| The Backpacker Tour company strongly reccommend
you do something other than go to Glastonbury Mess-tival this year. Michael Eavis
has finally lost the plot, got greedy and ruined a once fantastic festival. There
are 100's of other un-commercialised music events far superior to Glastonbury.
Leave this one to the weekend hippies. Who the **** wants to see Paul MarCartney
anyway ? Glastonbury Festival is unique! We
have been taking small groups to Glastonbury Festival for many moons now. We will
be securing official festival tickets for 2004 and will transport you directly
from central London to the Festival site. We supply tickets, tents and transport
(to and from London). Easy........................ (See below for prices) £110
pounds deposit will guaruntee your tour - book now or miss out! 
So,
what is Glastonbury Festival ? It's the largest greenfield music
and performing arts festival in the world. If you've been to other big open-air
festivals - maybe Reading, Phoenix, the V Festivals, Pink Pop, Roskilde, Dr Music
or wherever - they can be a good starting point of reference. But that are so
many aspects which bear no comparison of scale or content. And if you've never
been to a large scale greenfield music festival, think of it like this : It's
like going to another country. It involves travel, and probably a queue whilst
your paperwork is checked before you get in. There are some things you cannot
bring with you. Then you enter : a huge tented city, a mini-state under
canvas. The Law still applies, but the rules of society are a bit different. Everyone
is here to have a wild time in their own way. The site has distinct socio-geographic
regions ! The more commercial aspects are around the Pyramid, Other and Dance
stages, like the West End on a Saturday night has been removed to a field, beautified,
and you're on every guest list, including the night time cinemas and the New Bands
Tent. And then there are more relaxed areas, like the Jazzworld and Acoustic areas,
and the family oriented areas like the Kidz Field, the 3 Theatre and Circus fields,
and an increasingly alternative aspect as you reach the Field of Avalon, the Tipi
Field, the Green Fields, the Healing Field. And at the top of the site is the
Sacred Space, it's stone circle being a modern construction, and yet perhaps it
has already seen as much celebration and ceremony as some of its foregoers. The
site is in a beautiful location - 900 acres in the Vale of Avalon, an area steeped
in symbolism, mythology and religious traditions dating back many hundreds of
years. It's where King Arthur may be buried, where Joseph of Arimathea walked,
where leylines converge ... And the site is ENORMOUS - more than a mile
and a half across, with a perimeter of about eight and a half miles. Then
there are the people, in all their splendid diversity ! There is only one common
characteristic of a Glastonbury-goer : they understand that Glastonbury offers
more opportunity than any other happening to have the best weekend of the year
or even of a life-time, and they are determined to have it ! You'll meet all kinds
of people, of all ages, backgrounds, nationalities, lifestyles, faiths, concepts
of fashion (or lack of it), musical taste; some will undoubtedly wear silly hats,
or buy shirts that they'll never wear again. Until next year. The vibe is generally
mellow and friendly, and on the very odd occasion it isn't, there are plenty of
vibe-doctors around to help. Of course there is also the scheduled entertainment
: music (probably more bands than any other weekend event, with lots of smaller
stages which you might not read about in the press !); theatre, circus, cabaret
(more fringe theatre shows than any other weekend show in the UK); the festival
that is the Kidz Field; markets selling everything you need, a lot of things you
want, and those shirts and hats mentioned before; an enormous menu of food ... There
will be moments when you ask yourself the inevitable "why can't life always be
like this ?" There will be enlightenments, awakenings, surreal happenings, people
doing the strangest things and you'll be wondering whether they were booked to
do this as an act or whether that's just how they feel happiest being ... Come
in peace, come to enjoy, and you will have the very best time of your life. Until
next year. Where
does it leave from?
Earls Court (on the Piccadilly/Circle and District line) Friday 26th June
2004 at 08.00 (am)
When
do we get back? Returns
to central London by 17:00 (pm) Monday 29th June 2004
What
should you bring?
Suitable outdoor gear, camera and a big smile!
How
much?
£299
(Includes return coach transport from London / Official Festival Ticket / Tent
)
A
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four weeks prior to departure. DONT
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