Crazyfool01 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 11 minutes ago, Skoo said: I did both 2007 and 2016. I found 2016 way worse. 2007 was certainly a wet year but I coped well with it. It wasn't a fucking nightmare trying to walk anywhere. 2016 was dryer, but the mud was sticky - you couldn't just power walk through it, it would come up nearly to your knees either side of the metal trackways. Some food stands were completely inaccessible. I found it a massive pain in the arse. will second this , it started hard work getting in from the car park .... and stayed like that through the entire festival ... perhaps the newly installed drainage has a good effect for taking the surface water away and leaving the sticky mud behind ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jugtanion Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 16 minutes ago, Skoo said: I did both 2007 and 2016. I found 2016 way worse. 2007 was certainly a wet year but I coped well with it. It wasn't a fucking nightmare trying to walk anywhere. 2016 was dryer, but the mud was sticky - you couldn't just power walk through it, it would come up nearly to your knees either side of the metal trackways. Some food stands were completely inaccessible. I found it a massive pain in the arse. Last year's conditions meant i missed about 1/3 of what was on my itinerary (just as I had learned not to overload the itinerary, even a spread out schedule was impossible). Damn you mud. Only funny bit was sliding down the hill in The Park after Mik Artistik at the rabbit hole on fri afternoon, other than that it sucked balls. Rain falling during the festival, if it needs to at all, is fine as long as there's some respite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoo Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Same here, I missed so much bloody stuff. My boyfriend's toe nail fell off. It still hasn't grown back. 2016 for me can be written off completely - shit year all round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple aki squat Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Skoo said: I did both 2007 and 2016. I found 2016 way worse. 2007 was certainly a wet year but I coped well with it. It wasn't a fucking nightmare trying to walk anywhere. 2016 was dryer, but the mud was sticky - you couldn't just power walk through it, it would come up nearly to your knees either side of the metal trackways. Some food stands were completely inaccessible. I found it a massive pain in the arse. 1998 takes the award from my memory, fucking ridiculous knee high sludge in the bar by the pyramid. We had the smallest shittest tent that we put between other and dance tent. It was just floating on mud from Friday afternoon. Every time the dance tent kicked off the tent just wobbled around due to the loudness of the bass. Check foo fighters on you tube on the Friday night, never seen rain like that before or since. Edited March 12, 2017 by Purple aki squat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Nobby Burton Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 25 minutes ago, Skoo said: I did both 2007 and 2016. I found 2016 way worse. 2007 was certainly a wet year but I coped well with it. It wasn't a fucking nightmare trying to walk anywhere. 2016 was dryer, but the mud was sticky - you couldn't just power walk through it, it would come up nearly to your knees either side of the metal trackways. Some food stands were completely inaccessible. I found it a massive pain in the arse. I think this is what I have been trying to say all along, due to the weather leading up to last year the mud during was just the worst kind of mud, it seemed to stay in a perpetual sticky state, the weather leading up to it had completely waterlogged the ground but during the festival it actually didn't rain enough, when it did rain it made the mud a little bit easier to navigate, but then it would stop and the mud would turn into a sticky mess, but before it could dry beyond that awful sticky stage it rained again just enough to set it back again so it always remained a horrible sticky bog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretlow Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Matt42 said: I actually found the mud last year fucking hillarious I still maintain it was overblown, other than the Saturday night around the entrance to the S.E corner I had no problem getting anywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perks Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Matt42 said: I actually found the mud last year fucking hillarious I laughed so much last year, me pal reckons it was his funniest year. It was hard, but you gotta laugh. On the Sunday night, up by the healing fields I got stuck, proper stuck in the mud, me pal was ahead of me, he couldn't stop laughing or get back to help. Some dude grabbed my hand, but I was laughing so much, he started laughing, he just couldn't free me, this went on for more than 5 minutes. It was so funny. Some girl told me pal off, she said is that your friend there. You should be helping her not laughing. That made it worse. Even now as I write this I'm laughing picturing the calamity that was happening. The random dude eventually got me out. Top dude. We were all still laughing as I thanked him and trundled on. 10 minutes ago, Stretlow said: I still maintain it was overblown, other than the Saturday night around the entrance to the S.E corner I had no problem getting anywhere It was mad round greenfields. I didn't get to SE corner, so don't know what it was like there, but everywhere else I went was well muddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLittleFish Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Matt42 said: I actually found the mud last year fucking hillarious Me too. Although I remember Macca singing that it's "never going to rain again" during Hey Jude in 2004. The old buffoon was lying to us. I bet Brexit was his fault too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash011 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 The mud was fucking nothing and you're all a bunch of pansies, to be honest. Course I would've rather it not be there but with a good pair of wellies on it was easy to ignore. Much rather have water on the ground and sun in the air than it raining on me the whole time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Just now, Mash011 said: The mud was fucking nothing and you're all a bunch of pansies, to be honest. Course I would've rather it not be there but with a good pair of wellies on it was easy to ignore. Much rather have water on the ground and sun in the air than it raining on me the whole time. Word. I feel a poll coming on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparx Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Mud wasn't a problem for me and my friends either. Sure, it's not the sort of conditions I would choose, but we had a much better overall festival than the previous year when the weather was nicer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 22 minutes ago, Perks said: I laughed so much last year, me pal reckons it was his funniest year. It was hard, but you gotta laugh. On the Sunday night, up by the healing fields I got stuck, proper stuck in the mud, me pal was ahead of me, he couldn't stop laughing or get back to help. Some dude grabbed my hand, but I was laughing so much, he started laughing, he just couldn't free me, this went on for more than 5 minutes. It was so funny. Some girl told me pal off, she said is that your friend there. You should be helping her not laughing. That made it worse. Even now as I write this I'm laughing picturing the calamity that was happening. The random dude eventually got me out. Top dude. We were all still laughing as I thanked him and trundled on. It was mad round greenfields. I didn't get to SE corner, so don't know what it was like there, but everywhere else I went was well muddy. We saw similar at like 2am Fri night/Sat morning at the pizza/pasta stall just outside the entrance to the Park. A really short guy's wellies had got stuck in the mud and he couldn't keep his balance and just kept falling over and falling out of his wellies. Every time he put his feet back in it'd happen again. He looked identical to the resident really really weird drunk at my local which made it all the more hilarious to us. People were trying to help him and just falling over themselves/knocking him over even more. Typing it out it really doesn't sound that funny but in person, absolutely hammered, it was wonderful entertainment (the guy falling over was laughing just as much as everyone else, which makes me feel a bit better about being entertained by it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLittleFish Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 I lost just under a stone at Glasto last year. We could fight the obesity crisis in Britain today by tearing up all the pavements and replacing it with Glasto mud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woffy Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Will-2609 said: We saw similar at like 2am Fri night/Sat morning at the pizza/pasta stall just outside the entrance to the Park. A really short guy's wellies had got stuck in the mud and he couldn't keep his balance and just kept falling over and falling out of his wellies. Every time he put his feet back in it'd happen again. He looked identical to the resident really really weird drunk at my local which made it all the more hilarious to us. People were trying to help him and just falling over themselves/knocking him over even more. Typing it out it really doesn't sound that funny but in person, absolutely hammered, it was wonderful entertainment (the guy falling over was laughing just as much as everyone else, which makes me feel a bit better about being entertained by it). Personally I hope it's pretty sunny, just on the off chance Couchy is wandering round with his top off getting people to draw on him, so I can write 'c**t' again on his back without the floppy haired div actually realising who I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, Woffy said: Personally I hope it's pretty sunny, just on the off chance Couchy is wandering round with his top off getting people to draw on him, so I can write 'c**t' again on his back without the floppy haired div actually realising who I am. Did he really not realise? I met Couchy last year (with a bonus LondonTom thrown in). Exactly as I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 4 hours ago, JoeyT said: Just followed everyone else 1:41 of pure hell Was that North London by any chance? I ran that one this morning too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woffy Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Was that North London by any chance? I ran that one this morning too. I still reckon it was virtual, like some sort of PS4 Daley Thompson's Decathlon. I'm certain he was tweeting at the time. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBalls Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 So in half an hour it will be March 13th. 100 days until the festival. And according to Emily the lineup will be with us within the next 18 days. Exciting times ahead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted March 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 20 minutes ago, JoBalls said: So in half an hour it will be March 13th. 100 days until the festival. And according to Emily the lineup will be with us within the next 18 days. Exciting times ahead! Also, I will be 50. Half of 100 so, you do the maths, it's definitely on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlibertinedream Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 5 hours ago, Skoo said: I did both 2007 and 2016. I found 2016 way worse. 2007 was certainly a wet year but I coped well with it. It wasn't a fucking nightmare trying to walk anywhere. 2016 was dryer, but the mud was sticky - you couldn't just power walk through it, it would come up nearly to your knees either side of the metal trackways. Some food stands were completely inaccessible. I found it a massive pain in the arse. 2007 in my opinion was far worse!! Was constant from the Friday morning, if you think 2016 was worse then it just means you are going soft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasperella Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Funny as the 2016 mud was in parts, it did get a bit old by the wee hours of Sunday morning....but I would probably take that again over all my clothes and everything being wet after five days of rain, and thus being unable to get warm for five days. Being cold always makes me mega grumpy. Saying that though, I do think Glastonbury has a nice selection of places where one can chill despite the mud. At Global Gathering's 2007 mud bath that definitely wasn't a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 7 hours ago, Gnomicide said: Also, I will be 50. Half of 100 so, you do the maths, it's definitely on. Happy big 5-0 Gnom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 7 hours ago, Gnomicide said: Also, I will be 50. Half of 100 so, you do the maths, it's definitely on. Happy Birthday fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osama Jim Laden Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 8 hours ago, Gnomicide said: Also, I will be 50. Half of 100 so, you do the maths, it's definitely on. Happy birthday old bean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyT Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 10 hours ago, Hugh Jass said: Was that North London by any chance? I ran that one this morning too. It was the Bath Half my friend. The lower half of my body isn't taking to me today... sweet jesus I'm in pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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