Glastonbury distress as hordes of followers caught in ‘disaster’ gridlock for hours
Fed-up festival-goers complained of being caught in a “disaster” site visitors jam for greater than three hours after the top of this yr’s Glastonbury. More than 200,000 descended on the inexperienced fields of Somerset to observe the final UK efficiency of musical legend Sir Elton John on the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night time.
The Tiny Dancer hitmaker belted out tune after tune from his spectacular repertoire a lot to the delight of the 1000’s who had come out to see him.
But after the stellar efficiency ended some folks making an attempt to depart the venue questioned the site visitors administration at Worthy Farm as many had been left caught for hours, according to SomersetLive.
Jem to Pen stated on Twitter at round 2am this morning: “What is going on @glastonbury @GlastoInfo stuck in orange car park for nearly 2 hours and not moved a mm. Where is the traffic management? Absolute disaster.”
Trims agreed: “3 hours to escape Car Park at #Glastonbury not very well organised, lots of very frustrated (and tired) customers!”
Drivers had been inspired to depart the location earlier than 7am on Monday morning to keep away from queues and had been urged to have meals, drink and provides of their automobile within the occasion of lengthy waits.
Advice for these with automobiles stated: “From 8am until 5pm on Monday there are likely to be queues as our stewards work hard to help all the cars which arrived over three days to leave in one day.
“None of the workers can go house till you’ve, so please be calm, respectful and understanding.”
Roads were busy but moving well on Monday morning, according to Somerset council.
As thousands leave the venue today an army of litter pickers will descend on the fields as the mammoth clean-up operation begins. Tonnes of rubbish is expected to be removed from the site.
The big tidy up brings to a close three days of music at the festival, with Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Sir Elton John all headlining.
Sir Elton brought the festival to a close on Sunday night, in what was billed as his final UK show before he retires from touring at the end of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
He treated fans to hit after hit on the Pyramid Stage as he delivered a “particular and emotional” two-hour set that included crowd pleasers similar to Rocketman, Tiny Dancer, Your Song and I’m Still Standing.
He additionally shocked the gang with surprising musical company, placing paid to rumours of massive names and well-known collaborators.
Avon and Somerset Police recorded 120 incidents, a power spokesman stated. This included 27 thefts, 20 drug offences and 7 sexual assaults. A complete of 35 arrests had been made.
The figures included incidents and arrests each on and off web site, in areas across the perimeter and on strategy roads and within the automobile parks.