Nice one @GRamsay - ticks all boxes for me. Booked - so I at least have something when I get to next June and would normally start panicking 
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jobs a good un then, will crack on & book something later 
The on site one has closed down not, not available unfortunately.
Unless iām organised enough to sort somethign for the entire family, i think iāll see if i can borrow my mateās campervan and head up the evening before. There were about 9-10 vans in the main car park with people kipping overnight - obvs no facilities etc. The roads in to the car park do get busy the later you leave it though, so make sure you try to get the early wave when they ask next year. When i was walking from the car park to transition and back, the access road was bumper to bumper with cars.
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They donāt park you on the site anymore though iirc; itās a field on the opposite side of the lane? So if you want to park on the actual site youād have to go the night before and hope they donāt kick you out?
Correct. I donāt think theyāll let you on the waterpark bit at all.
Still a Fiver to park though init?
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Canāt remember. Youāre probably right though. But with overnight camping ā¦ thatās a bargain! 
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Yeah it was.
Is it???
That feels like something Iād remember 
Everyone: I stayed at Travelodge Swindon West.
It was Ā£29 for one night and full of triathletes.
Thereās an Aldi and Lidl opposite.
Plus a Screwfix, B&Q, Home Bargains and all of the other good stuff we chat about on the DIY/Beer threads 
ETA: Jesus!!! Itās Ā£66 now 
š§š»āā
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Dont drive up on the morning at like 2am, thinking āahhh itāll be fineā after literally not sleeping moer than 20 minutes that night.
It wonāt be.
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I drove down at 4pm.
Went to Aldi, checked in, watched Casualty, slept.
Up at 4am.
Registered racked raced.
Off site by 11am, home by 3pm.
Jobs a good un
You forgot the bit where you were wandering around Transition trying to blag an AA battery. That must have taken a while 
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AAA 
But yeah, carry a couple of spares now.
Plus I secure my saddlebag and BTA better 
Easily <2:25 on there next year 
(For the bike)
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You had options! 
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Meh. Your 45s pale in comparison to my running PBs
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I just hope thereās no late night revelry at the Thames Head pub that night
Donāt forget your silk handkerchief to procure river water
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or your monkey
There will be plenty of revelry from me on the Sunday night so it will be fine.
But a monkey and a gibbon are very different things 
Gibbon is a lesser ape.
Monkeys (in the main) have a tail.
Simples.
So Iāll bring my gibbon, you bring your monkey