Weather 2016

[acidstorm523]

This year didn't start too well with people being towed onsite! Just really felt relentless ..I don't mind mud usually! All part of the fun. Having the worry in the back of your mind of how you will get out...dont know why I'm so affected, I love Glastonbury whatever the conditions usually...

[GlastoSimon]

2013 and 2015 were quite nice years, 2014 slight struggle on Friday and Saturday but not too bad at all. I get the impression that this year has been quite a bit worse than that, aside from Saturday there hasn't been much respite.

[waterfalls212434]

I'd say the organisation hasn't helped this year, not much sawdust/chippings being put down away from the main stages which is surprising given state of the ground...wonder if any reason for this did they use them all by other stage before James! Lol ...and what's this about improved drainage over last few years? Seen pleanty of pools of standing water/watery mud around and it hasnt rained 'that' hard tbh

 

[waterfalls212434]

The people as well, seen a couple of fights which is v.unusual. And the traffic control stewards seem.ineffectice, keep being pushed off paths into deep mud by a crowd off people all going on way not leaving any room.for the other direction forgetting it's meant to be a 2 way path. Came.close to flaring up.at someone.earlier and that's v rare....definitely wouldnt do this again.

 

[Spindles]

Only been drizzle in the end, fingers crossed it continues to stay better than it looked 

[pie_and_a_pint]

Hopefully so. It's actually quite mild but not too humid,,so hopefully the rain is over.

[kalifire]

How's the weather holding up? It looks pretty threatening on the webcam but that may be just dawn.

[FloorFiller]

6 minutes ago, kalifire said:

How's the weather holding up? It looks pretty threatening on the webcam but that may be just dawn.

Bit of rain earlier but nothing too bad. I've managed to avoid most of it by coinsidence - being in a tent for Bat for Lashes when it started pissing it down earlier etc

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Stopped now...apparently nice day ahead.

Not leaving until tomorrow, going to sot it out with a few beers and a bbq.

Considering the site is so desteoyed, it didnt actually rain that much over the event itself

[General Lee]

Yep. Stewards in West 55 would help. Not movement at all yet. I'm hoping to be back in the midlands for the football that starts in 12 hours time

[stuartbert two hats]

I can't say why, but I've never been so unbothered by the mud. The only time I fell over was almost deliberate, I was pulling such reckless shapes at Arcadia. I wore a white jacket all night on Friday and didn't get and mud on it. The springy ground kept my feet going all through the festival.

Plus I only got rained on once and thanks to new raincoat and umbrella hat.

I enjoyed myself. Ok, getting my boots on and off was a bit of a ball ache, but due to sage advice from this forum, I had contingency plans for needing a wee in the night.

It was good!

Edited June 27, 2016 by stuartbert two hats

[devonhammer]

In review, I think the forecasts where reasonable and the weather itself wasn't bad at all. What we need to remember for future years is that rain in the weeks before the festival will lead to muddy conditions no matter how dry the Spring.

Anyway, had a great time and looking forward to 2017.

[Glasto Weatherwatch]

We were actually pretty lucky with the weather in an odd way, barely rained during the day times and we narrowly missed some really heavy daytime bursts by a few miles. 

If we'd missed the Friday and Saturday am showers as well it would have recovered in a lot of areas.

Not sure what Eavis is on saying this is the worst year for mud. Nowhere close to 1997, 1998 or 2007. 

[TheNewUnion]

Wrong type of mud perhaps? Barely passable in places due to the mud being so sticky. 

[autoinflate]

Yeah, there has been more mud and rain in other years, but this year was about the worst stodgy mud I can remember. It was similar in 97 I think when it dried out on the Saturday, with huge effort required to get anywhere.

Certainly the worst chaos this year in the car parks and campervan fields.

One of the tractor boys told us that they had logistics problems with the metal tracks - not enough was delivered and not enough machines for laying it, leading to churning and access problems around the car parks / CV.

 

[Messy]

Sunday was the only really hard day, proper knackering. Didn't really mind apart from that, some lovely sunny bits and barely got rained on.

 

[Yokel Again]

This year was tiring as there was mud / bog from getting in right up until getting out. Other years it's been OK for one of the other, even in 2007. 

The rain over the actual 5 days was fairly OK really. Shame the site was ruined and water table up before we even all got there. 

 

Oh well! 

[The Nal]

Weather was fine. Didnt get rained on. Put the poncho on for 2 minutes at Rokia Traore. Who was great. 

Mud is mud. Being Glasto and all. No problem. 

[stuartbert two hats]

8 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Weather was fine. Didnt get rained on. Put the poncho on for 2 minutes at Rokia Traore. Who was great. 

Mud is mud. Being Glasto and all. No problem. 

This

[rubenz]

I only fell over once at around 3am once the composters in South Park, not many people witnessed it but it was quite a spectacular dive into the mud!

[Peroni]

Got stuck in the mud bad at Avalon inn... Going over the bridge against the tide of people trying to use that field as a cut through to the SE corner... 

I remember a girl singing a song about wiggling your toes and taking care as mud was at sticky... As well as a lovely bloke who was willing me to lift my boots out by lifting my toes.

 

never had a fest before where it's been 100% wellies the entire time (been going since 09)

[The Nal]

Yeah the Avalon Inn is a great place to go for a drink if you fancy giving the rain a skip. Was in there for the rain showers on Friday. Lots of fun. Great bunch beside us too. 

[stuartbert two hats]

I enjoyed planting my boots deep into the mud and doing a hip shimmy. I could pull off moves that would normally have had me on my arse, especially after all the cider I'd consumed!

[djdavejohnson]

19 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I enjoyed planting my boots deep into the mud and doing a hip shimmy. I could pull off moves that would normally have had me on my arse, especially after all the cider I'd consumed!

Haha, the mud does have its benefits!

[The Nal]

36 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I enjoyed planting my boots deep into the mud and doing a hip shimmy. I could pull off moves that would normally have had me on my arse, especially after all the cider I'd consumed!

Haha yeah was stuck during Stayin Alive (jarred on wine) and was doing the same.