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There's an awesome stall on onecof the main market routes from the pyramid.. i think its called honchos or something like that..they sell all types of walking boots mostly seconds and returns... top names at 30% the normal retail price..still have a pair

Excellent. WIll definately check them out. Thanks very much for that.

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Im flying from Ireland. Have to travel light and unfortunately I dont have walking boots. Yes maybe I should have invested in them but at this stage it is too late for me to get any. There is one shoe shop in the town where I live and they dont have any. Working until 7 this evening and flying out at 6am. I wore thick socks in 2011 but I just found it tortourous walking around as the mud caked on the wellies and made them even heavier to walk around. BTW I hate people who say MAN THE FUCK UP. We all have our own expectations for the festival. Anyway I will just have to invest in some wellies when I get there and psyche myself up. At least tomorrow and Thursday look good so I can get in as much of the area as I can.

I think the thing is that Glastonbury is very notorious for suffering from muddy/wet conditions so it would be foolish to not be prepared for that kind of scenario.

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Dont get me wrong. The reason I didnt get any was because the weather here has been so nice for the last few weeks. I suppose I got complacent. I dont have a pair of walking shoes. Never needed them before as I always wore runners at any of the festivals I have gone too (well bar Glasto 2011 where I bought wellies on site). My bad but I was hoping against hope that the weather would be good. I much prefer wearing comfortable trainers when walking around. My wellies wont fit into a carry on bag. Its not a problem anyway. I can get them on site. I just hate walking around in the mud. Maybe I have an OCD about it :) :) Please god the rain wont be too bad. Looking at the acts I want to see I have a LOT of walking to do on Friday :) :)

Don't worry it's got potential to be a baptism of fire for many! You're going in with a positive mental attitude at least, can be needed to help others when they flag

Walking is overrated, skidding is the new way forwards - say no to friction!

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Here's the 'forecast' you want to be monitoring. It's an aggregate/best guess based on a whole bunch of other forecasts.

http://forecast.io/#/f/51.1651,-2.5845

I'm not even going this year (first time off in years... new baby!) and I'm still checking forecasts every 10 minutes. Jeez.

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Thanks, that's really interesting. We may get hit or may not, but we're not doomed yet!!

That's what I've been saying the whole time, every forecast is based on a % chance and if you look at the % chance you'll see it's still very hit or miss :) The forecast pretty much always goes for the worst case scenario

DUCK CAST IS STILL forecasting 0.5mm of rain folks, so bring ur bikinis and speedos.

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Here's the 'forecast' you want to be monitoring. It's an aggregate/best guess based on a whole bunch of other forecasts.

http://forecast.io/#/f/51.1651,-2.5845

I'm not even going this year (first time off in years... new baby!) and I'm still checking forecasts every 10 minutes. Jeez.

Never seen that one before - and I would take that if it really has to be wet.

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I don't like seeing my fellow Glastonburiers unhappy! Take the positives:

Looks like FOUR dry days, maybe showers on Saturday if we're unlucky

The exceptionally dry ground will take a lot of hammering before it decides to give up.

The predicted weather front is not widespread. It's patchy. Some parts will be hit, some won't. Will be a coin toss if we will!

No matter what happens, you're still at the most wonderful place on earth, with lots of lovely people.

Smile. :)

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I don't like seeing my fellow Glastonburiers unhappy! Take the positives:

Looks like FOUR dry days, maybe showers on Saturday if we're unlucky

The exceptionally dry ground will take a lot of hammering before it decides to give up.

The predicted weather front is not widespread. It's patchy. Some parts will be hit, some won't. Will be a coin toss if we will!

No matter what happens, you're still at the most wonderful place on earth, with lots of lovely people.

Smile. :)

You have jinxed it :) :) There is going to be an earthquake and tornado now :)

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