Glastocam!

[squirrelarmy]

2 minutes ago, Fork_UK said:

Looks like the mud is building up nicely today :/

Not mud, it's giving the grass lots of much needed moisture so it can grow a good strong root structure so it can withstand 100,000 people walking and dancing on it next month. 

[JoeyT]

4 minutes ago, Fork_UK said:

Looks like the mud is building up nicely today :/

If you think the weather on site is bad today just wait until tomorrow...

[JayBalls]

Yep gunna piss down tomorrow, rather it now than in 5 weeks time

[billum]

3 minutes ago, JayBalls said:

Yep gunna piss down tomorrow, rather it now than in 5 weeks time

If only it was definitely 'either / or' rather than possibly 'both / and'...

[giantkatestacks]

It does look hideous at the moment, failing the Tor test by a long way.

[JayBalls]

6 minutes ago, billum said:

If only it was definitely 'either / or' rather than possibly 'both / and'...

Yeah but that would be boring and probably coachella, only thing you can do is plan for everything. 

[stopwn1981]

Second area of superfence starting to left of shot...

[mario man]

9 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Second area of superfence starting to left of shot...

Ooof!! Great spot! 

[mario man]

Tor back in view, rain cleared a bit - looked hideous an hour ago

[stuartbert two hats]

Ooof, a few puddles there, especially to the left of the Pyramid.

[Guest]

52 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Second area of superfence starting to left of shot...

Ran down the east side of site last night, there are a number of small sections being started along Cockmills lane, seem to be starting at gate locations.  One section up by recycling, one down by the ever growing wood chip pile. They will join up later on.  The one in shot is the third down that side.

[JayBalls]

It looks darker than it is, the cam isn't great with low light conditions.

[The other Bellboy]

Why does it fill me with such dread to see the site so damp and with muddy roads! 

I was so much happier a few days ago:)

 

[p.pete]

35 minutes ago, The other Bellboy said:

Why does it fill me with such dread to see the site so damp and with muddy roads! 

I was so much happier a few days ago:)

 

Beautiful weather around now last year... 5 weeks to go?

[The other Bellboy]

7 minutes ago, p.pete said:

Beautiful weather around now last year... 5 weeks to go?

I've absolutely no doubt that this year is going to be perfect, i just can't see last year being repeated at all - so on that front i'm happy. The rain now will be good for the land and getting the building works done now will give any damage time to recover and it will be 2 weeks of pure sunshine before we get there for sure:)

I just think having had a few bad experiences (a high percentage of wet ones considering my limited 8 visits) that i'm conditioned now to hating the sight of rain full stop! 

Think that's probably why i enjoyed my 4 years in the middle east so much:) 

[p.pete]

13 hours ago, The other Bellboy said:

 

Think that's probably why i enjoyed my 4 years in the middle east so much:) 

We're you able to bring your own booze into the arena though?

[stopwn1981]

Well it looks rather atrocious down there at the mo!

[maclauk]

Yikes... That doesn't just fall the Tor test, that fails the everything except the Pyramid test 

[JayBalls]

It's a bit close today!

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Bring it on I say, the month or so without rain made me very uneasy. It was obvious that it was going to rain at some point and the longer it didn't rain meant the inevitable miserable endless deluge we always got at some point during spring/summer would come, and the longer the dry spell went on the more likely it would be to affect the Festival. If it rains solidly for two weeks now there will still be time for it to dry out and be fine.

[pauladam]

The year of the lightning storm (2014 or 2015) the one that shut down the stages and was followed by a monumental downpour for quite a while...

I remember thinking...that's it, we are screwed for rest of the weekend...

ground was bone dry again by end of the following day and was happily sitting on the ground again

so don't fret about the wet...plenty of time for everything to dry out

[Stretlow]

10 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Bring it on I say, the month or so without rain made me very uneasy. It was obvious that it was going to rain at some point and the longer it didn't rain meant the inevitable miserable endless deluge we always got at some point during spring/summer would come, and the longer the dry spell went on the more likely it would be to affect the Festival. If it rains solidly for two weeks now there will still be time for it to dry out and be fine.

Well you're going to get your wish today by the looks of it...

 

https://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Pilton~7292387/

 

[The Field]

looking miserable, struggling to see the fence at the back! Get the miserable weather out of the way now in preparation for a sunny Glastonbury  

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Just now, Stretlow said:

Well you're going to get your wish today by the looks of it...

 

https://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Pilton~7292387/

 

Well I'm of the flat-earthist, completely irrational and illogical mindset that there is only so much rain to fall out of the sky and the more of it that falls when it's not Glastonbury, the better 

[geoffboycott]

Yep, p1ssed it down all night and again this morning, wall to wall grey in Somerset today.  Mind you, it's good for my grass.