Glastocam!

[jow95]

Wormhole looking v interesting on the webcam

[Losing my hair]

9 minutes ago, jow95 said:

Wormhole looking v interesting on the webcam

Are we sure that's The Wormhole? On the map it seems to be further up the hill.

[Yeo-vile idiot]

In previous years some of the cleverer folk in here have posted how to view archive images of the webcam by changing the times on a link to the cam site . I’ve tried to do it but . It doesn’t seem to work anymore . Any ideas  folks. 

Edited May 6, 2019 by Yeo-vile idiot

[Dave_c]

It's it just me or does the build seem to be quite a bit behind where it normally is by this time? It's not real until the fence is going up!

[incident]

7 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

It's it just me or does the build seem to be quite a bit behind where it normally is by this time? It's not real until the fence is going up!

It's just over 7 weeks until gates open. This is normally when the build approximately starts - if anything, they're ahead.

[Dukeicon]

37 minutes ago, Yeo-vile idiot said:

In previous years some of the cleverer folk in here have posted how to view archive images of the webcam by changing the times on a link to the cam site . I’ve tried to do it but . It doesn’t seem to work anymore . Any ideas  folks. 

Check out this post it explains what to do

 

[Dukeicon]

22 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

It's it just me or does the build seem to be quite a bit behind where it normally is by this time? It's not real until the fence is going up!

If anything they are at about the same. The Park stage was partially up in 2017 but nothing of The Other Stage was up, so swings and roundabouts. I think there has been a fair amount going on off camera and probably a lot more things to check that have been dormant for 2 years.

2017

 

2019

[fatyeti24]

On 5/5/2019 at 12:36 PM, pilton digger said:

minor point Woffy, the webcam is restircted in angle because of it potentially overlooking peoples houses.  Your mates drone won't be and that may cause some angst if it is seen, which it will be. 

This is something that surely is only a matter of concern between Mr Eavis and his neighbours though.  Most of our houses are viewable on Google Earth, and there's apparently nothing I can do about the people who regularly come and take photos of my home. Likewise, there's not much my neighbours can do about being caught in the background of my CCTV.

If I had a drone I wouldn't be overly concerned in this instance.

[Madyaker]

56 minutes ago, Dave_c said:

It's it just me or does the build seem to be quite a bit behind where it normally is by this time? It's not real until the fence is going up!

People say this every year!

[Yeo-vile idiot]

1 hour ago, Dukeicon said:

Check out this post it explains what to do

 

Cheers matey I’ll try again tomorrow . Is it just a case of changing the once you input the time date you want is it just a case of changing the X to cam number that works ? 

[Dukeicon]

1 minute ago, Yeo-vile idiot said:

Cheers matey I’ll try again tomorrow . Is it just a case of changing the once you input the time date you want is it just a case of changing the X to cam number that works ? 

Pretty much yeh! Or can just change the X to 1, if that doesn't work, go to 2, then 3, etc upto 5.

[Dukeicon]

Looks like The Park stage is starting to go up.
Other Stage continuing to go up.
Digger up by the toilets at the top of park / next to Glastonbury-on-Sea.
Arcadia ground works continuing.
Greepeace Field works continuing.

[rubick]

This thread turns us all into the World's Greatest Site Managers.

[mario man]

38 minutes ago, Dukeicon said:

Looks like The Park stage is starting to go up.
Other Stage continuing to go up.
Digger up by the toilets at the top of park / next to Glastonbury-on-Sea.
Arcadia ground works continuing.
Greepeace Field works continuing.

Also working on the BBC studio or the Tree Cafe by the big Oak at the top of the Park? 

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

22 minutes ago, rubick said:

This thread turns us all into the World's Greatest Site Managers.

If the build was being carried out by the majority of main contractors that I work with, the festival wouldn't be ready until December. And it'd be £2m over budget.

[Dukeicon]

4 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

If the build was being carried out by the majority of main contractors that I work with, the festival wouldn't be ready until December. And it'd be £2m over budget.

December which year? ?

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

1 minute ago, Dukeicon said:

December which year? ?

Can't say. But definitely December.

[shuttlep]

12 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

If the build was being carried out by the majority of main contractors that I work with, the festival wouldn't be ready until December. And it'd be £2m over budget.

I work in the Rail industry and £2m over budget would be seen as a win

[Glasto8]

8 minutes ago, shuttlep said:

I work in the Rail industry and £2m over budget would be seen as a win

Same - we’re currently £5m over and due to finish in December 

[dotdash79]

Generators are being delivered, one by the other stage. More on trucks. 

[stuartbert two hats]

25 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

Generators are being delivered, one by the other stage. More on trucks. 

Does anyone know how most of the site is powered?  Is it all by generators, or are any of the stages hooked up to the grid?

[JoeyT]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Does anyone know how most of the site is powered?  Is it all by generators, or are any of the stages hooked up to the grid?

Generators I believe.

A friend of mine as part of his university course (and an easy way of getting a ticket) was monitoring the output / efficiency of certain stages' generators in 2017.

 

[dotdash79]

2 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Does anyone know how most of the site is powered?  Is it all by generators, or are any of the stages hooked up to the grid?

I was wondering this as well, I know it cost a lot to dig and lay cable but most of that cost is to do with traffic management which won’t be required for the farm. 

I would expect the payback on the cost of the fuel for the generators would make this more viable. 

[incident]

Would the capacity of the (you'd assume, fairly basic) electricity grid in the local area be a limiting factor?

For example I know that with water, the local infrastructure can't cope with the extra peak demand that comes at festival time and hence the festival has needed to build a dedicted reservoir on site (maybe 2 of them?).

[dotdash79]

Might be also you would still need generators as a backup in case of power cut. unless you build a UPS which would be expensive and only in use for a few weeks a year ( the batteries would need replacing every 3 years as well).