Tranquility of Solitude
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1 hour ago, Quark said:
Off to buy a Spice Girls tshirt, see if I can convince everyone you're actually a bald 40-something dude
..... and everyone will still call you Mark.
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Glastocam!
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Just now, Bike_Like_A_Mum said:You're on a roll today with your posts. Cracking me up 🤣
Sorry, out of reactions, but thank you. I put it down to the rapidly rising Glastonbury excitement. I can already feel that vibe starting. To think.... this time next week I’ll be (checks Clashfinder) watching Lightning Seeds at the Other. Can in hand, sun shining, without a care in the world. Can’t wait.
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Just now, The Nal said:
I still remember the "Ah it'll dry up" posts from back then.
Great times.
Yep. Even I (the eternal optimist) was beginning to question the thought processes of some of the rose tinted spectacle brigade that year! We were seeing horrific videos like the one above, and the memorable one of the water seeping out of the ground (I couldn’t find that one) with mere days to go and on here it was all, as you say, “if the sun comes out that’ll dry up in no time”.
Have to say you were consistent (and correct) in 2016..... but 2023 is going to be fine. The ground is bone dry with days to go.
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Gentle reminder what the ground conditions were like on June 16th 2016.
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Lizzo 30
Elton John 51
Kelis 51
Young Fathers 51
Loyle Carner 41 (-10)
Candi Staton 46
Hot Chip 15
Rina Sawayama 49
Phoenix 51
Caroline Polachek 61
Fatboy Slim 55
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I tend to pay more attention (and put more faith in) @deebeedoobee and @pilton digger reports of what is actually taking place in the run up. I also pay close attention to the ground reports supplied by @Sawdusty surfer. I look at these forecasts, (and thank @briddj for their excellent work) certain in the knowledge we’ll get something better/drier than predicted by @The Nal and not as scorching as that feared by @FuzzyDunlop. And every year that’s what happens.
The gates open in 5 days time (yippee!) and the ground is bone dry. It is, as always, going to be a belter.
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Just now, p.pete said:
Nalvoram
No use of the words Armageddon, apocalypse, biblical, washout, flood, or doomed. Must try harder.
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Glastocam!
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3 minutes ago, Dave_c said:Are we any closer to knowing what it says on the grass? I can see ESTA but haven't a clue what word that could be part of?
Think it says We Stand. It’s a gentle Glastonbury reminder for the chair and picnic blanket brigade.
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1 minute ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:
I will not learn to love an Azorean finger. Esp, if it means I'm seeking shade between 10am-8pm.
How hot does this finger make Glasto get anyway usually?
I've never really given much thought to the weather thread, this is my first year I've paid any attention. As long as it's not crazy hot (28+ each day), or flooding, I don't really care.
Whilst I understand your (and others) concerns around temperatures, a good ridge of high pressure is the only way to ensure and rain is diverted away from the site. In June, in the south of England, high pressure almost always equates to high temperatures. To my mind (I’m no meteorologist) a cool festival free from rain, whilst desirable, is very unlikely. All the festivals I’ve been to have either been cool with rain, or dry and hot. I’m fortunate enough to not suffer too badly with the heat, a wet bandana and plenty of fluids work wonders... but I recognise others suffer greatly with this (my own daughter being one). I hate the rain. I get enough of it up here, and it just makes everything slightly, well, damp. All that said, the festival is, and will be, fantastic irrespective of whatever the weather has in store for us.
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11 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:
What in the hell is the FINGER?!
Seriously?!? The finger is a long standing friend of the festival. Learn to love it. There are only two constants in my belief system regards all these forecasts....
The Azores Finger & The Pilton Forcefield.
A finger of the Azores High often nudges towards Britain in the summer, typically bringing hot, sunny weather. It was the Azores High that brought the long, hot summer of 1976,
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So to follow up, here’s my controversial opinion (as if it wasn’t clear already).
The Brothers Bar is the massive zit on Glastonbury’s otherwise perfect skin.
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1 hour ago, rebus said:
Unpopular opinion; Brother Bar cider is rubbish.
In my early Glastonbury days going to west holts for that first pint of pear cider was something to look forward too. Now I can barely stomach it. Much prefer the cider bus cider or/and taking my own "bag in a box" farmhouse cider.
Not sure if I've just got more of a refined taste now or its just not up too much. Shame as I used to really enjoy it.
Confession over.
Not only is the cider rubbish, but the bar itself is the worst one on site. In fact, of ALL the on site bars, it’s the only one I wouldn’t be happy in. It’s total sh*t.
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Just now, Lizzim said:
Mine is piled up ready to pack. If I do it too early I forget what I have.. final pack on Saturday. Heading to Liverpool for father's day
I’m leaving Sunday. Night in Bromsgrove, and staying with friends in Bournemouth Monday night. Into the queue Tuesday late.
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Joni Mitchell
Kate Bush
Prince
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5 minutes ago, Sheffield Steve said:
there is still far too much low pressure all around us
This is exactly how I feel about this thread.
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1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:
I think you need to manage your reactions .... you always seem to have run out or go Gold and get another one and support the iggy and the site
Premature appreciation
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On 6/7/2023 at 11:56 AM, TheFullShaboo said:
Long shot, but is there anyone on here who won’t be using their Manchester coach return? I have two from Birmingham at 9am that I’m happy to swap?
Remember your tickets will be handed out on the coach you are booked on to!
Edit : just seen the word “return”. Nothing to see here
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44 minutes ago, BambooShanks said:
hopefully at this time I'll be finishing putting up the tents and having a celebratory drink before mentally and physically preparing myself for the second run.
It's getting very real.
Hoping this is what I’ll be doing by this time as well. Question is.... do I have the celebratory drink before the second run, or not? Think I might just steel myself, get the second run done, in order that I can fully enjoy it.
Note: this approach also rules out the possibility of getting over excited, and visiting the Cider Bus after the celebratory drink and before the second run is done.
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37 minutes ago, briddj said:
Very small amount of rain on Wednesday afternoon. But it's a tiny amount. Highs of 20.
37 minutes ago, Bike_Like_A_Mum said:I hope Fuzzy comes to the meet. I'll bring them an ice cream to try and help xx
If this run comes to pass, the meet might be the only time Fuzzy comes out of the shade 😀
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Today is packing day.
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The Unofficial eFests Meet-up
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I plan catching Andrew Maxwell Morris in Toad Hall next door, who finishes at 7:10 so shall be fashionably late. In a Shaun the Sheep t-shirt as per avatar.