Glastonbury alcohol email?

[eFestivals]

I get there on the Wednesday. 5 crates.....

one in rucksack, two carried, and one strung from each nipple.

Or are you some kind of weakling?

[More rain]

I'm 5'8 and 10 stone. Three crates is only about 30kg. One in rucksack, two carried. Easy.

[Grimmy]

one in rucksack, two carried, and one strung from each nipple.

Or are you some kind of weakling?

[Superscally]

You must have some spare room in your rucksack... I guess your underpants are on the outside.

[Aragorn]

one in rucksack, two carried, and one strung from each nipple.

Or are you some kind of weakling?

[Random Circle]

You gotta love the Eavo. Funny though...as people have said, compared to the attitude of other festivals, some won't let you take your water into the 'arena' will they..? And the bonfires..and the barbecues..

We are spoiled. Long may it continue.

[storm]

On a lighter side of things, am i the only one (at the age of 31) who wants to get the extra wristband as a souveneir?

[knivesout]

yes it has

[dan8k]

Yes

Sorry could someone tell me if this decision has been retracted? Without me having to read through 22 pages

[Mr Splodge]

Sorry could someone tell me if this decision has been retracted? Without me having to read through 22 pages

[budvar]

My initial reaction to this email was to be unimpressed.

I'm not too keen on timing or style and I'm wondering what the cause is.

More than anything it feels a bit half-arsed. An email two weeks out; a lack of clarity on whether there's been a change of policy; the mention of being the only festival that allows you to bring in alcohol.

Is this aimed at those bringing in booze to sell? I can't say I've noticed that being any more of a problem in recent years (indeed I've seen very little of it)

If it's to try and persuade people to drink less then I'm assuming the bars will be following suit? Not sure how that will go down.

Sack trolleys etc. are practical. In the past I've carried drink for groups of 10+ on one - under these rules we could just carry a crate each and load the trolley with camping gear and bags, which is much less practical because they're not a uniform shape i.e. it will have no impact on the amount we bring in, just how we do it.

In summary; what's the point?

[eoJ]

It's a problem at all festivals that run this system - the festival issues the wristband but the WBC run the bars, so if the festival issue the wristband to someone underage and WBC get caught serving them it's the WBC that get fined and not the festival. Unless the WBC can completely trust the person issuing the wristbands - and when it isn't someone that's working for WBC that's very hard - then they are right to check even if someone has a wristband.

[Tomo18]

got my alcohol trolley yesterday and was well happy..walking round the house with it with a big grin on

got this email today and was not happy, stamping my feet around work, giving people an evil stare, being unsociable

i am now home seen that eavis has changed his mind and starting to pack my trolley!!

[**Mags-Wigan**]

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/

Does this mean trolleys are ok ?

[Jameslcfc]

This was just posted on the Facebook page:

In reference to the email about alcohol that went out to Glastonbury 2013 ticket holders this morning, my personal preference is for people that come to our festival to drink much less!

However, Glastonbury remains the only major festival that allows people to bring their own alcohol in, and you are still OK to bring your own alcohol through the gates, providing it’s just for your own use (whether it’s on a trolley or not).

Michael Eavis

[Mr Splodge]

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/

Does this mean trolleys are ok ?

[dan05delaney]

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news/

Does this mean trolleys are ok ?

[Splatt]

For further discussion after this years fest' but I reckon this is a sign of things to come. I can see a future where no alcohol can be brought in but perhaps cans/boxes of wine sold on site possibly limited to one per ticket. Enjoy it while you can people!

[rexclark]

me too but I think we are barred, unless you look really young for your age, you won't be allowed one.

After all it says "We are also trialling a 'Challenge 21 wristband scheme'. This means that if you look under 21........."

Unless we start arguing that this policy is also ageist like the who can carry the most one maybe?

[sunnyshoes]

I think as soon as you can't take your own drinkies then its time to stop going ...

[fatyeti24]

For further discussion after this years fest' but I reckon this is a sign of things to come. I can see a future where no alcohol can be brought in but perhaps cans/boxes of wine sold on site possibly limited to one per ticket. Enjoy it while you can people!

[JoBalls]

I think as soon as you can't take your own drinkies then its time to stop going ...

[loscalfrog]

See, I read this completely differently! I was excited as thought "ooh so we can save some pennies and take some of our own into the pyramid stage and the like". The reason I thought that is because of the wording of "only main fest to let people BYO", and because in my experience of IoW you can take alcohol in but not into main staging area I thought that was the difference! My excitement turned to confusion! Nay mind - collapsible trolley is staying in the kit still then!

[knivesout]

lets hope the opposition to this will have permanently alerted GFL to the fact that, while you can affect most other things, try and fuck with our alcohol intake and people won't be happy

[mail1234]

See, I read this completely differently! I was excited as thought "ooh so we can save some pennies and take some of our own into the pyramid stage and the like". The reason I thought that is because of the wording of "only main fest to let people BYO", and because in my experience of IoW you can take alcohol in but not into main staging area I thought that was the difference! My excitement turned to confusion! Nay mind - collapsible trolley is staying in the kit still then!

Edited June 13, 2013 by mail1234