![]() ![]() Koren said she cried her eyes out with disappointment (Image: Koren Miller)īut Koren says there was worse to come as the promised food vendors were nowhere around. Fatigue issues had really set in by the time we had put the tent up." ![]() "It was 7.30pm before we got to the campsite and we had to walk a large part of the way from where we were dropped on a really bad surface that would have been awful for anyone in a wheelchair. We were directed to the transport hub to enable us to get to the campsite but had to wait five hours in the blistering heat because there were only two buggies in use. "The next thing was to obtain wristbands but while I could get mine, my personal assistant was only given a green lanyard which would not get them into any of the places on the site I would be going. ![]() Download Festival 2023 hailed 'best-ever' by organisers after huge bands and incredible weather.We arrived at about 11am on Wednesday but no one on the gates was able to direct us to the accessible car park and we were eventually directed to a car park which was much further out and we had to walk in. Koren said: "I went into the experience with so much optimism but it went wrong almost from the start. Koren Miller, 31, had previously visited the rock music event at Donington Park for six years as a non-accessible campsite user but a worsening health condition, which has affected her ability to walk long distances, among other things, meant that she decided to use the accessible campsite this year for the first time.īut her experience has appalled her and she says she feels let down because the information about the campsite promised so much that did not happen, and she was aware that previous accessible camping facilities at Download had won awards. A die-hard rock fan who is disabled has described her heartbreak at having to leave this year's 20th-anniversary Download Festival after less than 24 hours because of the "extremely poor" conditions - including overflowing toilets, a lack of transport and missing food vendor stands within the accessible campsite designed for people with disabilities. ![]()
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