It’s 8.30am at Glastonbury and the festival has only just begun to stir. Wander through the site and vans loudly advertise the festival’s many breakfast spots, from bacon sandwiches to scrambled eggs.
But proceed with caution. Fancy a breakfast focaccia with sausage, bacon and egg? That will be £15. Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs? £19.
When it comes to coffee, I’d also advise checking the menu before tapping your card. I just paid £5.51 for a flat white.
Glastonbury is not for the cash-strapped. Across the festival, which ends on 1 July, food and drink is eye-wateringly expensive. I meet Tyrone Scott, 32, enjoying one of these beers in a quiet bar in the southeast corner of the site.
He is budgeting £100 a day. “I’m in my thirties now, I don’t want to scrimp anymore,” he tells me. Scott plans to eat two meals out a day, at around £15 each.
Rather than sipping warm beers as he listens to music, the rest of his budget is going on booze. In total, he expects to spend around £500 while he’s here. He isn’t phased.
“I have been to a lot of day festivals and a recent one in Brockwell Park, the beer was about £8.50. Here it’s £6.
50, so it’s actually not too bad in comparison to what they could be charging.” A group of three women sit outside a cocktail bar near the Pyramid Stage, the central hub of Worthy Farm. They are here to splash the cash.
“Am I going to regret it? Maybe?,” says Ellie Low, 28. “But that’s a Tuesday problem.” She is j.
