id rather stick pins in my eyes! police and security so on top its ridiculous. my mate went a year ago and there was a line of sniffer dogs that were being walked up and down the line as you were going in.. also you have to be off of the main site and onto the camping site by a certain time and then get researched next day when you reenter the main site. plus judge jules and pete tong are lame to put it mildly i know theres loads of other stuff, but give me glade any day of the week!

couple of my friends are going, cheers for that dj process ill keep that in mind actually, i was actually thinking of going, then i heard it was 100quid for only 2 or 3 days, i wanna make a week outta a festival at least

also you have to be off the whole site 8pm sunday i think which is not only pretty shitty considering the price, but also pretty dangerous considering it doesnt give the drivers any chance to sleep off what ever they’ve been up to.! and the fest only starts of fri instead of thu like GLADE! rubbish rubbish rubbish…

a big chunk of that money is you paying for the cops and sniffer dogs that hassle you, and anything left over is spent on anti-drugs initiatives..

I went once. It was shit. Hope this helps.

ACE! dont forget the drugs amnesty bins too…

grrrrr, im glad im not going now, luckily my friends who are going arent really into drugs, but alco ciggys and the occasional bifta

I went on the saturday last year and i had a great time, yea there were sniffer dogs but i think they had a cold because i walked in with 10 e’s and a few g of chaz. spent all night in the d nb tent and on the rides. I do agree its over priced though.

sniffer dogs get tired and their performance drops off after they have been on duty for a few hours – also the cops have a finite level of custody resources and probably use them up on the “bigger fish” such as people who attend the festival to deal rather than people with just personal.

Cops (and festival security) also have a “shit list” of people like dealers, thugs, sex pests, tent and bag thieves etc who are watched first before anyone else.

when I lived in Reading festival time made “interesting listening” on the scanner radios – both cops frequencies (they didn’t have digital sets until 2004) and the festival security.

Some proper darkside stuff happens at these larger commercial festies although its usually quickly dealt with by security and cops (a few of my old friends worked as festival security), IMO free parties are way safer and friendlier…

Some proper darkside stuff happens at these commercial festies, IMO free parties are way safer and friendlier…[/quote]

I agree but i’ll still go to both mainly because most of my mates do. plus i’ve never had a bad experience yet.

Drugs amnesty bins eh? Are they chained to a post? I’ve got a cunning plan ….

hmm – I’ve now got a vision of somone being chased down a field by yapping springer spaniels and bobbies (as well as everyone whose drugs are in the bin) to the sound of the Benny Hill theme.. :laugh_at: