Battle of the Burn 1992, 1999 or 2010

[funkyuk]

Come on then, best sunny Glastonbury?

Edited March 13, 2017 by funkyuk

[CaledonianGonzo]

I wasn't at 1992 or 1999, but 1995 maybe needs to be in the poll.

[eFestivals]

2010 was tooooo hot! ..... but I managed to find myself some backstage shade, to snooze away the mornings which were far too hot for tent sleeping.

[FuzzyDunlop]

2010 was the only festival Glastonbury or otherwise that I have wanted to leave due to weather. Horrendous.

[BlackHole2006]

2010 was absolutely baking. My mate got heat stroke. Same again this year please. 

[stuartbert two hats]

Shouldn't 2003 be in there too?  Not that I was there, but I'm sad enough to know the rainfall stats.

[Gnomicide]

I was only at 2010 out of them but it was bliss.

[Franky]

2010 was the most beautiful festival ever ! I would take that every year happily.

 

 

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

2010 was far too hot, I ended up getting heat exhaustion on the Sunday, was in the tent before the headliners had even started and was in a bad bad way. It was really lovely for the first couple of days, but after a while the relentless heat and sun was just too much.

[eFestivals]

4 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Shouldn't 2003 be in there too?  Not that I was there, but I'm sad enough to know the rainfall stats.

it was scorching hot at points - I can remember burning thru Jimmy Cliff - but wasn't constant.

[Respectfatfrog]

2009 was a great year little rain on the start but was great every day and night after

[lucyginger]

I only started going in 2008 so have only 2010 as the hottest year. It was lovely! You just have to look after yourself properly. I burn in torchlight, but with my trusty factor 50 and by drinking loads of water and wearing loose cotton tops to cover up, I was ok. The only bad point was that it was freezing at night and I wasn't prepared for that! 

I did almost burst into flames in the queue on the way in, one of our lot even asked the stewards if we could get fast-tracked in because I'm a ginger and was going to pop!

[CaledonianGonzo]

2010, the halcyon year:  Dust motes shimmering in sunlight.  Pathways winding through the morning mist.  Asterisms of dandelion seeds on the breeze.  A cold, clear moon rising over the Vale of Avalon.  All well with the world

[glimmers_of_hope]

I got sunburn badly on 2003. I put it down to youthful naivety. 

2010 seemed hotter but I was more prepared. 

[whisty]

2010 was horrible, worse than 2007, there I've said it. 

[Gnomicide]

There was a moment in 2010, think it was tge Sunday, when a tiny cloud drifted in front of the sun. The collective sigh of relief from the massed crowds was amazing. 5 seconds later the onslaught resumed. Loved it.

[simian_mobile_mushrooms]

Only went 2010, but it was horrible. My friend got heat stroke and my gf's forehead swelled up from the sun. The five of us altogether spent most of the festival seeking shelter - something there's not much of during the day. Pyramid afternoon slots were practically empty. I remember seein Seasick Steve and I reckon it was about a third full from a normal afternoon slot

[Hugh Jass]

3 minutes ago, whisty said:

2010 was horrible, worse than 2007, there I've said it.

Both were extremes, but in opposite directions.

Extremes are bad!

[Familiar2billions]

2010 was hotter than Barcelona and any other typically hot destination the papers could pull out the hat.

Was a tad unbearable at times but only because i get uncomfortable in direct sunlight, especially when its hitting 30c! Im always the one perched under the parasol with an ice cold beer on holiday rather than laying out in the heat. Plenty of sun cream, have a pint of water after every boozy drink, wear loose clothing and you dont end up anymore uncomfortable than you have to be. It was nice that year once it started to cool down in the late afternoons, it was like a relief washed over the site every evening and it was time to party.

If we can have it sunny with the temperature in the low to mid twenties... Perfect.

[fatyeti24]

i'm a pastey-skinned man of the north who doesn't approve of any weather that doesn't involve the wearing of a Big Coat, and i loved 2010.

[little_jim]

2010 was just bliss, i'd have that every year, sitting on the hill with a cup of cider bus brew, singing along to Ray Davies was fun.

[Fingerbobs]

You can't beat a hot one for that moment when you sit in the car to go home, catch sight of yourself in the rear view mirror and wonder who the hell that sleep-deprived frazzelled, peeling red-nosed but otherwise ridiculously tanned weirdo sitting in the back is? In no other situation in life do I fail to recognise myself for that first few seconds. 

95 and 10 are too close to call I reckon.  I still thank the free Lipton ice tea ladies for those free ice cold cans I could roll over my forehead to help cool down in 95.  

 

[JBarbour]

I remember people battling for shade in 2010. 

Shangri La was the place to be with the old alleyways. I dropped on working behind the scenes at Shangri la that year and had shade most of the day. 

Surely 2013 gets an honorable mention. I know it rained on the Thursday? But the weekend was scorchio. 

[lucyginger]

1 minute ago, Familiar2billions said:

2010 was hotter than Barcelona and any other typically hot destination the papers could pull out the hat.

Was a tad unbearable at times but only because i get uncomfortable in direct sunlight, especially when its hitting 30c! Im always the one perched under the parasol with an ice cold beer on holiday rather than laying out in the heat. Plenty of sun cream, have a pint of water after every boozy drink, wear loose clothing and you dont end up anymore uncomfortable than you have to be. It was nice that year once it started to cool down in the late afternoons, it was like a relief washed over the site every evening and it was time to party.

If we can have it sunny with the temperature in the low to mid twenties... Perfect.

This!! Be prepared!! Have a sun hat or a parasol/brolly too, but obviously only use the brolly if you're sat down so it doesn't obscure peoples view. 

I loved the evenings that year, as someone else has said, the dust made the sunsets soooo beautiful! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

10 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Both were extremes, but in opposite directions.

Extremes are bad!

Having to wear a hat and suncream doesn't qualify as 'extreme'