I first went to Glasto in the early 90s when it cost me about £50 for the weekend. Bought the tickets in a shop at about Easter time and drove there on the Thursday to get there by middayish. Acts generally started on the Friday. The weather was baking, had a great time with my friends but there was certainly a lot of drugs being taken openly and it was easy to jump over the fence. Went regularly from then and by 2000 it was getting ridiculous with the numbers coming in without paying which is when the big fence came in and ticket prices went up a lot. Think it also coincided with far more TV coverage and it becoming much harder to get tickets.. I stopped going about 10 years ago as I'd had enough and prefer smaller events but usually watch a fair bit on the TV. However, as it was rarely about the headliners to me (loved walking around just dropping into the smaller stages etc and discovering things) it's never had the same vibe from home as you genuinely don't feel like it's the same event. They can't cover even a tiny percentage of what is going on and the press coverage of ones I've been at never displayed the festival I'd attended. Personally I though the line up was pants this year but I'm sure I'd have found things I enjoyed and whilst it's a big outlay, per act it's incredibly good value. Worth also noting that for people with kids, the kid's field is an amazing experience and, to my knowledge, never shown on TV.