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jammy
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| i camped last year it was well gd, no problems, i am going again. |
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orsonkarte
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You have pruned the pages of this forum to remove negative comments.
The negative comments on here stopped me booking this event, you will mislead other families into thinking your festival is safe.
Shame on you.
At least be honest, otherwise you are thieving peoples money. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| orsonkarte wrote: | You have pruned the pages of this forum to remove negative comments.
The negative comments on here stopped me booking this event, you will mislead other families into thinking your festival is safe.
Shame on you.
At least be honest, otherwise you are thieving peoples money. |
No negative comments have been removed from this forum. The only posts that have been deleted thus far are comments where upon, users and members of these forums have been attacked or disrespected.
All commentary is tolerated whether critical or otherwise. However, personal abuse or attacks will not be tolerated and posts will be deleted.
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zerocouch
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I am a bit worried now that my stuff might be thieved. I guess I'll just bring the basics! |
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oddcouple
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| zerocouch wrote: | | I am a bit worried now that my stuff might be thieved. I guess I'll just bring the basics! |
As you should for any festival, common sense will see most folk ok
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JeffStashTin
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| zerocouch wrote: | | I am a bit worried now that my stuff might be thieved. I guess I'll just bring the basics! |
That is all I'm doing  Come the end of the weekend, I might be whiffing slightly if I forget my wash bag |
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zerocouch
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| I thought about bringing some speakers & an old CD player for during down time between bands & before bed (not too loud though!). |
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Dougal
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| zerocouch wrote: | | I thought about bringing some speakers & an old CD player for during down time between bands & before bed (not too loud though!). |
We always take a cheapy CD Player/Radio which came from Argos. Good for the mornings before the main site opens to! |
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zerocouch
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I still might. I will be camping in the stewards area so might be a bit safer. Always a bit of fun listening to some music whilst having a few beers. I have an iPod with itrip I sometimes use. Means you don't have to take a load of CD's but I'd be vexed if I it got stolen. |
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Jo
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| zerocouch wrote: | | I still might. I will be camping in the stewards area so might be a bit safer. Always a bit of fun listening to some music whilst having a few beers. I have an iPod with itrip I sometimes use. Means you don't have to take a load of CD's but I'd be vexed if I it got stolen. |
I dont at all mean to trivialise the horrible security problems people faced last year but Ive been coming for 10 years and neither me or anyone in my immediate vicinity have had any problems with tent theft. If anything we've been too flippant and have been happy to wake up to find several bottles of (decanted) spirits still on the table where we've left them. It faces all of the problems all festivals face by it not the Bronx. |
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Dougal
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| Jo wrote: | | zerocouch wrote: | | I still might. I will be camping in the stewards area so might be a bit safer. Always a bit of fun listening to some music whilst having a few beers. I have an iPod with itrip I sometimes use. Means you don't have to take a load of CD's but I'd be vexed if I it got stolen. |
I dont at all mean to trivialise the horrible security problems people faced last year but Ive been coming for 10 years and neither me or anyone in my immediate vicinity have had any problems with tent theft. If anything we've been too flippant and have been happy to wake up to find several bottles of (decanted) spirits still on the table where we've left them. It faces all of the problems all festivals face by it not the Bronx. |
I have to agree, although I would hate to think of anyone having their festival experience ruined by a minority of idiots causing trouble, theiving etc we have never experienced any issues like the ones that have been bought up here, although the most expensive thing we take is the cider supply!
I would never condone theft and think it is a real shame it happens however it is a fact of everyday life not just at festivals so would always urge people to leave anything remotely valuable at home and keep all money, phones, cameras with you at all times!!
I also do truely beleive that the organisers do take on bored what is said in these forums so any security issues that have been raised will be addressed!
Lets look forward to a great (relatively) crime free festival!!  |
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zerocouch
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Dougal wrote: | | Jo wrote: | | zerocouch wrote: | | I still might. I will be camping in the stewards area so might be a bit safer. Always a bit of fun listening to some music whilst having a few beers. I have an iPod with itrip I sometimes use. Means you don't have to take a load of CD's but I'd be vexed if I it got stolen. |
I dont at all mean to trivialise the horrible security problems people faced last year but Ive been coming for 10 years and neither me or anyone in my immediate vicinity have had any problems with tent theft. If anything we've been too flippant and have been happy to wake up to find several bottles of (decanted) spirits still on the table where we've left them. It faces all of the problems all festivals face by it not the Bronx. |
I have to agree, although I would hate to think of anyone having their festival experience ruined by a minority of idiots causing trouble, theiving etc we have never experienced any issues like the ones that have been bought up here, although the most expensive thing we take is the cider supply!
I would never condone theft and think it is a real shame it happens however it is a fact of everyday life not just at festivals so would always urge people to leave anything remotely valuable at home and keep all money, phones, cameras with you at all times!!
I also do truely beleive that the organisers do take on bored what is said in these forums so any security issues that have been raised will be addressed!
Lets look forward to a great (relatively) crime free festival!! |
From previous festival experiences, especially Reading festival, most people look out for one another. Especially those new to the festival & camp opposite/close by. People there seem to mingle with surrounding campsites & therefore catch on if anything dodgy is taking place. Is this not the case at Gulfest or does the age difference between the people causing trouble (as I take it, most theft & disregard for property was caused by minors & teenagers) cause the conflict? |
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Dougal
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| We tend to chat to anyone camped near and would get security to intervene if anyone that we thought didn't belong there was snooping about. We had a great couple camped next to us last year who didn't seem to leave the campsite much but kept an eye on our stuff while we were away. |
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zerocouch
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Dougal wrote: | | We tend to chat to anyone camped near and would get security to intervene if anyone that we thought didn't belong there was snooping about. We had a great couple camped next to us last year who didn't seem to leave the campsite much but kept an eye on our stuff while we were away. |
That's the way! |
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