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57 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Thats them all the time. Fucking stealing a living. 

 

A lot of UK ATC Units are moving to Automated Met, i.e. letting a fucking computer do it instead. Just saying.

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Been on site today to setup our stall in the field of Avalon.

The site has had a lot of rain and is pretty choppy round the tracks where the tractors have chopped it up.

I toured the site and the higher ground is fine, sat down at the stone circle and did not get a wet arse.

Tuesday is the key for me.  If we can get dry weather for 36 hours till 9am Weds then the site will be ok and we will all be sitting down on the higher ground and the campsites will probably be ok.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Gaiters.

 

3 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I'm sticking with boots, will pick up some gaiters on Tuesday if it's looking grim. Wellies can go fuck themselves. 

 

1 minute ago, Kinkyinuit said:

If you have got boots and gaiters, that should see you through. The worst of the rain should pass by Tuesday so ground conditiona are expected to be quite bad Wednesday but by Friday it should be quite firm as long as there isn't a further pour from Wednesday!

Ok great gaiters it is then, I'll pick some up tomorrow. Excuse my ignorance but I've never even seen a pair of these before - are they suitable to wear with shorts? Would I still get a 'booty' if the water was above ankle height? 

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14 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Later than usual because that Matt bloke lost his crack pipe.

Ha ! Found it. Dare I say it doesn't look too bad ?

 

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12 minutes ago, spuggy said:

Been on site today to setup our stall in the field of Avalon.

The site has had a lot of rain and is pretty choppy round the tracks where the tractors have chopped it up.

I toured the site and the higher ground is fine, sat down at the stone circle and did not get a wet arse.

Tuesday is the key for me.  If we can get dry weather for 36 hours till 9am Weds then the site will be ok and we will all be sitting down on the higher ground and the campsites will probably be ok.

 

 

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Gah. Bloody vehicle tracks. We need some kind of hover-tractors :)

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2 minutes ago, Kinkyinuit said:

Doesn't look that bad though.  Nothing that a dry Tuesday won't fix!

No, it actually looks much better than I was expecting, although I'm arriving tomorrow during or just after a full day of rain, so am slightly dreading the muddy trek from car to campsite.

Am very much looking forward to a sunny Tuesday bimble though. Will tread lightly so as not to churn up any more ground :D

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2 minutes ago, Kinkyinuit said:

Doesn't look that bad though.  Nothing that a dry Tuesday won't fix!

aye looks far better than i expected. just fingers crossed it doesn't get any worse (although if it survived that flash flood i feel like it can survive whatever else is thrown it's way)

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16 minutes ago, djdavejohnson said:

 

 

Ok great gaiters it is then, I'll pick some up tomorrow. Excuse my ignorance but I've never even seen a pair of these before - are they suitable to wear with shorts? Would I still get a 'booty' if the water was above ankle height? 

Try and find a pair of Berghaus Yeti gaiters - they fit over your boots (so get the right size gaiters) and they keep everything out, unless it can crawl up your leg and hop over the top of the gaiter.  But even then there's a cord for keeping it tight at the top.  Fleabay might have some going cheap.

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1 hour ago, The Nal said:

Thats them all the time. Fucking stealing a living. 

Curb is coming back by the way.

Juggling probabilities, guessing, making shit up all day, It eventually takes its toll on them- this is how Michael Fish now spends his days:

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4 minutes ago, Chazwozza said:

Try and find a pair of Berghaus Yeti gaiters - they fit over your boots (so get the right size gaiters) and they keep everything out, unless it can crawl up your leg and hop over the top of the gaiter.  But even then there's a cord for keeping it tight at the top.  Fleabay might have some going cheap.

Awesome thanks I'll have a look and see what I can sort out :)

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