Weather 2016

[waterfalls212434]

1 minute ago, rpfranks said:

Unless mud goes dry and you try pick that off your leg hairs. Ouch 

Just wipe it off with a baby wipe....no probs 

[Spindles]

Just now, eFestivals said:

so .... anyway wanna suggest it won't be the worst one since 2007 (and perhaps worse than 2007)....?

Accept it and live with it, and enjoy the festival anyway.

 

Worst since, not worse than.

[slipmatt]

2 minutes ago, waterfalls212434 said:

Ankle high walking boots are fine for mud in fact better, better grip, no chance of being sucked off if laced up well, comfier. I've never taken wellys yet and got on fine even with the mud of 2014. Wellys are meant for bad weather yes but not exactly comfy for walking miles and you do pleanty of that at glastonbury! I always wear shorts as well. Legs can be wiped off easier then trousers 

I hear ya - in fact I'm using a hybrid this year (gotta some rigger boots). Walking boots are a good call - if, and it's a big if, it turns out like 2007 (which I'm sure it won't) you might make a quick trip to the camping shop

 

lost my my walking boots a few years ago - gutted as loved them

[rpfranks]

To be fair @Padgey those photos are all in areas of heavy usage - remember the campsites will mostly be untouched over the last few weeks so most people will be ok setting up, unless you decide to camp on the edge of a path. 

I've been told they're going around with bark and hay today so try and counter the most problematic pathways. 

[fightoffyour]

30 minutes ago, Martin Ashford said:

I also watched Carol. I do every morning but not necessarily for the weather..........

And not necessarily on TV?

[JoeyT]

if you let the weather / mud bother you then you'll have a worst festival for it.

whatever your chosen weapon is be that wellies / walking boots / canoe will be fine in the terrain.

the only things you need to worry about is making sure you have a full drink and don't run out of whatever else your poison is

chin up folks. this time in 48 hours most of us will be in touching distance of our favourite place on earth. lap it up, enjoy it but DON'T let the weather have an affect on your experience.

 

[Padgey]

1 minute ago, rpfranks said:

To be fair @Padgey those photos are all in areas of heavy usage - remember the campsites will mostly be untouched over the last few weeks so most people will be ok setting up, unless you decide to camp on the edge of a path. 

I've been told they're going around with bark and hay today so try and counter the most problematic pathways. 

You're right @rpfranks, to be honest after I posted them I didn't want people to think I was being downbeat or anything but more giving people a heads up.  The camping areas are good, at least the tent pegs will fly in.  We've got 3 days for the stage areas to dry out.

[fightoffyour]

10 minutes ago, waterfalls212434 said:

Ankle high walking boots are fine for mud in fact better, better grip, no chance of being sucked off if laced up well, comfier. I've never taken wellys yet and got on fine even with the mud of 2014. Wellys are meant for bad weather yes but not exactly comfy for walking miles and you do pleanty of that at glastonbury! I always wear shorts as well. Legs can be wiped off easier then trousers 

So what you're saying is, if we wear wellies, there is at least a small chance of being sucked off?

[waterfalls212434]

These people think we can't tell these photos are simply the high trafficked areas(as if we can't see the tyre tracks) or don't realise that Glastonbury will be using coverings to try and soak up most of this before Wednesday, I highly doubt the entire site is like this and I think some people here are simply trying to get attention by making people panic by posting apolytoc photos without context

[hfuhruhurr]

13 minutes ago, waterfalls212434 said:

no chance of being sucked off if laced up well

wellies it is then!

[The Nal]

Taken this morning.

 

Edited June 20, 2016 by The Nal

[Spindles]

I'd agree with all @Nobody Interesting says, with the proviso that we're probably due a storm Saturday.  

[jparx]

This place is getting a bit depressing for me. I might have to step away for a bit  

I remember one year at Y-Not, the site was flooded but it was coupled with temperatures that dropped to something 5 or 6 degrees at night. The site is near the highest spot in England and it was windy as hell. We foolishly took a gazebo and we spent about 2 hours holding it down so it wouldn't blow away. Not to mention there was barely any indoor areas so we ended up sat in our tent for a chunk of the festival. 

And you know what? It was great. We had an amazing time. The weather was much shitter than it'll be this week and the festival is not a patch on Glastonbury. So I'm confident it'll be an incredible regardless of how '2007' the weather is. Either way, I'll be belting out All My Friends on Sunday night.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Spindles said:

I'd agree with all @Nobody Interesting says, with the proviso that we're probably due a storm Saturday.  

+ 1

 

Except downgrade your 'probably' to 'potentially'

[kaytee...]

2 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

No surprise to see the mood has taken a turn for the worst.

I have looked at the TV forecasts and more importantly listened to the words bei g said.

I then looked at yr.no (it is due to update again shortly), met office and BBC as well as a council site I have access to.

The chances of showers/rain are being very over played and rather than anything being  a foregone conclusion I read it as:

Tuesday night into Weds: A 50% chance of some but not much light rain/drizzle

Weds: Mostly dry but cloudy with a small, less that 5%, chance of a shower in the afternoon

Thursday: Sunny with again a very small chance of an afternoon shower

Friday: The day that was looking most likely for some showers now looking mostly dry

Saturday and Sunday: Still dry warm and sunny

So not  a disaster but the rain now is not good as it needs 36/48 hours to soak away.

Expect horrible photos of the entrances as 200,000 pairs of feet walk through but once on site it will not be as bad as most I think expect.

Keep the faith.

Bit of positivity there, I like it! 

A day at Glastonbury whatever the weather is always better than being stuck in work.

 

[wonker]

My fiancée is disabled and she can walk but her left leg isn't good in the mud

I have a feeling that this is going to be a difficult year... 

Edited June 20, 2016 by wonker

[Sack truck]

It's been raining through the night so site looks wet, well I never!

Dry between 3pm and opening time I'm sure it is going to look much much better 

[st dan]

I wasn't fortunate enough to get tickets this year, and I would do anything to be there, even if it means picking dried mud out of my leg hairs and sleeping in the puddles in a muddy tent! 

So yeah - there may be some mud and rain - but you could always be worse (like me) and not be going at all! 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Sack truck said:

It's been raining through the night so site looks wet, well I never!

Awful, terrifying scenes of a photo of a puddle where I'm due to watch a band in 5 days time.

[JoBalls]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britain-bask-30c-heatwave-eu-8234389

I'm not sure where they have got this info from as nowhere else seems to be forecasting this...

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

Snowboots yep, poncho yep, it's raining cats & dogs here so I think I will be investing in a golf brolly as well. Never really had a proper wet one before besides the odd day. I'm hoping the southern weather isn't as hardcore as it is up here. Nothing that a shed load of alcohol won't fix tho, fck it - bring it on!

[CaledonianGonzo]

The warm air coming up from the continent that that Mirror article talks about has been widely reported elsewhere.

What remains to be seen is whether the possible storms stay in the east of the country (Kent / Essex / Norwich) as first predicted, or whether they come further westwards.

If they do, we're goosed.

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 minutes ago, wonker said:

My fiancée is disabled and she can walk but her left leg isn't good in the mud

I have a feeling that this is going to be a difficult year... 

Just need lots of prep, I'm afraid - good walking sticks, that sort of thing - and avail yourself of the disabled facilities at the stages.

[Spindles]

Just now, wonker said:

My fiancée is disabled and she can walk but her left leg isn't good in the mud

I have feeling that this is going to be a difficult year... 

Take something to rest on (camping chair, coolbox or similar) and try and avoid the worst parts of the site til it mostly dries up.  The site is a valley with a slight tip from West down to East along with North and South walls, central and eastern low points are the last places to dry up, heavy travelled paths up and down hills that don't have trackway are the thickest mud that's hard to travel.  The corner by Glade/Leftfield and the toilets the other end are about the last places on site to ever have any standing water.

Best of luck.

[General Lee]

I think I'm staying away from this and 'the state of the ground' thread for the rest of the day. Proper miserable stuff on here. It will look better by tomorrow evening, a couple of dry days (hopefully!) and it will be fine.