Glastocam!

[JoBalls]

This picture just came up on my timehop - this day last year. They are definitely building earlier this time!!

 

[Dave_c]

I wonder if they are building earlier to mitigate the risk of the ground being ruined by all the lorries etc if we see similar rainfall on the run up? Get it done early, where feasible, so the ground can chill out a bit in the last week.

Im surprised the earlier build hasn't been mentioned in the really big secret thread to support the possibility of a full Wednesday and Thursday timetable with Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, Greenday, Prodigy etc etc and free ice cream for everyone.

 

Edited May 13, 2017 by Dave_c

[Northtim]

23 hours ago, broken monkey said:

Super nerdy post alert!

Interesting to compare the fence line this year to last year for behind The Park. Looks like they're installing the fence higher up the hill this year. Think this field is crew camping though

So whats going up there?  It was matked like that on the map.

Looks too steep to be camping to make up for that taken by Carmageddon - is it part of the big secret or just another good viewpoint to chill out at.

 

[Gnomicide]

2 minutes ago, Northtim said:

So whats going up there?  It was matked like that on the map.

Looks too steep to be camping to make up for that taken by Carmageddon - is it part of the big secret or just another good viewpoint to chill out at.

 

Shows as staff camping on the map. 

 

[duke88]

5 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Shows as staff camping on the map. 

 

I wouldn't want to be camped on a hill that steep! Can't imagine it be the most comfortable night's sleep.

[billum]

2 hours ago, Dave_c said:

I wonder if they are building earlier to mitigate the risk of the ground being ruined by all the lorries etc if we see similar rainfall on the run up? Get it done early, where feasible, so the ground can chill out a bit in the last week.

Yeah I think you're onto something there - if all the heavy vehicles have left the site a couple of weeks before the start, then we won't get that churning up of the ground just before the massed crowds descend

[The other Bellboy]

On 5/12/2017 at 1:08 PM, broken monkey said:

Super nerdy post alert!

Interesting to compare the fence line this year to last year for behind The Park. Looks like they're installing the fence higher up the hill this year. Think this field is crew camping though

Well spotted.

This will also give the twix powered fence jumpers a lot more incentive / confidence, being much nearer to that tree line so much better for cover - pre ladder stage:)

[The other Bellboy]

10 hours ago, Dave_c said:

I wonder if they are building earlier to mitigate the risk of the ground being ruined by all the lorries etc if we see similar rainfall on the run up? Get it done early, where feasible, so the ground can chill out a bit in the last week

 

I'm sure they have too, they always seem to leave things until the last minute every year and they really got caught out last year, they didn't manage things well in the end as they were backed into a corner by leaving so many things until the end and i think it scared the living daylights out of them, really close to a major closedown of the site and if they were in that situation again the HSE / MDC would jump right on them. Better for everyone to get things done early - spreads out the obsessive nature of us all:)

[waterfalls212434]

9 hours ago, duke88 said:

I wouldn't want to be camped on a hill that steep! Can't imagine it be the most comfortable night's sleep.

my first year i was in hawkwell and we had a decent spot but that hill up at the back just below the farm? (which by the way is almost as good as park hill for sitting with a can overlooking the site but a lot harsher to climb due to rough ground) yeah latecomers were pitching right on that slope.....some of them were almost at a vertical angle....god knows where they would have ended up if theyd rolled around a bit to much at night!

Edited May 13, 2017 by waterfalls212434

[Junglist1981]

Isn't the hat is usually on the ribbon tower by now? Perhaps it's not there yet as it's being modified in some way for the 10th anniversay?

EE posted a piccy of it sat on a trailer on Instagram a few weeks back, can't see why else wouldn't of stuck it up there when the crane was in to build the rest of the tower.

Hmmm

[Padgey]

On ‎13‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 10:26 PM, waterfalls212434 said:

my first year i was in hawkwell and we had a decent spot but that hill up at the back just below the farm? (which by the way is almost as good as park hill for sitting with a can overlooking the site but a lot harsher to climb due to rough ground) yeah latecomers were pitching right on that slope.....some of them were almost at a vertical angle....god knows where they would have ended up if theyd rolled around a bit to much at night!

We always camp at the top of Michaels Mead where it flattens out and see these tents pitched on the slope of Hawkwell every year, I always wonder how the hell they sleep in them.

[stuartbert two hats]

Urgh, you have to feel for the crew putting up the fence when the webcam looks like it does now.

[JayBalls]

3 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Urgh, you have to feel for the crew putting up the fence when the webcam looks like it does now.

It does look a bit dreary down there today, warm though.

[mjsell]

6 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Urgh, you have to feel for the crew putting up the fence when the webcam looks like it does now.

It's not that bad! I'd rather be there than in my office this morning.

 

We've got puddles next to the pyramid though!

Edited May 15, 2017 by mjsell

[Mark E. Spliff]

10 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Urgh, you have to feel for the crew putting up the fence when the webcam looks like it does now.

It's amazing how quickly it goes from dustbowl to puddle-fest.  I live 90 miles West of the site, and we've had heavy rain all night and the local news is threatening us with 7 days more rain.  The webcam could be depressing viewing for a while.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

I'll take depressing viewing this week rather than in a month or so's time.

Edit: Heh, the people building the Other look like little Doozers.

Edited May 15, 2017 by scaryclaireyfairy

[Fishman]

13 minutes ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

I'll take depressing viewing this week rather than in a month or so's time.

Edit: Heh, the people building the Other look like little Doozers.

 

"Ah dream a dream and make it true
That's what Doozers like to do
And building is the Doozer way to go two three four
'Cause every day the world is new
There's dreams to pay attention to
And building is the surest way we know two three four
Set your shoulder
Move that boulder
'Up two three four 'up two three four ...."
 

[scaryclaireyfairy]

[big__phil]

Loads of people in front of the Pyramid at the moment that don't look like workers. Photo op?

[watsonjm]

5 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Loads of people in front of the Pyramid at the moment that don't look like workers. Photo op?

Must have been.  People and the coach have now gone.

[funkychick2007]

Ive lost my link to the webcam! Could someone post it for me please! Thanks

[watsonjm]

1 minute ago, funkychick2007 said:

Ive lost my link to the webcam! Could someone post it for me please! Thanks

[funkychick2007]

2 minutes ago, watsonjm said:

Thanks!  was thinking i was going to have to drive there to get my fix! Makes the working day a whole lot brighter! 

[watsonjm]

2 minutes ago, funkychick2007 said:

Thanks!  was thinking i was going to have to drive there to get my fix! Makes the working day a whole lot brighter! 

Tell me about it!  Its the first thing i check when i get to the office.

[Tommy101]

4 minutes ago, funkychick2007 said:

Makes the working day a whole lot brighter! 

It's funny how it can do this even when it's an image dominated by moody cloud cover.