Which are the muddiest areas on site?

[hellcats]

I've been looking at the big pics of the site and it seems areas around the other stage and the glade don't fare well which is unfortunate as I'll be in the glade somewhere! Please tell me more so I can come prepared with flood barricades and such like! Although obviously I won't be needing them this year because of the fantastic weather we'll be having...

[Madalien]

The other stage field does get quite slushy! The Glade doesn't get too bad though in my opinion.

But of course we will be having gorgeous weather!

[Charley333]

The other stage field does get quite slushy! The Glade doesn't get too bad though in my opinion.

But of course we will be having gorgeous weather!

[Madalien]

Last year was gorgeous weather for all but half a day and the morning after the afternoon of rain there was a pretty big wellies queue - I guess some people were being pessimistic and preparing for the worst, but we were lucky! Hope it's the same gorgeousness this year!

[harper11]

everywhere that isnt a hill!

[StoneCircle]

I recall a really bad area near the Caberet tent on the Circus area, pulled your wellies off!

[Budweiser]

I've been looking at the big pics of the site and it seems areas around the other stage and the glade don't fare well which is unfortunate as I'll be in the glade somewhere! Please tell me more so I can come prepared with flood barricades and such like! Although obviously I won't be needing them this year because of the fantastic weather we'll be having...

[hellcats]

Well I think I'll come prepared anyway, haha!

Tell me about the Glade as I've only been to the Glade Festival but not the Glasto Glade

[ig1234]

Worst is easily the bits mentioned about, between the Carabert, Circus, and Avalon fields. I actually got stuck in that mud in 2007. That's the awful stick stuff. The awful slippery stuff is prevelent around the walky areas on concrete such as the Other Stage. The Park gets the worst of both words; you get stuck, then you slip over!

[amfy]

Oh yes - The Park is like a lake of dioarreah (however you spell it).

I also think that bit just outside the right of the Pyramid as you look at it, just down from the big bar and the loos, before you turn left for the other stage. That seems to be muddy even when it's dry so I always worry what the mud is made of round there.

[DiscoDolly]

everywhere that isnt a hill!

[r0cky]

The Park area was the worst that I remember from 2007, it's steepish in places and was quite treacherous.

[jasper in the rye]

if its anything like 2007 to go by the mud is bad everywhere even in the porto loos

[Al the CAT]

There was a patch at near the bandstand that took an age to dry out after the Thursday downpour last year - It wasn't right until Saturday, despite the great weather

[Amlo4ka]

In the one downpour on Thursday, our tent managed to slightly flood, camped in the other stage field. Brilliant place to camp though, bang in the middle of everywhere, just beware

[eFestivals]

The muddiest area on site is backstage. Oh dear.

[DTichborne]

Without doubt, the Other Stage field is the worst bit of the site in the rain. Someone above said that you can walk on the paths - but trust me, that's you and thousands of people and it gets very uncomfortable - then a vehicle comes down one of them and it's even worse. Take wellies and walk through the mud if it rains.

[Tugger2k]

I recall a really bad area near the Caberet tent on the Circus area, pulled your wellies off!

[johnmcga]

Hate to disagree with an earlier poster but I didn't find the Other Stage mud too bad in '07. Sure, there's loads of it, and it's deep in places, but it's also runny, rather than being the annoying gloopy sucky stuff that makes it impossible to get around. You can walk through it fairly easily.

The bit round the cabaret was horrendous - I recall a really surreal late-night moment round there where everyone was falling over and taking friends / random strangers with them. And the Park? Don't get me started!

PS: This year will be glorious weather and sunshine for 5 days.

Edited March 4, 2009 by johnmcga

[no1_foxymama]

Yeah, I think I lost the will to live trying to get through that sticky mess near the Cabaret in 2007, it was the only moment I have ever spent at Glasto being a bit miserable, but then some lovely people lent us a hand and we managed to pull ourselves out and the world was restored to rightness.

The Park was pretty funny, I slipped over a number of times after Gruff Rhys but thankfully a whole lot of rum and good company stopped me being a misery about it!

This year should certainly be all sunshine with the odd shower to cool us down a touch

[Bluearsedfly]

The Park area was the worst that I remember from 2007, it's steepish in places and was quite treacherous.

[hellcats]

Thanks guys. It might be ok in the corner of the glade then.....hopefully!

[Funkfarley]

Well heres a reminder....this was by all the stalls between the Jazz and Pyramid stages I think...

2007.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=8536...mp;id=722175293

[pezzypops]

yeah, outside the cabaret tent is bad for thick gloopy stuff, the park is bad coz its on a hill and impoissible to get any traction when you're going up it.

going down is easy though i even managed to tay on my feet!

[pie_and_a_pint]

The only time I've ever thought 'aagh, this is too much' was Avalon in 2007. I'd left myself about ten minutes to get from Jazzworld to the Avalon Stage (which is a doddle in the dry...) to see the Waterboys, and the mud was so thick it took me half an hour. Got there in time for The Whole of the Moon, though, and when I fell over halfway across the Avalon field I DIDN'T spill my pint...

Over by Pedestrian Gate C is generally pretty awful - Avalon, Circus etc. Other Stage and the Park have wet and deep mud, but the stickiness / wellysuction factor is much less!