Any advice for Glastonbury newcomers?

[Crazyfool01]

Ok excuse the cheesiness the walk up the hill without looking back just works .. had the pleasure of going up there with a newbie last fest 🙂 

[stuie]

6 hours ago, Pr0paneNightm4re said:

Just managed to bag 5 tickets for me and my mates to go to our very first Glasto. Camped Leeds and Download before so obvs have festival experience but wanted to know if there was any useful information (I.e. which campsites are best etc.) or anything you’d have wished you’d known before you’d been the first time?

cheers!

Try and see as many venues/areas as possible, not acts. 

Don't get stuck at Pyramid/Other. 

Stay up for a sunrise.

There is an old railway line that runs through the site.  Use it as your navigational aid to find pretty much everything. 

Study the map before hand.

 

 

 

[fred quimby]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Ok excuse the cheesiness the walk up the hill without looking back just works .. had the pleasure of going up there with a newbie last fest 🙂 

Can't wait for one year when someone does that and the response from a newbie is Meh,not worth the walk

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, fred quimby said:

Can't wait for one year when someone does that and the response from a newbie is Meh,not worth the walk

Awaits said person quoting me and saying he was having me on 🙂 

[fred quimby]

Just now, Crazyfool01 said:

Awaits said person quoting me and saying he was having me on 🙂 

😄

[gfa]

4 minutes ago, stuie said:

Study the map before hand.

Whatever you do, do not do this. Infact if you can manage - get off efests entirely. Wish i had been able to!

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, gfa said:

Whatever you do, do not do this. Infact if you can manage - get off efests entirely. Wish i had been able to!

Ha ha okay well I guess the original poster can choose which piece of advice to take! Maybe it’s just me but all events I go to I like to have a general understanding of where things are as it tends to save some time.

[circus92]

11 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Ok excuse the cheesiness the walk up the hill without looking back just works .. had the pleasure of going up there with a newbie last fest 🙂 

I can confirm this to be very true 😃

[gfa]

Just now, stuie said:

Ha ha okay well I guess the original poster can choose which piece of advice to take! Maybe it’s just me but all events I go to I like to have a general understanding of where things are as it tends to save some time.

I do agree but wish i'd just got completely lost as well. Having a general idea of where to go is probably helpful - i only got lost once and that was post headliners trying to find WG from WH (something very trivial!!)

[circus92]

1 minute ago, circus92 said:

I can confirm this to be very true 😃

Especially with good company 🙏 and then followed by a wander and just stumbling across so much random fun stuff

[DareToDibble]

Use the property lockups. They’ll store most things for you. I tend to put my cash in there and just take out what I need until I’m going to be back near it later that day. They’re free to use but always worth putting in a bit of a charitable donation. 
 

Some will charge your phone for you too.

[Franky]

Have fun, stay safe, look after each other!

[Freddyflintstonree]

A very common piece of advice is not to be too rigid with your plans. 

I completely agree with this, but don't take it as 'don't have a plan'. In my experience, having a good idea of what you want to see each day gives you structure. Just don't be too inflexible, or try to do too much. 

[Pr0paneNightm4re]

Cheers for all the replies! Given me lots to go on and hopefully helpful for other newbies too. 
Buzzing for June!!

[Alcatraz]

This isn’t for everyone, but don’t be afraid to ditch your mates at times (or cut down to 1 or 2), especially during the daytime.

 

[gfa]

8 minutes ago, Alcatraz said:

This isn’t for everyone, but don’t be afraid to ditch your mates at times (or cut down to 1 or 2), especially during the daytime.

 

Arguably the night time is when its best to cut down - don't want to be stumbling around the SE corner with 10 people trying to not lose everyone

Edited November 7, 2022 by gfa

[Derby_Dave]

Food, hydration and feet.

there is much more but quite simply keep fed and watered and look after your feet you will need them a lot!

[rgill3]

17 hours ago, gfa said:

I do agree but wish i'd just got completely lost as well. Having a general idea of where to go is probably helpful - i only got lost once and that was post headliners trying to find WG from WH (something very trivial!!)

I was clued up on where I was going - but my mates weren't and the stories they had coming back from the SE corner after my early nights were great. All had their 10k steps in before the next morning.

[clarkete]

Ignore the grown up advice and get really f*cked on the first day/night. 

I don't know if it's good advice but I did it plenty of times in the past and did have good fun. 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, rgill3 said:

I was clued up on where I was going - but my mates weren't and the stories they had coming back from the SE corner after my early nights were great. All had their 10k steps in before the next morning.

I was fairly clued up, only got lost a few times. I walked the wrong way round back from the Se corner one night, went across pyramid field, past beat hotel, John Peel etc back to bushy - took an hour

[2019]

Use clashfinder to build a back-to-back set list, with overlaps and no time to sleep. Then watch it all fall apart within an hour.

My only advice is, Breathe.

[Avalon_Fields]

21 hours ago, shuttlep said:

stray off the beaten path.

 

spend the day in the Circus and caberet fields,  watch some comedy .

 

 

I agree with this, been spending more and more time in circus and cabaret, and less time on the main stages. And off the beaten path is a joy and pleasant contrast from spending all your time in huge crowds. try and get a sensible balance between it all.

So, for me, much of this is excellent and well worth spending time:

https://www.glastoearth.com/p/torts-faq-part-6.html#:~:text=What else is there to see and do%3F 

Edited November 8, 2022 by Avalon_Fields

[BlackZeppelin]

I suggest handing your tickets back in. It's not that good anymore.

😉

[gfa]

1 hour ago, 2019 said:

My only advice is, Breathe.

A fellow Prodigy fan i see

[dmedxb]

The discovery of the festival is definitely a big part of the draw but I think its worth knowing, pre-festival, a couple of quiet spots where you can just have a chill if it all gets a bit too much. 

We had a rough one during the Saturday last year and just felt a bit 'off'. A sunset sit round the campfire up in Strummerville soon sorted us out. Amazing bolt-hole to just have an hour of quiet.