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Keithy

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22 minutes ago, arcade fireman said:

This is worse than '07 and '05 for me. Those years still had a good day or two. This has just been relentless from the off, then enough sun to bake the mud so it turns into clay. And then more rain again. It's having a massive toll on my enjoyment TBH, not gonna lie. 

I think my brain has erased any memory of sun from 07. I was sure it just pissed down the whole time?! 

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2 minutes ago, nikkic said:

I think my brain has erased any memory of sun from 07. I was sure it just pissed down the whole time?! 

Worse than '07 is a bold statement. Don't remember ANY good days that year either  just an hour or two. 

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5 minutes ago, Craigston said:

Worse than '07 is a bold statement. Don't remember ANY good days that year either  just an hour or two. 

That's what I thought. Sun looked glorious yesterday during Foals, there was certainly none of that in 07. 

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26 minutes ago, Craigston said:

Worse than '07 is a bold statement. Don't remember ANY good days that year either  just an hour or two. 

'07 wasn't this muddy from the off. Conditions underfoot worse IMO.

The sun is nice but at this stage it becomes a mixed blessing - causes the ground to turn to clay a lot quicker, makes walking a lot more of a task than just walking through liquid mud and massively slows down foot traffic between stages as a result. Oh well, not like we can control any of this...

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4 minutes ago, arcade fireman said:

'07 wasn't this muddy from the off. Conditions underfoot worse IMO.

The sun is nice but at this stage it becomes a mixed blessing - causes the ground to turn to clay a lot quicker, makes walking a lot more of a task than just walking through liquid mud and massively slows down foot traffic between stages as a result. Oh well, not like we can control any of this...

Sounds a nightmare. I read somewhere that its unusual to have such heavy rain in run up to Glasto which I guess has made it difficult going underfoot. Hope you make the best of it. Your calves must be killing  

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14 minutes ago, arcade fireman said:

'07 wasn't this muddy from the off. Conditions underfoot worse IMO.

The sun is nice but at this stage it becomes a mixed blessing - causes the ground to turn to clay a lot quicker, makes walking a lot more of a task than just walking through liquid mud and massively slows down foot traffic between stages as a result. Oh well, not like we can control any of this...

Very true. Hope you're enjoying yourself whatever the weather! 

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07 just got worse as the festival continued.

I seem to remember a lot of people seem to give up watching bands on the Sunday .

I made the effort to walk from Big Ground to Other Stage for Chemical Brothers and it was an effort getting there and back .  I know two nights I had to sleep in my walking boots as there was too much mud on em to take em off.

It pissed it down during The Chems and I just knew that the car parks were going to be a problem on the Monday.

I Just hope they get a decent Sunday so the car parks can dry out otherwise it is going to be horrendous , I know a mate got there early Wednesday into the East car parks ok ,  but is really worried about getting out on Monday !

 

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My memories of 07 are that it rained almost continually the whole festival which meant ground conditions got continually  worse and some of the market areas were impassable.  Plus it made watching bands horrible.  Yes it's muddy underfoot this year but the actual weather isn't so bad. Could sit down at the back of the Pyramid yesterday (on a survival blanket). Wouldn't have wanted to do that in 2007. Had to take a big detour back from Arcadia  last night though as mud on one of the metal walkways had gone super sticky and people were getting stuck.

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Thanks both. I'm a local thinking of going on site tomorrow and was hoping to get away with my DMs. Don't care what state they (or my trousers) get into as I'll be heading home to a hot shower before bed. But I really hate walking for hours in wellies!

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