[Glastonbury] an idea develops?

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 06:40:31AM +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
> Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> 
> >Lovely thought - but probably unrealistic.  Glastonbury is a long way
> >from anywhere in the civilised world that lives within the M25 / M4
> >corridor.
> >
> I think this is a little unfair on Glastonbury... whilst our transport 
> links may not be the best (largely due to the lack of a railway station 
> in the town) none of the M4 corridor "civilised world" is more than two 
> hours away, many places (eg. Swindon, Bristol) are more like an hour.

On a relatively unfamiliar road it's an hour on narrow roads from the M5
turning :(  It's probably still 1/2 hour from Wells if you don't know
the road - and Wells itself is a half hour from Bristol.  From 
Cheltenham it's an hour or so to Bristol then a few minutes to the M5 
turn.  I can just see myself coming the 120 miles or so from London
to Bristol then spending another hour++ finding Glastonbury.
[Festival time is different - all roads lead to Glastonbury/Pilton
and the locals can't get in/out :( ]

> 
> What we do need, however, is some decent hotel accommodation in the 
> town... a decent hotel/conference centre could unlock all sorts of 
> possibilities.
> 
There is a Forte Travelodge close-ish which _does_ have conference 
facilities IIRC.

> Sean
> 
> 
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