Day 129 – Getting Pitched

Getting There

So I got up at 9am to get a shower and repack my rucksack for the long trip ahead (actually it only takes 1hr 15mins to get to glastonbury but unfortunately for us, the traffic was terrible!).  We checked out the hostel and went to a place up the road where we got the greasiest fry ever!  For anyone staying in Bristol in the future, I would definitely reccommend the hostel we stayed in (think it was called the Full Moon).

Finally got to the bus station and I swear, I have never been so wrecked from walking only 5 mins!  Not only were we carring almost 20kgs on our backs but we also had two tesco bags that weighed the equivalent of two 24 cases of beer! Also, at the bus station the police were confiscating gas canisters from people as there was a chance they could explode on the bus which got Sarah a bit scared seeing as how she had one in her bag! lol was so funny.

The bus journey ended up taking around 5 hours and we would end up hearing stories all day from people about the backlog.  The bus driver told us that the bus that left before us was somehow 9 miles behind us!  Also people pitched beside us told us that they left Bristol at 11am and didnt get to Glastonbury till 9pm!

After the hardest walk of my life, we finally pitched near the Park Stage.  Originally I thought it was a pretty central location but I think next year I would definitely pitch somewhere near the other stage.  After we got our tents erected me and Chris made our way to the top of the hill behind the park stage to see over the whole of glastonbury

Looking Over Glastonbury

We went back to the tent and then had another massive walk around absolutely everywhere.  We saw circus performers practicing for their shows over the next 3 days, brass bands walking down the pathway whilst simultaneously playing their instruments.  You’d walk past a cafe and there would be a kick ass reggae band playing on stage whilst people were drinking their coffee.  So surreal.

That night we all made our way to the Ribbon Tower at the Park Stage (it was then nicknamed “Jimmy The Jellyfish” by people we met there!)

Ribbon Tower, aka Jimmy The Jellyfish

and sat there for a couple of hours drinking cans of lukewarm fosters.   We met a guy called Josh

Josh

who had been going here for around 5 or six years now and he continually talked about just how amazing glastonbury was (we would soon realise that nearly everyone thought that and would not be ashamed to tell us).  In fact for him, the last thing glastonbury is about is the bands.  He saw a total of 4 bands last year and he hadnt even looked at the lineup for this year.  That definitely says something about all the other things you can do at glastonbury.

I went for another big walk with Chris & Lucy, just exploring everything around us.  I would actually end up spending most of my time over the week with them both and they were the best craic to hang around!  They never made me feel like a third wheel and didnt seem to complain (well to me anyway) that I was cramping their style.  Im really glad they were both there :-).

We stayed up for another couple of lukewarm fosters until Sarah’s friend Emma arrived and then hit the hay at around 2:30am.  Ohh and last point I need to make was that doing a number 2 was definitely an experience!!