Bus drop off to campsite distance?

[keepescaping]

Hi all, I'm new to bestival so was wondering how long a walk it is to the campsite from the bus drop off? We'll get getting the Big Green Coach.

Cheers

[timbuc]

Are you on the shuttle bus from one of the ferry ports or are you on a coach coming over from the mainland?

Shuttle bus - drops off in car parks above the festival. The walk isn't bad for a large festival and is all downhill. Far less than Glastonbury. One of the problems (depending on when you arrive) is that you come in around the busiest campsites so you'll probably have to march on a bit more to find space to camp. Red, green and black fill up pretty quickly so you need to be there early for those. Blue is quiet camping and reserved for the forum so you can't go in there (unless you're with the Bestival forum lot or you want to keep it down of an evening).

2012 map is here. http://2013.bestival.net/system/files/062013/51b5d475f00bcc7dbb000004/original/bestival2012_sitemap.pdf?1370870901 There will be changes but they're not expected to be huge. Drop-offs are remaining the same and the campsites will be practically identical.

Coach from mainland - these drop off at the main entrance to the country park. Far left of the map. It's quite a trek from there to get to campsites. They have a shuttle to take you to the red (shuttle bus) entrance but I'd check how regular these are if you come in this way - they were pretty rare last year at least when I was down that end. Might be quicker to suck it up and get walking.

Edited August 15, 2013 by timbuc

[MrsRookin]

Just looking at this map and having a panic - we are planning to either get a taxi or the shuttle bus from the ferry to the site. We are staying with friends in the camper van field. From the map it looks like this is miles away from the drop off points. I'm worried about it because my husband has problems with his legs and t glastonbury he really struggled to carry his stuff a long distance. Can anybody tell me how long this walk would be? We have a trolley we could take to take some of the weight off him if the ground is even enough for this?

Wondering also it its possible o get a taxi to drop us somewhere other than the designated taxi sop off point?

Edited August 17, 2013 by MrsRookin

[smogo]

Can't you get your friends to take your stuff in their campervan? The reason that field is a long way from the entrances is because you're supposed to drive there.

[MrsRookin]

Can't you get your friends to take your stuff in their campervan? The reason that field is a long way from the entrances is because you're supposed to drive there.

[keepescaping]

Cheers for the reply guys, I'm arrive by coach from mainland. Considering getting a trolley for all your stuff so I'm sure we'll manage a walk.

Thanks.

[MrsRookin]

Anybody at all able to give us an idea of how long the walk from shuttle bus drop off to campervan field is?

[halfpint]

. Blue is quiet camping and reserved for the forum so you can't go in there (unless you're with the Bestival forum lot or you want to keep it down of an evening).