2023 See Tickets Coach Times and Departure Points...

[PassingCloud]

On 4/27/2023 at 3:57 PM, Skip997 said:

 

Nothing to do with coach travel, queues or any off that.

More to do with having a dedicated camping spot, being able to drive to your pitch and if lucky keep your car there. Not having to carry loads across fields. Access to more and IMO better bars. Being able to take short cuts. Not having to endure the SE corner one way system. Having easier access to showers. Being able to arrive early and leave late. Getting fed, at least once per shift, etc, etc

You forget not having to work though. I’d sacrifice all those things you mentioned for not having to work 3 x 8hr shifts! 

[PassingCloud]

Anyone hazard a guess, if leaving Bristol on Wednesday 7.30am coach what sort of time might expect to be through the gate?

[Skip997]

Just now, PassingCloud said:

You forget not having to work though. I’d sacrifice all those things you mentioned for not having to work 3 x 8hr shifts! 

I finish working at midnight on the Wednesday.

I also don't have a set number of shifts or number of hours. We do what is necessary to ensure the work is done.

When I arrived last year and asked what my shifts were, the reply was "you haven't got any this year, we just want you around for your knowledge and experience".

[Scrump]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

When I arrived last year and asked what my shifts were, the reply was "you haven't got any this year, we just want you around for your knowledge and experience".

Dream come true!

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, Scrump said:

Dream come true!

I still had to chip in and help out. TBH I'd probably rather have shifts, it was a bit awkward working out when I should be in the field and when I go off for a wander.

[Scrump]

Yeah ok fair point!

[PassingCloud]

12 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

I finish working at midnight on the Wednesday.

I also don't have a set number of shifts or number of hours. We do what is necessary to ensure the work is done.

When I arrived last year and asked what my shifts were, the reply was "you haven't got any this year, we just want you around for your knowledge and experience".

Ah yeah. That’s awesome and I appreciate working it is it’s whole own experience. Most people working won’t be in that fortunate position though. 

[Xeph1995]

On 4/27/2023 at 2:04 PM, gooner1990 said:

Putting this here ahead of the coach times which for those non-regular forum users looking for the answer...last year the emails went out on 25th May 2022 so expect something similar this time round.

I'm booked on a Weds return coach from Oxford which last year was an 0615 departure and an 0530 return.  Pick up point was Beaumont Street opposite the Ashmoleum Museum 

🙂 

Is that a half 5 in the morning return on the Monday ? Really hoping mine is an afternoon one.

[PassingCloud]

4 minutes ago, Xeph1995 said:

Is that a half 5 in the morning return on the Monday ? Really hoping mine is an afternoon one.

Book a national distress coach for return. Those early morning returns sound brutal and not the way of want to end the festival. 

[svphie]

would love to see the 2022 version of this exact thread and everyone sharing their coach times from when they got sent out, but I don't know how it would help at this point... lol

[maelzoid]

On 4/7/2022 at 4:49 PM, Gnomicide said:

I can't remember, either here or on Twitter. It all dried up a bit to be honest but my latest list is:

Bath (Riverside Coach Park)
Wednesday 06:15; 12:15
Thursday 11:00
Birmingham (Coach bays Inge St. Side of the Hippodrome)
Wednesday 07:00; 10:45
Thursday 05:45; 10:45
Brighton (outside Sea Life Centre)
Wednesday 07:45; 09:30
Thursday 09:00
Bristol (Anchor Rd BS1 5UA.)
Times prebooked
Cambridge
Wednesday 06:00
Thursday 07:00
Cardiff (Lawn Tennis Club)
Wednesday 05:45: 07:00
Thursday 07:30
Edinburgh (Regent Rd)
Tuesday! 21:00; 22:30
Glasgow (North Hanover St.)
Tuesday 23:00
Leicester
Wednesday
Thursday 11:00
Thursday 08:00
Leeds (Sovereign St. LS1 4BX)
Wednesday 00:30; 07:00
Thursday 12:00
Lincoln (by the Premier Inn)
Wednesday 07:30; 08:00
Thursday
Liverpool (Outside The Empire)
Wednesday 06:00; 08:00; 09:00; 10:00; 13:00
Thursday 08:00
London (O2 Area)
Times prebooked
Manchester (Corporation Street)
Wednesday 06:00; 08:00; 08:30
Thursday 06:00; 10:00
Newcastle (train station little car park) Wednesday 10:00
Thursday 08:00
Nottingham
Wednesday
Thursday
Oxford (Beaumont T.)
Wednesday
Thursday 06:15
Plymouth
Wednesday
Thursday
Reading (near the station/football stadium)
Wednesday 10:30; 12:30; 15:00
Thursday 06:00; 08:30
Sheffield (Pond St.)
Wednesday
Thursday 09:00
Stoke (outside the train station)
Wednesday 06:00; 08:00
Southampton (Blechynden Terrace, outside train station)
Wednesday 05:30
Thursday 06:00
Swansea
Wednesday
Thursday 06:00
Taunton (Tangier Way TA1 4AS)
Wednesday 06:00; 14:45
Thursday 15:45
York
Wednesday 07:00
Thursday 07:00; 08:45

[BookAngel]

Newcastle seems like a ludicrously late start on Wednesday 😒

[gooner1990]

57 minutes ago, Xeph1995 said:

Is that a half 5 in the morning return on the Monday ? Really hoping mine is an afternoon one.

Yes was 5.30am Monday morning I'm afraid!

Myself and three friends packed all our stuff up (tent and kit) and went and used the lockups by PGA and pulled an all nighter, however one friend changed her mind and went back and got her tent out and slept next to the lockups whilst the rest of us stayed out.

We watched Bicep headline West Holts, then went to the glade and finally the Stonebridge bar until around 4am...took a slow walk back to the lock up, got our bags and then walked round to the coach departure point for about 5.10am. Got on the coach and went home.....got back to Oxford around 8am. Then got a taxi back to my house, was home showered and in bed by 9am when I then finally went to sleep (I was a bit in and out on the coach)

[Steveb72]

Here I am on holiday in Turkey checking efests and my emails every half hour to see if my email has come through or if anyone else has had theirs 😂

[svphie]

'All departure times / points will be released no later than 30 days prior to the event.' doesn't this mean that we should be getting them at the latest today...

[gooner1990]

2 minutes ago, svphie said:

'All departure times / points will be released no later than 30 days prior to the event.' doesn't this mean that we should be getting them at the latest today...

last year the times were released 28 days before the gates opened so I wouldn't hold your breath!

[deepkittycaz]

3 hours ago, Skip997 said:

I still had to chip in and help out. TBH I'd probably rather have shifts, it was a bit awkward working out when I should be in the field and when I go off for a wander.

Yeah, I'd prefer knowing when I'm on and when I'm not!

[Mark Greensmith]

Should we be getting them on email? Honestly torturous this wait for us Thursday goers especially! Sad enough i'm not there on Wednesday as it is

[gooner1990]

Just now, Mark Greensmith said:

Should we be getting them on email? Honestly torturous this wait for us Thursday goers especially! Sad enough i'm not there on Wednesday as it is

yep the email against your registration.

[Mark Greensmith]

6 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

yep the email against your registration.

Haha honestly think i've asked this a few times but thanks man. Been refreshing my emails waiting for times, then crying inside and coming on here to rant

[DareToDibble]

4 hours ago, Xeph1995 said:

Is that a half 5 in the morning return on the Monday ? Really hoping mine is an afternoon one.

It's a tricky one as to my knowledge if you want an early coach to the festival it means you also get an early coach from the festival. From memory last year my friends got a 5:00am coach from Cardiff but their return was 5:30am. 

Nothing to stop you making your own way home if you can arrange anything though I guess.

[cheesey_toastie]

Just now, DareToDibble said:

It's a tricky one as to my knowledge if you want an early coach to the festival it means you also get an early coach from the festival. From memory last year my friends got a 5:00am coach from Cardiff but their return was 5:30am. 

Nothing to stop you making your own way home if you can arrange anything though I guess.

I think it would be fair to say they are pretty casual about your coach home. That said some destinations might not have that many coaches. I've only been to / from Birmingham and Manchester.

[DareToDibble]

28 minutes ago, Mark Greensmith said:

Haha honestly think i've asked this a few times but thanks man. Been refreshing my emails waiting for times, then crying inside and coming on here to rant

I think the general consensus is they're likely to come the back half of the week so you might be able to stand down for the next 2-3 days 😄 

[Mark Greensmith]

17 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

I think the general consensus is they're likely to come the back half of the week so you might be able to stand down for the next 2-3 days 😄 

Yes I shall attempt to relax haha.

[O'Doyle Rules]

Any idea what time Newcastle leaves Thursday - got a horrible feeling I won't be in until lateeeee Thursday, which is a shame given how much fun happens that day.