Day 76: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Our first shift working as a steward at Glastonbury for Oxfam! We woke at 4.30am, and managed to leave the campsite by 5.15am having had a quick breakfast.
It was strange to see the festival so quiet and so early in the day! We felt quite nervous heading there, so it was good to meet some other stewards as we realised we were all walking to the same place. The stewards who had completed an 8 hour night shift were pleased to be relieved at 5.45am!
We were given the role of checking vehicles out of the gate, although it got quite confusing for the first couple of hours, as there were some changes made to where the understanding of the festival boundary was! It became clear later, and I took over a different role scanning vehicles into the festival. There were a few more confusing matters, but during quieter periods, it was possible to chat to the other stewards and security guards so nice to get to know others. We had our break towards the end of the shift and finished at 2pm.
Having been away from the ‘action’ of the festival whilst on shift, it was a shock to see how busy everywhere was! Our shift was located near the Theatre and Circus fields, and as we approached William’s Green, everywhere was completely packed!
We had lunch and decided to head back to the campsite for a break. I felt a bit overwhelmed due to some of the stresses of the shift, as it was not the easiest one to begin our volunteering with, due to everything changing quite a bit! However, we were lucky with the team we had - everyone was really nice.
As the dinner at the catering tent looked good and we still had meal vouchers to use up, the rest of the day was spent at the campsite after all. It meant we were able to properly read the programmes and work out how to make the most of the time over the coming days, including the bands on our ‘must-see’ lists. Our next shift is tomorrow night, between 9.45pm- 6am. We will be tired, as there are lots of people we want to see in the afternoon/ evening, so we will have to cope with little sleep over the next two days!
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