One morning at Glastonbury’s Stone Circle, my friend AJ pointed towards a crowd of revellers and said “Dalai Lama”. I laughed thinking it was some kind of offbeat joke.
“No,” he said, “it’s the actual Dalai Lama.”
“Sure,” I said. I never even turned around, it seemed simply too far-fetched that he would be at Glastonbury festival. The joke was on me though because it was the Dalai Lama. He was there meeting festivalgoers ahead of his speech later that morning. This is the anecdote I use to illustrate to people who’ve never been before why it feels as if anything might happen at Glastonbury festival. “It was the actual Dalai literal Lama. At 6am. In a field!!” They’re usually backing away slowly at this point.
Unexpected encounters, memorable weather and meeting up with old friends are just a few of the reasons my love of Glastonbury has only grown over the years. We’ve gone from arranging to meet up under a comedy sign to using the Official Glastonbury app, powered by Vodafone, to share everything from lineups to where to find the best bagels.
