Glastonbury Festival ? anyone goiing

[Ryan81]

i`am there from wed evening until monday afternoon, cant wait love the place

will be in campervan East section , J19720 is reg plate on my camper van a Mazda Bongo , will have a green tunnel awning on side , and a scotland flag on 6 m pole on front bumper (helps me find it when steaming @ the festival)



so if anyone there drop by if going past for a drink

[spiritof'76]

Was last there in '05 when Kylie threw a Sicky ......... bless her


This year it's Bonobo who's not showing up Shame really as was interested to see if they can still pull it off without all the big stage sets and theatrics i suspect they probably would have........... not that the headline acts are really what it's all about as you can easily have a great time without once going to any of the main stages........ people that have not been can't really appreciate the size of the event

In '05 we went on the Thursday and although it hadn't officially started we had a great day wandering around in the sunshine just watching the buskers and stuff.......


........... then at 5am on the Friday morning got woken up by a storm of Biblical proportions it was so violent it was actually a bit scary being in a tent Fortunately we had pitched up halfway up a hill. Eventually crawled out of the tent to find that other tents in little gully's on the hill had actually been washed down the hill into a huge lake that had been formed by the rain There were people actually going across this lake in Canoes lol.......... though why anybody would take a Canoe to a festival is a bit of a mystery........ must have had a tip off

Have fun and hope you're Camper don't sink in the mud

[The Radman]

the flags a good idea until some idiot tries stealing it what are the vans like? the mrs keeps on at us buying a camper,id want an old split screen but prices are stupid and would be better off buying something newer anyway as itll drive nicer

[Ryan81]

Was last there in '05 when Kylie threw a Sicky ......... bless her


This year it's Bonobo who's not showing up Shame really as was interested to see if they can still pull it off without all the big stage sets and theatrics i suspect they probably would have........... not that the headline acts are really what it's all about as you can easily have a great time without once going to any of the main stages........ people that have not been can't really appreciate the size of the event

In '05 we went on the Thursday and although it hadn't officially started we had a great day wandering around in the sunshine just watching the buskers and stuff.......


........... then at 5am on the Friday morning got woken up by a storm of Biblical proportions it was so violent it was actually a bit scary being in a tent Fortunately we had pitched up halfway up a hill. Eventually crawled out of the tent to find that other tents in little gully's on the hill had actually been washed down the hill into a huge lake that had been formed by the rain There were people actually going across this lake in Canoes lol.......... though why anybody would take a Canoe to a festival is a bit of a mystery........ must have had a tip off

Have fun and hope you're Camper don't sink in the mud

yeah this is my 3rd yerar there and still havent scene the full site

also on the canoe front you would be suprised what people take with them especially to glatsto

[Ryan81]

the flags a good idea until some idiot tries stealing it what are the vans like? the mrs keeps on at us buying a camper,id want an old split screen but prices are stupid and would be better off buying something newer anyway as itll drive nicer

never had a problem with putting a flag on the van , been to tonnes of festivals and all survied the weekend with no problems

you can get the old stle v dubs imported from Brazil i think all with VW polo engine etc i think they start at 37 k

wouldnt want a old school one as most breakdown on route

anyways the bongos are great for what they are , i paid £5k for it,2.5TD, Auto ,40k miles and got , eletric pop up roof,electric blinds ,elec windows, wing mirrors ,self closing slide door , air con, infact its better kitted out than my escos and dual battery in engine bay

then done a rear conversion myself costing say £2k fridge , cooker sink , cupboards so it owes me £7k

had it 3 years now , buy service kits of ebay for it every year , it can be heavy on diesel above 70 mph , as it only has 4 speed auto box , newer ones have 5 speed

so happy with it , the same spec on a VW transporter would be around 15k i have enough momey in a escos doing nothing

[The Radman]

sounds a decent spec then,its something ill have to look into in the next couple of yrs i think,any pics of the conversion work?

[COZZFATHER]

this is where most people buy bongos or freindees or what ever else the flipping Japs call them.

http://www.aaa-car-auctions.co.uk/index.html

you can get a nice free top one for sensible money and enjoy spending the savings on the proper conversion bits like cooker,telly,fridge etc

[Ryan81]

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...4&l=b80d20382f

some pics there