Can we move Glastonbury to the middle of July please?

[Pinhead]

Nope - leave it where it is. Makes no real difference. Bearded a few weeks before was as hot and dry as a bone all festi. Luck of the draw.

[Charm]

On 20 July 2016 at 7:59 PM, Avalon_Fields said:

Can't we have a semi-permanent festival, May to August say, and we can all saunter down when the weather suits us best?

This is a brilliant idea, I went to a festival in India that lasted for 8 weeks, a Glastonbury that went on for that long would be amazing. 
Charm x 

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Carefully watching where every single footstep goes for the entire 5 days Vs it being a bit hot in the morning and having to wear a hat. No contest.

What on earth did you have on your feet? Sandals?

[cb4747]

I went to Latitude last weekend and the weather was so so hot, at times it was pretty unbearable and I would have done anything for some Glastonbury rain! Of course the sun was lovely but walking miles and miles in that heat is really just as exhausting

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm so photosensitive that I can't even leave the house, so could we please hold it in my living room.

[The Nal]

Some people really need to grow a pair. 

[Gnomicide]

There was only one downside to 2010 and that was the cans of Guinness I'd taken were too hot to drink by mid-day.

I managed to stay hydrated by drinking cold cider from the bars. A price I'd be willing to pay for a repeat of that weather.

In summary, hat, factor 50, cider, bring your own red wine, space blankets. Sorted.

[DeanoL]

5 hours ago, The Nal said:

Some people really need to grow a pair. 

Everyone's bodies will react to different things different, and some weather will suit some more than others. Some people coped with 2010 fine, others really struggled, same this year.

Only thing that bothers me is people who haven't done a proper hot one right up assuming they could deal with it fine. Unless you go out and spend five days in boiling sun with no shade, you won't know how your body reacts. It's very different to a holiday in the south of France.

[Quark]

14 minutes ago, DeanoL said:

Only thing that bothers me is people who haven't done a proper hot one right up assuming they could deal with it fine. Unless you go out and spend five days in boiling sun with no shade, you won't know how your body reacts. It's very different to a holiday in the south of France.

I think that's fair.  I assumed I'd hate a muddy year and turned out it wasn't as bad as I thought.  By the same rationale you could assume a hot year would be beautiful and then promptly suffer.

So in conclusion:

1. Until you've experienced a certain weather condition in the context of 5 days at Glastonbury it's hard to comment on how you'll find it.

2. Everyone has different preferences and copes better or worse with different weather.

3. The festival is unlikely to move based on what we think, so the whole thing's redundant

[Quark]

12 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Cans were ok to drink once the sun went in though. 

Don't know how quickly yours cooled down Scruff, but mine certainly weren't!

[The Nal]

2 hours ago, DeanoL said:

Everyone's bodies will react to different things different, and some weather will suit some more than others. Some people coped with 2010 fine, others really struggled, same this year.

Only thing that bothers me is people who haven't done a proper hot one right up assuming they could deal with it fine. Unless you go out and spend five days in boiling sun with no shade, you won't know how your body reacts. It's very different to a holiday in the south of France.

I had an almighty motherfucker of a hangover whenever Willie Nelson played in 2010 and bought a couple of umbrellas to kip under for an hour or so. Couldn't hack the heat at that time. Buying ice from the shops helped aswell. 

People seem to moan about any type of weather though regardless. too rainy, too much sun, too much cloud, too cold at night, too hot in the morning, too muddy, too dusty.

Balls too smally. 

[SteveTLizard]

59 minutes ago, The Nal said:

I had an almighty motherfucker of a hangover whenever Willie Nelson played in 2010 and bought a couple of umbrellas to kip under for an hour or so. Couldn't hack the heat at that time. Buying ice from the shops helped aswell. 

People seem to moan about any type of weather though regardless. too rainy, too much sun, too much cloud, too cold at night, too hot in the morning, too muddy, too dusty.

Balls too smally. 

Oh yes, we wouldn't people being all negative about the weather now would we Mr Nal sir ....

*cough* weather thread 2016 *cough*

[The Nal]

1 minute ago, SteveTLizard said:

Oh yes, we wouldn't people being all negative about the weather now would we Mr Nal sir ....

*cough* weather thread 2016 *cough*

Ha! Weather was fine this year. Couldve been better but hey ho. Cant be helped.

 

[Woffy]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

Ha! Weather was fine this year. Couldve been better but hey ho. Cant be helped.

 

I think we should transfer your 'We're DOOMED' mantra into Baldrick's 'The German Guns' poem, Nal.

[Gnomicide]

This picture was taken during Willie Nelson's set. Can't spot Nal Two Brollies though...

[guypjfreak]

On 21/07/2016 at 7:53 PM, Pinhead said:

Nope - leave it where it is. Makes no real difference. Bearded a few weeks before was as hot and dry as a bone all festi. Luck of the draw.

i agree old son you cant know wot the weather is gonna be like ...its always been as it is way change it ah

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I'm sure somebody better informed can confirm this, but as far as "staying hydrated" goes, isn't alcohol a diuretic, and therefore in your bodies attempts to get rid of it it makes you wee it all out along with all the water? So drinking a cold beer or cider may feel like it's hydrating you but in fact is doing the exact opposite?

[DeanoL]

Alcohol, the chemical compound is a diuretic - so it reduces the body's ability to absorb water.

Cider contains both alcohol and water, amongst other stuff. So you're doing both.

[mcshed]

A pint of beer or cider will do more to hydrate you than dehydrate you a whisky will do more to dehydrate than hydrate.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Point is that if it's a hot one you should probably also be taking some water on board along with whatever booze you are swigging.

[Mardy]

You know, I used to think the most remarkable thing about this site was that there are so many lovely, intelligent, funny people with absolutely appalling taste in music (you know who you are). But if anything, in recent weeks that's been outdone by the weatherc**ts who want some rain. The idea that mud is better than sun is up there with Farage claiming there'd be 350 million a week extra for the NHS. Baseless. mendacious, infammatory and downright dangerous.

 

[nikkic]

2015 was almost perfect for me. I'd stick on that each year if we could. 

 

If we're talking extremes, 2007 or 2010, there really is no contest. 2010 hands down every single time. 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Sunny, with temperatures in the high twenties, isn't extreme.

[nikkic]

I agree, I meant extreme in terms of the Glastonbury weather spectrum. 2007 and 2010 are probably the worst and best in recent memory. 

 

Most of the issues with weather like 2010 stems from people not looking after themselves eg not drinking nearly enough water. Totally avoidable. 

[RichardWaller]

On 24 July 2016 at 9:20 AM, Mardy said:

You know, I used to think the most remarkable thing about this site was that there are so many lovely, intelligent, funny people with absolutely appalling taste in music (you know who you are). But if anything, in recent weeks that's been outdone by the weatherc**ts who want some rain. The idea that mud is better than sun is up there with Farage claiming there'd be 350 million a week extra for the NHS. Baseless. mendacious, infammatory and downright dangerous.

 

Yeah, it's a bit of a silly one that. The mud has such a knock on effect, not only just being harder to walk on particularly when wounded, but course the metal paths get congested cos you've got 30 people wide trying to be 5 people wide.. Don't think mud is quite as annoying as Farage though...