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Blokes Make £30k In A Week From Glastonbury Then Blow It All On A Holiday Sesh

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Published 15:55 25 Jun 2022 GMT+1

Blokes Make £30k In A Week From Glastonbury Then Blow It All On A Holiday Sesh

A entrepreneurial family have revealed how they have earned a fortune from Glastonbury festival.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Featured Image Credit: Marc Giddings/News Licensing

Topics: Glastonbury, Festivals, UK News, Travel

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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An entrepreneurial family have revealed how they earn a fortune from Glastonbury festival.

More than 200,000 festivalgoers descended on Pilton, Somerset, yesterday (22 June), and with the festival held there every year, Rich Rayner and his son David have jumped at the opportunity to make a bit of extra cash.

However, Rich has revealed how he didn't quite anticipate just how much he and his family would make years down the line.

With nearly a quarter-of-a-million people raining in on the festival grounds, with many requiring a parking space, Rich and David decided to buy a field near the site.

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The Ashcombe Park site is a 10 minute walk from Glastonbury and located just off the A361.

Rich told The Sun how he mortgaged his house for a second time in order to secure the field, paying £10,000 for the spot.

The space is available for campers as well as people simply on the hunt for somewhere to leave their vehicles.

If you're looking to park at the field, prices begin at £35. You can pay £35 for the whole weekend, or per day if planning on taking your vehicle back out every evening.

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Larger vehicles such as 4x4s and estates cost £40.

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If you're looking to stay in your campervan there the whole weekend, the prices climb to more than £70. Prices go above £75 for caravans and motorhomes.

The field holds enough space for '500-600 cars plus 70 campers', according to Rich.

Easy money, really.

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However, the 64-year-old has had to enrol the support of 10 friends and family members who are in charge of '24-hour patrols'.

And keeping an eye on the field's '2,000 visitors' over the weekend is 56-year-old Shaun Doggerell.

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Even members of the family as young as four have been called in to help work the field, with one of Rich's friends, Howard Fox, joking: "No one's going to eff and blind at a four-year-old are they."

Rich's wife has also jumped on the entrepreneurial bandwagon.

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The pair have stationed a massive shed in the field, which they bought for under £6,000, and they sell burgers from it for just £4.50.

"We get people coming off the streets using the burger van, as obviously our burgers are a lot cheaper than going in there," David explained.

Costing Rich and his team £3,500 to install, guests also have access to a toilet block, mains water and three showers.

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Over the course of the week – in preparation, during and clearing up after the festival – Rich and his team only get three hours of sleep.

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However, it's worth it, as the field sells out quickly every year.

Defending the field's rates, Rich noted: "We are still the cheapest campsite at Glastonbury!"

A local named Shaun also insisted the team is 'not here to rob people', and Howard noted: "We do it because we love it."

While the field has had its pitfalls in being targeted by 'thieves' who have to be fended off by Rich and his team, Rich isn't planning on selling the plot of land anytime soon, even with 'thousands' of offers having come in for the land.

The field has been 'a good family investment' for Rich.

As well as treating his family and friends to a 'big evening at the pub' when the festival's over, the money Rich earns means he can even jet off to Turkey with his wife.

Now that's what you call a good investment.

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