Entry time

[Skelts]

Don’t normally get there till 3 or 4pm but can get there early this year. Car parks open at 12 and ‘entry’ is from 2.

Does that mean entry to the arena at 2? So if you get there at 12, can you start setting up camp straight away, or do the campsites not open till 2?

[spg]

2 hours ago, Skelts said:

 

Does that mean entry to the arena at 2? So if you get there at 12, can you start setting up camp straight away, or do the campsites not open till 2?

Normally it means that you can enter car parks at 12, but cannot enter the camping or the rest of the site until 2pm. So queue at the gates or chill after the drive down and load your trolley up. 

[Skelts]

8 hours ago, spg said:

Normally it means that you can enter car parks at 12, but cannot enter the camping or the rest of the site until 2pm. So queue at the gates or chill after the drive down and load your trolley up. 

Cheers. Friends are coming in a camper van. Will they be allowed into the camper fields at 12 or 2? 

[spg]

2 hours ago, Skelts said:

Cheers. Friends are coming in a camper van. Will they be allowed into the camper fields at 12 or 2? 

Cv fields are usually 12 😁

[Skelts]

7 hours ago, spg said:

Cv fields are usually 12 😁

Cheer👍

[guypjfreak]

First timer.. What's the queues like for campers.. 

[Pinhead]

Does Arena campsite fill up almost instantly after the site is opened - assuming its the most popular still (I last went to BD in 2015).

[HalfAnIdiot]

9 minutes ago, Pinhead said:

Does Arena campsite fill up almost instantly after the site is opened - assuming its the most popular still (I last went to BD in 2015).

Its not that popular being mostly on a hill and a trek from the car park (relatively speaking). The top is flat so that gets busy. If you don't mind sleeping on a slope there will be space. You won't see Glastonbury style crowded campsites at BD, which is nice! 

Have fun, it's a great festival. 

[Pinhead]

Yeah, kind of remember the flatter bit at the top now. May also be a good drainage choice of it gets really wet - in 2015 the family campsite flooded....

[HalfAnIdiot]

1 minute ago, Pinhead said:

Yeah, kind of remember the flatter bit at the top now. May also be a good drainage choice of it gets really wet - in 2015 the family campsite flooded....

Rained a far bit in 2019. The site coped well, I don't think / I hope any rain will no worse this year. 

[Flaminglippy]

9 hours ago, HalfAnIdiot said:

Rained a far bit in 2019. The site coped well, I don't think / I hope any rain will no worse this year. 

It felt like a bit more than a 'fair bit' at the time...don't think it stopped at all on Friday!