Brace yourselves...this is a good old rant...not much to laugh at...
Sort it out Michael!
Shambles is the operative word in this story. Despite the tens
of millions of pounds this event must make every year and despite the
experiences of several wet muddy festivals in the past...Glastonbury
Festival organizers have presided over one of the most disastrous lead-ups to the event in its history.
Even though there was a high chance of heavy rain this
June - as there often is - the festival still relies on acres of
farmers' fields to park the tens of thousands of vehicles that turn up
for the event. Farmers fields where only - it appears - the grass has
been cut to make way for the parking onslaught.
People have been stuck in traffic jams for up to 12 hours, 2 of the
site's 3 main car parks had to be closed and the official advice this morning (Weds) was "if you haven't set off for the festival yet - don't"
Some are blaming "record numbers" of people turning up for the event
early. It wouldn't have mattered if the car parks and on and off site lanes hadn't been so wet and
muddy. The vehicles would've just poured in at a steady rate....as they
always have.
Isn't it about time the festival dug its hands deep into its pockets
and forked out on some serious wet weather precautions in its car parks?
and open up some new vehicle entrances?
They'll say they've already spent a huge amount of money doing that. So spend some more - and if they say they can't afford it or think it's not practical....then maybe
it's time to relocate to a less chaos-prone site? Or change the dates to a more reliable
drier period....May? Early June? Something's got to give.
Even people travelling from the Langport area since early this morning have been on the road for 9 hours.
Come on Michael, sort it out. It's stopped being funny.
Editor's note - Carry On Langport has no wish to influence the way readers vote in tomorrow's referendum but it's worth noting that much of the chaos at this year's Glastonbury Festival has been caused by foreign weather.
