Baton down the hatches!!

Darth Helmut · 06-15-2017, 03:20 PM

It's that time of the f****** year when my area gets invaded by a load of 'pseudo hippy festival goers'. In reality, a load of estate agents, PR and marketing types and 'hipster' twats in Vee Dub T4/T5s from Basildon, Swindon and other mediocre places. All trying to be 'there' for what they imagine to be some Woodstock-eque historical event but in reality, its nothing more than a huge corporate commercial rip off with 99% of the acts having less talent than the entire Labour front bench.

Yes, Glastonbury Festival. (In reality, Glastonbury is 6 miles away and it should be called the 'Pilton Festival')

I will be decamping to my underground nuclear bunker for the next week as the great unwashed trash the place. From early next week, the roads will be littered with caravans and mobile homes parked up on the side of the road for miles around as they wait to be allowed in to the site (ffs, they must know they cant get in until the designated day but still tip up a couple of days before and clog the f****** roads up!).

Thank fuck they poke off to Longleat next year!

(To be fair, I can listen to the whole festival from the luxury of my house without having to mix with the grotty plebs. Gets a bit boring at 03:00 in the morning though...)

Pic taken today of the site (from 4000'). White line indicates the boundary where the 20' wall is being built around the whole place).

NIMBY rant over!

225 · 06-15-2017, 03:26 PM

Buy 2000 dirt cheap rain coats and sell them for a fiver each, also buy a pallet of larger and sell it for 2quid a can as they all pass by. Pays for a first class trip to Barbados this time next year.

Darth Helmut · 06-15-2017, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 225

Buy 2000 dirt cheap rain coats and sell them for a fiver each, also buy a pallet of larger and sell it for 2quid a can as they all pass by. Pays for a first class trip to Barbados this time next year.

I would prefer to set up an FSG on the hill and pick them off to be honest.

MickyD'bo · 06-15-2017, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth Helmut

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Originally Posted by 225

Buy 2000 dirt cheap rain coats and sell them for a fiver each, also buy a pallet of larger and sell it for 2quid a can as they all pass by. Pays for a first class trip to Barbados this time next year.

I would prefer to set up an FSG on the hill and pick them off to be honest.

FSG?

225 · 06-15-2017, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth Helmut

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Originally Posted by 225

Buy 2000 dirt cheap rain coats and sell them for a fiver each, also buy a pallet of larger and sell it for 2quid a can as they all pass by. Pays for a first class trip to Barbados this time next year.

I would prefer to set up an FSG on the hill and pick them off to be honest.

Do both!

Darth Helmut · 06-15-2017, 03:40 PM

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Do both!

Good idea! Flog overpriced tat to them, run them in to a kill zone then recycle the goods back to the next load of clunge-trumpets!

MickyD'bo · 06-15-2017, 03:42 PM

Festival Shits Gun?

Darth Helmut · 06-15-2017, 03:52 PM

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Festival Shits Gun?

I was thinking more of a pintle mounted Dushka....

Three days before last years fucktard-gathering

....,,,,..,,.. · 06-15-2017, 08:01 PM

I feel for you I am just along the road from the V Festival, utter bollox and blocks A41, M54, A5 and to a point the M6 (towards M54 junction).

Luckily it is not as long as the shit you have down there.

Danny Fireblade · 06-16-2017, 02:16 AM

I will be working boomtown again this year. I worked it last year and madness was the headline act who were really good, and 99% of the clientele were really nice, which is unusual.

If I lived close to it though it would seriously boil my piss I think and I would end up moving away for the duration.

The joys of living in that part of the world.

Ss66 · 06-16-2017, 03:11 AM

First world problems of living in a lovely neck of the woods.

TE11WAY · 06-16-2017, 03:17 AM

Fire support Group?

rossm · 06-16-2017, 03:17 AM

I was going to write "lock up your daughters" but knowing that part of the world, they probably will be already :P

Darth Helmut · 06-16-2017, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ss66

First world problems of living in a lovely neck of the woods.

Lol yes very true!

MackyDobbo_Dobster_D'BO FSG= Fire Support Group

TE11WAY · 06-16-2017, 03:24 AM

Some of the best driving roads around here in the West country!

TE11WAY · 06-16-2017, 03:26 AM

Did you say Longleat next year?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo .....................

Darth Helmut · 06-16-2017, 04:00 AM

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Did you say Longleat next year?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo .....................

Yep, I think so. Lets hope they chuck them all in the Lions enclosure....

TE11WAY · 06-16-2017, 04:08 AM

That's far too close to home!

Lion's seem to be getting enough bad press lately. Lets see what left of the camper brigade once they have gone through the monkey enclosure...

ronime · 06-16-2017, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth Helmut

I was thinking more of a pintle mounted Dushka....

Three days before last years fucktard-gathering

'kin 'ell! More caravans than a pikey funeral.

TE11WAY · 06-16-2017, 04:21 AM

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'kin 'ell! More caravans than a pikey funeral.

More than Appleby Horse Fair?

creepy coupe · 06-16-2017, 04:28 AM

You forgot the mention all the turds in lay-by's and hedge rows.

nickcuprar · 06-16-2017, 04:47 AM

Know how you feel OP I live at a famous blue flag beach on south coast with a 9 mile road down from the nearest A road, and it quest every day in summer nose to tail for those 9 miles! Makes locals lives a night mare. Luckily we know the way around.

It amazes me people will drive 2 hours from London, sit in a 9 mile que for a further 2 hours to spend about 4 hours on the beach to do it all again on the way home.....

Guess we really are lucky with where we live!

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Darth Helmut Banned 1780 Rep 2,029 Posts Drives: BMW F32 435d XD Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: The Penthouse, Death Star iTrader: (0)	Baton down the hatches!! It's that time of the f**** year when my area gets invaded by a load of 'pseudo hippy festival goers'. In reality, a load of estate agents, PR and marketing types and 'hipster' twats in Vee Dub T4/T5s from Basildon, Swindon and other mediocre places. All trying to be 'there' for what they imagine to be some Woodstock-eque historical event but in reality, its nothing more than a huge corporate commercial rip off with 99% of the acts having less talent than the entire Labour front bench. Yes, Glastonbury Festival. (In reality, Glastonbury is 6 miles away and it should be called the 'Pilton Festival') I will be decamping to my underground nuclear bunker for the next week as the great unwashed trash the place. From early next week, the roads will be littered with caravans and mobile homes parked up on the side of the road for miles around as they wait to be allowed in to the site (ffs, they must know they cant get in until the designated day but still tip up a couple of days before and clog the f**** roads up!). Thank fuck they poke off to Longleat next year! (To be fair, I can listen to the whole festival from the luxury of my house without having to mix with the grotty plebs. Gets a bit boring at 03:00 in the morning though...) Pic taken today of the site (from 4000'). White line indicates the boundary where the 20' wall is being built around the whole place). NIMBY rant over!
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....,,,,..,,.. General 6734 Rep 20,651 Posts Drives: xxxx Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: xxxx iTrader: (0)	I feel for you I am just along the road from the V Festival, utter bollox and blocks A41, M54, A5 and to a point the M6 (towards M54 junction). Luckily it is not as long as the shit you have down there.
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