Will Leeds/Reading be prepared for rain?!

[Dropkick Murphy]

Lets be honest, it was a shambles last year at Leeds, not sure about Reading.

At Leeds Festival in 2002 at Temple Newsham, there was a downpour on one of the days. 10 mins later, there were blokes in trucks putting sawdust/bark on all the paths to stop it getting ridiculous.

Last year, it was forecast rain. What did they do? Nothing. Yeah, the mud is a bit of a giggle at first, but it gets tedious after a while as it takes 30 mins to get 50 metres. Why wasn't there bark/sawdust put on all the major paths before the start of the festival?! OK, so they haven't got the brains to forsee horrible muddy conditions, so why didn't they do something about the mud when they saw how bad it was? Like i say, its a bit of a giggle at first but after a while its gets on your nerves, and most of all, the sloped paths are pretty dangerous!

Please Leeds/Reading, use your head this year and either put bark down on all paths or have a metal path/grid running through the site.

Cheers.

Edited August 12, 2009 by Dropkick Murphy

[thetime]

My favorite festivals have been muddy ones!

[batman_23]

wasnt muddy anywhere in the area though which is a plus, but of mud around camping is not to bad i dont think... i saw two girls in bikinis mud wrestling though, so thats probably why i dont complain about mud

[JameSemajj]

I prefer rain, but don't say that on the glastonbury forums, they'll abuse you!

[JameSemajj]

wasnt muddy anywhere in the area though which is a plus, but of mud around camping is not to bad i dont think... i saw two girls in bikinis mud wrestling though, so thats probably why i dont complain about mud

Edited August 12, 2009 by JameSemajj

[batman_23]

But surely when it's sunny, the majority of the women are wearing bikinis? I'd rather have a wider selection thankyou!

[rivalschools.price]

I prefer rain, but don't say that on the glastonbury forums, they'll abuse you!

[JameSemajj]

but they arnt mud wrestling are they?

Edited August 12, 2009 by JameSemajj

[JameSemajj]

they'd probably say that the rain is beter in glastonbury compared to the rain in reading.ha ha

[Budweiser]

Yeah, they are very pationate about glastonbury The quality of the rain is probably better though because it's in quite a remote location, as for Reading which is situated in a large town..

[Englishdragon]

I know the weather forecasts arnt worth the paper their printed on at the minute but everysingle forecast and website Ive checked all say Bank holiday weekend is going to be hot.

I really hope it is last year just got depressing

[micawber]

they'd probably say that the rain is beter in glastonbury compared to the rain in reading.ha ha

[rexclark]

It was beyond a joke last year at Leeds, I'd never let it ruin my fesival but it still makes it less enjoyable when your soaked through and your legs are killing you from trying to drag them through the mud.

[Sparticus]

I didn't let it ruin my enjoyment, but at one point do remember thinking, "c**ts, fleece everyone for £170 and they don't even prepare for the basic elements", and it's not like it was a shock thing, has been pissing it down for nearly all of the week beforehand.

One thing i will say, if the weather's gash, don't leave the arena till midnight. Understandably bottleneck situations are unavoidable, but throwing mud into the equation and you end up trapped like cattle for about half an hour.

[markeee]

I didn't let it ruin my enjoyment, but at one point do remember thinking, "c**ts, fleece everyone for £170 and they don't even prepare for the basic elements", and it's not like it was a shock thing, has been pissing it down for nearly all of the week beforehand.

One thing i will say, if the weather's gash, don't leave the arena till midnight. Understandably bottleneck situations are unavoidable, but throwing mud into the equation and you end up trapped like cattle for about half an hour.

[moz4pm]

Getting all your gear to the campsite was a nightmare last year at leeds, i thought i'd been clever filling a wheelie suitcase full of strongbow only to get to the site and finding wheeling impossible. Paid my mate a tenner to drag it through. Original poster is right it doesn't take much to prepare for this kind of situation and with the price of tickets they should definitely have had it sorted. Worst part for me was having to wear wellies to get to the arena then once your in its fine but your still stuck wearing wellies!

[markeee]

Getting all your gear to the campsite was a nightmare last year at leeds, i thought i'd been clever filling a wheelie suitcase full of strongbow only to get to the site and finding wheeling impossible. Paid my mate a tenner to drag it through. Original poster is right it doesn't take much to prepare for this kind of situation and with the price of tickets they should definitely have had it sorted. Worst part for me was having to wear wellies to get to the arena then once your in its fine but your still stuck wearing wellies!

[Dropkick Murphy]

I would never let it ruin my weekend. But if had the choice of mud or no mud, i'd choose no mud every day. So come on Festival Republic, get your finger out.

[batman_23]

even if it doesnt rain the week before, would you say it is wise to wear wellies anyway?

[Benj]

even if it doesnt rain the week before, would you say it is wise to wear wellies anyway?

[batman_23]

No, unless you'd usually choose to wear wellies in dry conditions.

[Benj]

i could of answerd that myself couldn't I lol. still gnna take them though, being that we live in England and all that

[Dropkick Murphy]

I'm going to asses it closer to the time. If its forecast rain, take wellies. If the weather looks OK then i wont bother and can always buy some when i get there if needed.

[Sparticus]

Hoping for a dry one this year, just remembered that in my infinite wisdom i lobbed my wellies in the garage after last year's festival, eurgh they must be a bit crusty by now!

[beLIEveR]

Will Leeds/Reading be prepared for rain?!