 70s were big on dancing around in the nip. You may think you're just having a wash but we know you're wearing those revealing clothes on purpose because you want to be oggled. I'll be honest, a few nip slips in the communal showers is the only real flesh-action I get each year (unless you count internet porn, and I don't). Besides there's nothing so good as an illicit perv at some authentic festival boobage. Make sure to give yourself a good soap down too, and jump around a bit. Oh yeah.

Seriously though, I was washing my balls at the standpipe last year in front of about 300 people. It was a very weird sensation, knowing that 300 people were watching something I would not normally dream of doing in public, and not even caring. Through the simple requirement of groinal cleansing I felt at peace with the world, and everyone in it.

If you can't handle the pervs, get drunk. You'll either stop caring and have a shower, or more likely you'll be drunk and won't care about being dirty anymore.

[Vectrex]

LOl this query comes up fairly frequently!

The arrangements of the shower setups have been the same for the last few years now, and looks like these setups are here to stay. Greenpeace showers - communal changing area and a few shower posts, but sex segregated. Kidz Field showers - unisex changing area, but with private curtained off individual shower stalls. Most people tend to get changed in the shower stalls, and not in the changing area.

Personally I'd like to see a return of the old completely unisex Greenpeace Showers, or at least the setup they had untill 2007 with the large unisex changing arena and the wild west style saloon door private cubicles. They had more character to them and were much more in the spirit of Glastonbury and Greenpeace. What's with this sex segreation going on in the last few years, British people getting more prudish?

Edited April 19, 2011 by Vectrex

[precious_lillywhite]

I've never bothered with a shower at Glasto but I reckon the communal aspect would be fine if you wore a bikini/shorts for boys

[hashcity]

Personally I'd like to see a return of the old completely unisex Greenpeace Showers, or at least the setup they had untill 2007 with the large unisex changing arena and the wild west style saloon door private cubicles. They had more character to them and were much more in the spirit of Glastonbury and Greenpeace. What's with this sex segreation going on in the last few years, British people getting more prudish?

[bigbilly]

it depends on what time you go to the greenpeace showers as to how busy it is. Getting htere first thing is prob the best best. from 10 onwards they are busy. The showers are a little peice of paradise. Really well looked after and really refreshing after a long walk.

you cannot take your own soap, they provide organic soap to use

[Vectrex]

Well if you liked that, you should try Benicassim showers! Completely unisex, and those spanish girls are not in the least bit prudish, they get completely naked. Rather an eye opener I must say.

Edited April 19, 2011 by Vectrex

[Bisque]

If anyone was worried about communal showers would it be ok just to wear swimming gear?

[bambina]

If anyone was worried about communal showers would it be ok just to wear swimming gear?

[Migraine]

Well if you liked that, you should try Benicassim showers! Completely unisex, and those spanish girls are not in the least bit prudish, they get completely naked. Rather an eye opener I must say.

[Styliko]

I brought with me one of those solar bag showers. But I mainly washed using a bucket and sponge.

[hashcity]

I brought with me one of those solar bag showers. But I mainly washed using a bucket and sponge.

[LENNiB]

For heaven's sake, it's Glastonbury!!! Take some baby wipes and stop fussing about showers!

[AlanP]

I used those ones in the Kidz Field last year and the groanin' and moanin' going on next door to my cubicle was quite "ahem" distracting....especially when two ladies fell out of it while I was drying off...