I don't think 2011 was really muddy but there were definitely downpours on the friday. I remember U2 being really wet and before that waiting for the Radiohead King of Limbs set in the Park and it being thoroughly miserable.
Think the rest was mixed showers and sun though and the ground was okay.
Agree with the comments re '97 & '98. Looking back on old photos, there was so much mud everywhere but it didn't seem to bother us too much, I guess youthful enthusiasm amongst other things.
I think it would finish me off now
98 was definitely worse than 2016. Biblical rain for 2 days. I remember you couldn't get in to one of the bars because it was waist-deep with standing water. 2016 was probably more of a slog though because the mud was so sticky.
2016 is the only muddy one i’ve done. Came by coach and it took hours getting on site but I don’t remember the festival being particularly ruined by it.
We spent a lot of the daytime in theatre and circus tents (because you could sit down) and saw a completely different side of the festival tha year.
oh and we were camped in Worthy View for the first time which gave a bit of a break from the mud at the end of the day…
97 was my first year and it was muddy, but I was much younger back then and still had a great time.
98 was far worse though IMO. We went from it being boiling hot on Wednesday afternoon to a total mud bath on Friday. We went home on Saturday as our stuff was ruined.
I didn’t go in 05 or 07, but 2016 was fine in comparison to 97 & 98.
Hoping for none of these conditions this year!
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