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47 minutes ago, clarkete said:
Yes, I see gold at the bottom, but not next to the posts...which I believe were also gold after the recent enhancement?
like that?
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22 minutes ago, stuie said:
Have our gold names gone now too or is that just me?
still there for me
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1 hour ago, stuie said:
I can see none of them! It's the price you pay for being a gold member. I've brought it up several times - hopefully a fix will be put in place one day!
It’s a browser issue. Works via Safari on my phone but not via Edge on my laptop
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After missing out for the first time since I started going in 2007, I’m still unsure if I can face the thought of the resale. While I have had success in getting resale tickets for friends a couple of times, last years being over and done with in a couple of minutes gives me nightmares so I may have to look for other ways of getting there. Happy to help others out though on the off chance as someone has to get them after all.
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So much better than 2022. On Wednesday we left the camper around 11:15 and wandered down to the gate . The queue started about halfway down the barrier loop in the field with the hill of death, though was constantly moving so only took a couple of minutes to walk through to get down to the road and we were in the Avalon bar just before midday. In 2022 we left the camper at roughly the same time and the queue was back to half way through E19 and it took us an hour to get to the gate.
I think the longest we had to wait was roughly 5-10 minutes on Sunday as we were heading in about midday. All other times the wait was no longer than about 5 mins, though most of the times we just walked through, only stopping at the ticket checks.
The volunteers and security did a fantastic job in getting people in and out every day, the whole thing seemed so much more organised this year.
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1 hour ago, briddj said:
Some people are a little concerned about what will happen on Friday. Let's see what the O6Z tells us!
THROUGH TO GATES OPENING
This run tracks with the 00Z in suggesting less rain on Sunday that we'd seen in previous run. Good news.
The bad news? The Tuesday rain is back in this run through the afternoon to the early evening, but not heavy rain.
Completely dry when the gates open, temps of 18.
Wednesday itself is effectively dry on this run, and an improvement on the 00Z. Highs of 21.
THURSDAY
The danger of light rain has returned for the afternoon. But again, this is light stuff. Highs of 21.
FRIDAY
Effectively a completely dry day. The blue shown here would be like being dripped on by a tap. Highs of 21.
SATURDAY
Very small showers of rain. Highs of 21.
SUNDAY
Completely dry, highs of 22.
SUMMARY
***I'm off to Arctic Monkeys now, so there won't be another detailed update today***
We always knew there was likely to be a wobble, and it was almost certain to come with the 06Z - it's the run which has regularly provided a little downgrade or something to be scared of. But if this is the wobble we get, with a small amount of rain added on a few days, we can take that.
With temps remaining at 21 throughout, it's always comfortable.
This run doesn't have the high coming in and taking control, and that means there is a little more rain around (it really isn't much) and temperatures don't soar.
There is a long, long way to go yet! There is a lot of uncertainty about what happens from Friday onwards. It could yet be finger-tastic.
Ensembles wise, there seems to be broad consensus with the GFS 06z up until Thursday next week, then there's significant divergence with the pressure. Does the high take over as it was looking like in the earlier runs, or is the Atlantic low coming in stronger? The operational run pretty much follows the average of the runs throughout the festival period so isn't an outlier as we've had with some of the previous runs
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1 hour ago, gooner1990 said:Either they've put things in the wrong place or they have changed their mind about how much space they need....surely the field I usually camp in won't be used for the crowd when Arcadia fires up?
This year
Last year (21st June)
2017 (20th June)
The spider is definitely further right this year and they've move the bar right to the back where a lot of the Arcadia crew seemed to camp last year. I assume all the people camping in the spot the bar is this year will camp in the empty triangle? I'd keep an eye on the webcam to see if the current triangle bit fills up in next few days.
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1 minute ago, JayBalls said:
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4 minutes ago, Trunks1993 said:
Very interested to know what the ECM charts are saying about pre-festival rain. GFS precipitation was an outlier on most runs
the latest ECM 06z only runs for 6 days (the 00z and 12z run for longer, the 06z and 18z only cover 6 days)but here it is:
There is a chance of some torrential downpours and there will definitely be some rain pre-festival, though the vast majority of the runs show tiny amounts
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25 minutes ago, briddj said:
Right then, we want trends, trends, trends to develop now. What is the 06Z going to tell us?
GATES OPENING
Still a very wet Sunday, and Monday night into Tuesday, in store in this run. In fact the 06Z appears to put more rain on the site, especially on the Sunday.
The latest chart is on the right, previous on the left. This is Sunday.
Tuesday is an improvement on the last run, with less rain, but still some rain nonetheless.
By Wednesday at 9am, there's some very light rain around.
And unfortunately things do not improve from here.
Wednesday is showing as having showers - this is not heavy rain - but certainly a downgrade on the last run. Highs of just 18.
This is being caused by a small green area of low pressure to the north of England. You can see the difference in the runs here, latest on the right. But how will it develop?
THURSDAY
The high pressure begins to build in now, making Thursday a largely dry day with small showers around 6pm. However, highs are of just 18.
FRIDAY
The high pressure finally tries to build in today, but it doesn't prevent it being another day of light showers. High temps of 19.
SATURDAY
Unfortunately the high is pushed back by an area of lower pressure, meaning we don't get the weekend boost we've had in recent runs. Yet more rain through the day, though clearing in the evening. Highs of just 17 now.
SUNDAY
Dry, but max temps of 13. This doesn't make sense with the pressure around the UK so seems to be unreliable.
SUMMARY
Well, we're well and truly back on the rollercoaster.
The area of low pressure on the Wednesday makes the start of the festival damp, and the high never pulls in - so there's rain through the main festival too.
Temps not getting to 20 will make it a chilly festival, especially on the evenings.
However, this doesn't really seem to be a reliable run with what is shown for Sunday.
Definitely a downgrade, but it's still TOO EARLY. Huge amount of uncertainty.
See you in 6 hours.
06z Operational run is once again an outlier in regards low pressure
rain wise there is still a chance of thunderstorms coming through with the very big spikes, though the majority of runs are showing much lower
Temperature wise it's also on the very low end
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58 minutes ago, Cheesey said:Seems to be a totally different tent to previous years.
Last years
52 minutes ago, watsonjm said:used to be stripy but looks the same size
This years looks to be a different shape and slightly smaller I think
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39 minutes ago, Aragorn said:
The ensembles should be interesting for the 06z. Willing to bet the operational is right out on its own in terms of precip
Currently up to Sunday midday and the operational is way out compared to the rest
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6 minutes ago, briddj said:
The level of rain on Monday has the potential to cause real issues ... but the festival itself is pretty much spot on and the temperatures would mean the site would dry up very quickly.
Ideally we definitely need less rain a couple of days before the gates open, but this is another excellent run for the festival.
But the trend for a fingering is continuing now through several runs.
The Ops run is a massive outlier for rain on the Monday with 45.1mm vs the next highest at 12.7mm, 18 of the runs show no rain at all so it is all still to play for
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Mandela bar going up
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On the A303 about to turn off onto the A37 ready to meet up with other friends in a camper to then head to site together
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First lot of tents up in Sticklinch
Dropping woodchip on the walkways towards the pyramid
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29 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:
Whaaaat. 2011 was decent weather-wise. Saw all three headliners with a hoodie on. Sunday was baking if I remember. The Eels were great in a bit of sun.
The wettest I've ever been at Glastonbury is watching U2 on the Friday in 2011, the rain was absolutely torrential.
Saturday into Sunday was great though, the Sun came out during Elbow and then for Coldplay it was glorious. By Sunday I was walking round in trainers for the first time that weekend.
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1 hour ago, deschwah said:is the bimble inn on there? from memory its just uphill a bit from the stage?
The bimble in is the tent just behind the ribbon tower
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Loading the campervan ready to set off before breakfast on Tuesday
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32 minutes ago, briddj said:
It was correct at the time of going to press. 😆 You can never know what's going to come next!
Looking at the GFS ensembles, the 06z Operational run is an outlier compared to the others, showing the Low pressure having more influence over the weekend.
The Operational run is the one that @briddj had the pictures for (Thicker Green line in the above) whereas the majority are showing the high pressure having more influence (mainly drier too), though as there is such variation in the lines as we progress into next week, it is still far too early to have any clarity on what the weather will actually be like over the festival. The main positive from this is that the average (thick white line) is trending up from Tuesday onwards...
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Lots been going on at the Park the last couple of days.
Park Bar has appeared, the Ribbon tower looks like they've attached the trim at the top ready to attach the banners. Tricket's Bar is up, and is that them getting ready to put the Glastonbury sign up? It went up on the 13th last year in that spot
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They've updated the sign
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Just now, found home in 2009 said:
you missed my vote. you need to edit that and add 10 back on to Guns N Roses (though I suspect it's just delaying the inevitable)
edited my post now, plus updated a couple of others that had been missed
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Arctic Monkeys 30
Guns n Roses 14 (-10)
Lizzo 60
Elton John 65
Lil Nas X 50
WizKid 50
Fred again.. 50
Lana Del Rey 55
Central Cee 50
Queens of the Stone Age 50
The War On Drugs 60
Kelis 50
Young Fathers 56
Loyle Carner 55
Mahalia 50
Rudimental 49
Candi Stanton 50
Hot Chip 50
Warpaint 50
Christine and the Queens 56
Rina Sawayama 55
Phoenix 50
Caroline Polachek 51
Fever Ray 51
Sparks 50
Fatboy Slim 49
Leftfield 50
Alt-J 44
Thundercat 61
What have you done to get ready for Glastonbury 24 ?
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Ah OK, I must have missed that. Work has been getting in the way of my efests browsing. Now I have a confirmed litter picking position via a charity I'll be back on a lot more in the build-up