Other festivals might well cost "around £95 for a (long weekend) season ticket" but they don't all charge £50 for camping and another £24 (or £4 per day) for a bus pass - adding £74 to the early-bird season ticket at £140. That's an additional 53% - and then you have petrol costs to and from Ambridge all the way down to distant Sidmouth. Kind of 'Ruth' to mention also that "the Ham Evening season ticket is, of course, extra" - so a full season ticket (includes Ham) with camping and a bus pass is close to £280 - double the basic £140. Being a steward gets you about £200 worth of basic tickets (includes £50 camping and maybe cheaper bus tickets) for (say) 30 hours work. This compares quite well with other festivals - and at Sidmouth you get the seaside thrown in for free.
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