Glastonbury 2022

Oh yeah for anyone not active on the Efestivals forum they might have missed that there are rail strikes in the UK Glastonbury weekend. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/07/rail-workers-to-stage-three-day-strike-in-june-over-possible-job-losses

The most likely to cause problems are on the Thursday. Wednesday should be normal. Could have a general impact of more people driving though.

I only got my ticket today. I live in UK.

Castle Cary is the station near the festival.

I don't really understand all the details but the general opinion over on E-festivals is that the strike will happen.

Most people come on the Wednesday and the gap in the strike seems to be some sort of acknowledgement that they don't want to mess with the main travel day for Glastonbury. There is currently a bunch of lift share offers etc going on over there so people are dealing with it as best they can but there are a lot of people who needed to travel Tuesday (either to be in the right place for a coach or to work at the festival) and of course people who'd have come on the Thursday who are very stuck.

My See Ticket account has been saying that since May.

Still no despatch!

Email reply from seeticket:

"Hi

Tickets are in the process of being sent but we cant confirm a specific dispatch date. If you would prefer to arrange the collect at box office though, we can arrange this (until the ticket is sent of course)."

I don't know what to do now, don't want to queue twice for ticket and entry, and want my ticket to avail of shuttle services etc 🤷

We booked an all inclusive package (includes our tickets) ..

we fly into Bristol Wednesday.. renting a car .. drive down to our campsite and then fly out Monday .. although apparently Bristol airport is a nightmare..

Was fine the last 4 times we’ve been to Glastonbury too .. that’s not the case this year unfortunately they are suffering similar to Dublin airport ..

we get our tickets when we arrive at our campsite .. they have all our details and pre order on our behalf..

Just under 2 weeks out, and the ominous weather checking has begun!

Plan this year is Wednesday 1:50pm flight to Bristol from Knock, in at 3pm. Getting picked up at airport by lads who we're hiring camper from. Clear out suitcases into van and get on the road, stop en-route for Tesco shop for supplies/booze etc, on our way then. All this messing with picking up tickets and the like means I'd say we're unlikely to get the fireworks for once... hopefully, but I'd be unsure.

Still no positive sign of despatch, SEE have had a nightmare this year by the sounds of it.

I'm going to pop them off another email seeking final clarification on when tickets will be despatched. i fully expect to receive the usual generic response which people have been getting recently which will give no guarantee and ask if I want to switch back to Box Office.

To be honest, unless they are sent by close of business Monday, we'll have to default to Box Office collection. (and even that is tight timing).

Looking at prior years, it has always been 5 to 7 days from despatch in the UK to receiving in Ireland so on that basis, anything beyond a Monday despatch is then too tight to guarantee. I'd prefer to know the tickets are safe at the Box Office at that stage (regardless of the guaranteed hassle of access to the campervan fields without an actual pass and getting around to Gate A Tuesday night or Wednesday morning), than the s*hitshow that would be having the tickets mid transit when we leave in the early hours of Tuesday 21st).

I’ve just got my email saying that my car park ticket has being dispatched.My festival ticket was sent to the lead bookers address in the UK.

flying Out Wednesday morning .. we’re forced to rent a car (complete waste) .. otherwise it’s a nightmare to get there need to shop for supplies too

Received this email from See at 8.45am this morning.

We are writing regarding your order for

GLASTONBURY 2022

at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset on 22nd - 26th June 2022.

Your ticket(s) have recently been printed so will be despatched shortly. You

will be notified via email once your order has been despatched.

If two days before the event you are still without your tickets or

you are no longer able to receive the tickets at the address you have

supplied to us then please

contact us at http://www.seetickets.com/CustomerService

We are still seeing tickets in stock and will be despatched soon. Its not looking good at this stage for us. Also our campervan refs are showing and info at all and its saying no matching order. Seems like their system is having a spot of bother.

Apologies for the age-old and dull question people but I need some advice on tent purchases, not bought one in eight years. My two-person has had its day and I ain't taking the six-person. The Quechua one from Decathalon (which I've had before and liked) at €35 seems pretty great value. Or am I better off trying Mountain Warehouse or the middle aisle in Aldi/Lidl? It's not something I'll be getting much use from, Picnic later in the year and maybe one other weekend.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks MadYaker, that's an excellent one though too big for me as I'm the only one who'll be using the tent this time (a bigger family one at home). Same waterproof protection as the €35 one, just narrower, lower and no blackout. Quechua seems the way to go anyway for a decent priced reliable tent.