Glastocam!

[actionstations]

I was looking at webcam images from this time in 2017, and by that point the ribbon tower was almost half-built... but then I remembered that the festival was 5 days earlier that year than this year... so we can expect some ribbon tower construction in the next week!

Fri 21st April 2017

Wed 26th April 2017

[andymk]

45 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

Looks like they are starting to build the longdrops. Loads of early action on site

Yes, the ones on the other side of the Pyramid field (far left of webcam shot) were put up yesterday

[dotdash79]

Ahh yes they are they are sneaky

 

also just spotted a jcb in the what I think is the woods area. 

 

 

[cb4747]

Can anyone let me know if a lovely GIF/Video has been created of the festival in the making from march - june? 

[stuartbert two hats]

18 minutes ago, cb4747 said:

Can anyone let me know if a lovely GIF/Video has been created of the festival in the making from march - june? 

Something like this?

 

[cb4747]

38 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Something like this?

 

incredible thank you

[shoptildrop]

Lots of action going on in the Greenpeace field

[dccool]

Amazing!

[drunk pumpkin]

48 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Something like this?

 

good share that!

[Ayrshire Chris]

3 hours ago, dotdash79 said:

Looks like they are starting to build the longdrops. Loads of early action on site

I hope the doors still clang shut with that iconic noise that’s so part of the festival! 

[duke88]

2 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Something like this?

 

You can see just how bad the weather was in the run-up to the festival in that!

[watsonjm]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

I hope the doors still clang shut with that iconic noise that’s so part of the festival! 

Didn't someone turn this into a text alert tone after the 2017 festival?

[Ayrshire Chris]

3 minutes ago, watsonjm said:

Didn't someone turn this into a text alert tone after the 2017 festival?

I think you are right, remember that being posted here. 

[Gnomicide]

3 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Something like this?

 

Equally excitement inducing and terrifying at the same time. Some of that rain :0 Love watching the fance appear like a giant snake and the smaller tents seemingly pop up.

[Hawros]

3 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Something like this?

 

It really is incredible - one of the wonders of our time.

In a time-lapse like this, it reminds of the stat you hear around 'If the whole of existence was a day, humans would appear at around 2 seconds to midnight'.

Seeing the activity flare up for 5 days, after months of prep, is quite humbling.

[deebeedoobee]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

I think you are right, remember that being posted here. 

Yes was me. It’s my text alert. So the long drops are indeed being put up and as I went to take a photo of one , some went into it. Emergency stop maybe?

[kalifire]

4 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Something like this?

 

Amazing to see that at this point in the 2019 Pyramid development, the 2016 Park stage was up, the fence was going good guns and work on the Other had begun. They've put up our Lady Pyramid early this year.

[Crazyfool01]

10 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

Yes was me. It’s my text alert. So the long drops are indeed being put up and as I went to take a photo of one , some went into it. Emergency stop maybe?

They were testing the doors to check they made the correct sound 

[Ayrshire Chris]

12 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

Yes was me. It’s my text alert. So the long drops are indeed being put up and as I went to take a photo of one , some went into it. Emergency stop maybe?

Cheers, don’t know if I imagined it but last year taking a walk over the site I am sure I detected a slight whiff of that distinctive disinfectant they use as we walked passed the hitchin hill covered over drops!  Brought back some memories! 

That bottom photo looks slightly creepy, taking the photo of long drops from behind a thorn bush!!

Edited April 26, 2019 by Ayrshire Chris

[deebeedoobee]

4 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Cheers, don’t know if I imagined it but last year taking a walk over the site I am sure I detected a slight whiff of that distinctive disinfectant they use as we walked passed the hitchin hill covered over drops!  Brought back some memories! 

That bottom photo looks slightly creepy, taking the photo of long drops from behind a thorn bush!!

The long drops are surprisingly clean over the winter. All washed out and no noticeable smell that I could detect.

 Ha ha ... I wasn’t sat in a bush. I was walking on the road that runs parallel to the farm track   (which is really busy ),  by the farm house. There is a row of thorn bushes there.

[Fishman]

1 hour ago, deebeedoobee said:

I wasn’t sat in a bush. I was walking on the road that runs parallel to the farm track  by the farm house. There is a row of thorn bushes there.

"Your Honour"

[Ayrshire Chris]

Looking at the long drop pictures I couldn’t think what was missing. Then I realised what isn’t there is rows of wellies and shoes partially obscured by dropped shorts! 

[MJP]

The camera’s tripping on acid again.

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

Heras fence by the Pyramid must have blown down in the wind. 

[dccool]

Looking damn fine at the moment....