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Incoming Traveller I
Incoming Traveller Jul 10, 2013 10:24:28
Replying to woosh

My parents were driving through Glastonbury several years ago on the run up to the festival. They had a bad time of it: people banging on the windows demanding to be taken to the festival site. They both found it extremely intimidating. I would not like to be living anywhere near the place around festival time!

I have a lot of respect for the amount of money the festival makes for Water Aid and Oxfam - and my partner spent ten years working for free as an Oxfam steward and then supervisor - but I find any sacred space is compromised with such huge amounts of folk around. Especially when some of them are such idjits and enjoy bullying elderly folk.

M Mustard
Mustard Jul 11, 2013 14:16:01
Replying to Incoming Traveller

Incoming Traveller wrote:
My parents were driving through Glastonbury several years ago on the run up to the festival. They had a bad time of it: people banging on the windows demanding to be taken to the festival site. They both found it extremely intimidating. I would not like to be living anywhere near the place around festival time!
That was either quite a few years ago, or a very unusual experience. Glastonbury town is empty during the festival these days. The absence of fence jumpers means that the vast majority of punters now turn up on the Wednesday/Thursday in their nice cars, lock themselves inside the wall, and don't leave until the Monday.