Windinglake Farm...

[PabloCoke]

I know this may be the wrong place to ask this but its the only place I can think of...so Anyone stayed there and got any comments?

[King Kong]

are you bringing your helicopter ?

flyglastonbury

[yellabelly]

I spent 2003 and 2004 there. My mate got me in(long and boring story). It's quite pleasant and all that, there were loads of music industry people when we went but don't know what it's like now. I'm not really into hiding in exclusive corners but the on site bar and showers are nice. It's just not Glastonbury for me though. It's also ball achingly expensive!

Edited May 20, 2011 by yellabelly

[PabloCoke]

I agree its not Glastonbury but then again neither are any of the onsite hospitality bars and areas, I have my own reasons for staying there that I won't get into here. It is definitely achingly expensive but worth it for my particular needs this year.

[Spacey]

How near is Windinglake Farm to an entry gate?

Edited May 23, 2011 by Spacey

[PabloCoke]

How near is Windinglake Farm to an entry gate?

Edited May 23, 2011 by PabloCoke

[ronmanager]

How near is Windinglake Farm to an entry gate?

[PabloCoke]

I stayed at Windinglake Farm in 2009 and am again this year. Once you've done it there's no going back to the regular camping melee. Walking into Glastonbury every morning freshly showered etc is a wonderful thing. Also at the end of the night you can go into the converted stone barn known as 'Mark's bar' and watch the BBC footage from during the day over a last beer.

It's a 10 minute walk to an entry gate or there's a couple of Windinglake minibuses that will drop you off and pick you up (at gate C on that map) every 20 mins or so. The tickets they provide are also the backstage area ones (almost double price from regular tickets though) where you can chillout and star spot and use the cleaner facilities not to mention cut through to the other stage in half the time.

It cost us a shade over £800 each for the Windinglake pass, tent pitch and backstage ticket this year but if you can afford it, it is money well spent as you feel like royalty, right from driving in and being waved past all the regular queues and roadblocks with the provided car ID, to the unique backstage wristband.

And you can park your car next to the tent too enabling locking away of valuables (even though the site has 24hr security) and being able to run power from the car to pump up airbeds etc. The pitch is about 20' x 20'.

[ronmanager]

what time does the bar shut

[coma girl]

I stayed at Windinglake Farm in 2009 and am again this year. Once you've done it there's no going back to the regular camping melee. Walking into Glastonbury every morning freshly showered etc is a wonderful thing. Also at the end of the night you can go into the converted stone barn known as 'Mark's bar' and watch the BBC footage from during the day over a last beer.

[Octave Doctor]

I'd rather end the night in Shangri La or Stone Circle etc and watch the footage at home, Glasto is too short to watch tv!

I can understand going for some of the luxuries but what's the atmosphere like? Anywhere near as good as the regular campsite?

[coma girl]

I am going to Windinglakes this year - failed to get a normal ticket like so many others but just couldnt miss out - and if its just a place to sleep with clean showers and toilets then whats not to like? Also its an age thing - Years ago I started camping up in Williams/ Dragon field and had my share of floods - then moved to campervan fields for a few years - now Windinglakes. I imagine the atmosphere early hours is non-existent ( like campervan fields tbh ) but I need sleep at night nowadays...sad but true!

[star child]

Taking our own tent to Windinglake this year after failing to get tickets by other means....does anyone here know how tent spaces allocated and are they together, between the vans etc.? Disposable barbecues allowed??

[Yokel Again]

Had tickets for an after show / album launch thing in 2005 at Windinglake Farm that was put on by Heavenly I think. The Mrs and I got hammered then fell asleep in front of our tent. Woke up at 3am and remembered our wristbands we were given, so walked off site and to the farm. 20mins I'd reckon. Turned up close to 4am and got told we were too late. On the wristband it said 11pm til late. So we screamed at the security who wouldn't let us in .... 'THIS IS GLASTOBURY, 4AM DOESN'T COUNT AS LATE'.

An almost compeltely unrelated story. Beware annoying people like us.

£800?!??!??!??!??!!!!!!