Resigned to the mud

[dancingdaisy09]

Been with a Glasto virgin tonight who isn't looking forward to the mud at all & let's face it folks, it's going to be muddy.

Now I have told him that mud + rain = bad times. BUT I think it's going to be muddy and dry, therefore the mud will clear etc.

Being a Glasto vet I have done my muddy years, oh yes! But I am getting old now and I need top tips for mud survival, so let me have them please!

Now I had a brainwave tonight, you know when you get back to your tent and you have to take off those muddy wellies, it's a pain, you get filthy, your hands slip everywhere etc etc etc. Well I have invested in a pair of marigolds...my theory is you can clean off the worst of the mud off your boots, help everyone off with their boots easily as its rubber on rubber, so it should be slip free, then give your marigolds a wash ready for the next day.

Makes perfect sense to me. I shall let you know if it works.

[harriet]

Ive been 9 times I can cope with dry and mud and it does dry up quite quickly especially when they put straw down, whatever happens you will enjoy it but saying that a dry not muddy festival is much better. Have a good one  not 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

A lot of people have talked about using thin latex gloves for the muddy boots but I think you could only use them once. So yours is a brainwave as Marigolds will slip on and off relatively easily. So much so that I'm just about to go downstairs and add a pair to my mountain of Glasto stuff. Thanks.

[muddyslingbax]

bloody genius that one, thanks.

off to get a couple pairs and hope we don't need em.

[dancingdaisy09]

Ive been 9 times I can cope with dry and mud and it does dry up quite quickly especially when they put straw down, whatever happens you will enjoy it but saying that a dry not muddy festival is much better. Have a good one  not 

Edited June 17, 2011 by dancingdaisy09

[kohoutec]

Just put your wellied feet one at a time into a bin liner and pull off using outside of the liner, works for me? Although I would rather not need to at all!

[dancingdaisy09]

In previous years I have used the bin bags to put my unwellied feet on, never thought of using them to pull off wellies.

Still think my marigolds idea is better.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Absolutely agree! Sunny ones are the best ones, but we all know it's going to be muddy so gotta make the best of it. I am still so excited that this time next week I shall be watching U2, singing, crying & drunk. You cannot let the weather spoil it, although it does get tiring. I remember 2007 wanting to watch the Arctic Monkeys but just could not be ar**d to walk to the Pyramid so danced along to Carl Cox instead. I still say 2007 was far worse than 1998.

*watch me get strung up now*

I am glad my idea is thought of as genius, this is why we need to share the ideas and make this whole mud thing easier for us all.

[kohoutec]

In previous years I have used the bin bags to put my unwellied feet on, never thought of using them to pull off wellies.

Still think my marigolds idea is better.

[Keef]

*Adds marigolds to the list of things to buy tomorrow.

Oh, and with you on the 2007 thing. I almost vowed not to go again. So glad I returned tho.

Edited June 17, 2011 by Keef

[dancingdaisy09]

Right behind you -I did 1998 and was OK with it. 2007 scarred me for life.

[pie_and_a_pint]

My old wellies gave up the ghost in the snow, so I shall be testing my new flowery ones tomorrow at the Charlbury Riverside Festival in Oxfordshire - it's been raining all week and it's by a river so I think the field might be a bit squishy.

I have pink Marigolds

[dancingdaisy09]

I have bought yellow marigolds, 54p in Asda, although the feather ones would look great I really don't think they are practical.

[pie_and_a_pint]

I have bought yellow marigolds, 54p in Asda, although the feather ones would look great I really don't think they are practical.

[dancingdaisy09]

Dahhhling, there is nothing impractical about feathers!

[howlin_pete]

Am I missing something? Thought the forecasts at the moment were fairly positive, not much rain predicted till sunday! Might be a bit of mud, but not enough to worry about!

[LusciousLucy]

BBC1 7.52pm on Sunday ...after this time I shall know what to expect at the G.

Am still digging my heels in with not checking any forecasts.

Doesnt ANYONE remember the glorious sunset we had on Friday evening? People really have forgotten how much fairly decent weather we had at the G before the rain came.

[dancingdaisy09]

Am I missing something? Thought the forecasts at the moment were fairly positive, not much rain predicted till sunday! Might be a bit of mud, but not enough to worry about!

[LusciousLucy]

Whilst watching the torrential rain fall on the pre Wimbledon tennis tournament that funnily enough had NO play today, a huge smile came over my face when I realised I was totally happy with the forthcoming challenges ahead of us. I am spending my tips on a big old German poncho so's I can get by very happily like I did in 07. And a pair of marigolds too...although undoing laces on walking boots might be a bit fiddly.

Pre-empting and trying to remember what to pack and how to cope is having to be considered and I am enjoying adding more planning and having to re-pack now.

Keep smiling and keep on partying.

[Bisque]

My girlfriend has especially purchased some Croc's wellies for the obviously muddy festival as she was so fed up with her heavy ones at Bestival (I think they were Musto yachting ones). She says she's seen reviews where people have said they were "gliding over the mud" & forgot they "had wellies on".

Will let you know if they are any good. Anyone recommend them?

[hope]

surely 2005 was the worst year ?

quote from Glasto website : "Lightning strikes!!! Two months worth of rain in several hours! A once in a hundred year occurrence!"

and from wiki : "The opening day of the 2005 festival was delayed by heavy rain and thunderstorms: Several stages, including the Acoustic Tent (and one of the bars), were struck by lightning, and the valley was hit with flash floods that left some areas of the site under more than four feet of water. The severity of the weather flooded several campsites, the worst affected being the base of Pennard Hill, and seriously disrupted site services."

legend has it that some people decided not to bother going at all & some of the ones who got there early, left after they lost everything or were so wet that they couldn't face a wet weekend...all in all a pretty miserable experience by the sound of it...

our 1st year was 2007 & we didn't think it was THAT bad...it certainly didn't put us off, cos we've gone every year since !

last year was actually TOO hot (for me) so this year i'd like to order the following please :

a starter of light showers (to make the ground moist enough to hammer pegs in easily)

a main course of medium hot sun with cloudy spells

and a dessert of light breeze...

that's not too much to ask is it ?

[dancingdaisy09]

2005 was a shocker certainly, that thunder & lightening whilst in a tent was scary! I was so glad I didn't camp in Pennards, but I remember getting away from my crowd on the Sunday, grabbing a paper and a coffee and sitting on the ground in front of the pyramid whilst Jools Holland entertained me, good times!

2007 was awful, non stop rain, grey sky, falling over mud and no sitting down in front of stages to be had at all.

Last year was too hot, it was lush, but too hot. At my age I struggled & needed an afternoon nap.

Although I did in 2007 but just couldn't be bothered to take my wellies off.

[chemicalsuk]

Forecast is looking pretty good if you know the right people (jackone) at netweather and aren't reading headlines in the Sun or NME. Dry Fri& Saturday. The odd shower beforehand and a wet Sunday, but by then who cares.

2005 was something else though. Baking hot 30+ degrees on Thurs, followed by the mother of all storms on frday morning.

Trudging back to my car to get my wellies on the Friday with the East gate shut due to flooding and hearing radio one had gone off the air (no bad thing!) due to the rain, that is the one time I've considered jacking it in & going home early. Then the sun came out, happy days & never looked back!

Enjoy it

[LusciousLucy]

As long as there is a time with prolonged sunshine to dry the mud to a point past boot sucking mud stage and on to dry and solid OR if it does get to clag mode, precipitation of levels that will make the mud super sloppy and thus easy to move around in, then there is nothing to worry about.

97...THE worst...EVER! Never got sunny/warm enough, but never rained properly again from the Wednesday, instead it just lightly drizzled thus creating wet to goo to glue mud...NOT a good combo! I was concreted into my spot from the ankles down for 2 hours in the Other Stage field watching the Chems that year

[timespeedsup]

Doesnt ANYONE remember the glorious sunset we had on Friday evening? People really have forgotten how much fairly decent weather we had at the G before the rain came.