Deadendfriends8 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 The ideal situation for me is them beautiful light and fluffy clouds, little bit of rain to keep the dust & hay fever down. and about 21 degrees A 2010 30 degrees everyday was somewhat unpleasant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skier68 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 For anyone who didn't see it in the 'State of the Ground' thread a few weeks ago, someone posted a link to one of the coolest weather sites I have come across. https://www.ventusky.com/?p=52.6;-2.9;5&l=rain-3h Only goes up until Saturday 17th at the moment but is quite mesmerising and I will no doubt waste many an hour watching it over the next 2 weeks. Not too much in the way of greens and blues after next Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40 Days Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 35 minutes ago, priest17 said: I have to raise an eyebrow any time anyone says 2010 was worse than the likes of last year, you can pour water over yourself and create your own rain I can't conjure sunshine when it's pissing it down. I'd rather leap out of my tent sweating in trainers than staring at the rain and mud outside my tent lacing up already heavily muddy boots any day. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gozzynoko-Flow Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) Would just like to echo the sentiments of all those citing hot hot hot = best (in case the weather gods are reading and run some kind of vote based system) I recall in 2015, rained early on before the sun came out and it was lovely. The weekend after the weather went scorchio nuts and it was way up into the 30s - that hot would be carnage at Glastonbury I feel. But I'd still take it! Edited June 8, 2017 by Gozzynoko-Flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vEN._. Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Scorcher > Mudder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuttlep Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 39 minutes ago, Deadendfriends8 said: The ideal situation for me is them beautiful light and fluffy clouds, little bit of rain to keep the dust & hay fever down. and about 21 degrees A 2010 30 degrees everyday was somewhat unpleasant 2010 was perfection, I will not have bad word said about it pistols at dawn it is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Having done the odd day of labouring on building sites and the like I definitely prefer working in the sun to being plastered wet in the shitting rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamium Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 said it before but my dream glastonbury weather is relentless, desiccating heat and then for it to absolutely fuck it down with big fat cold rain at about 1am Monday morning, mid rave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big__phil Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, shuttlep said: 2010 was perfection, I will not have bad word said about it pistols at dawn it is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richroet Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 2 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said: I left the walkways all the time last year. Me 2 was so much quicker than following the sheep on the walkways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Running through the thick stuff was easier than the cattle walkways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsmooth Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 The fear in this thread amuses me, last year was my first and some how the mud the walking nothing bothered me it was one of the best weeks of my life, and surely it can't get worse so the way I see it no matter what happens it's going to be better this year :), I do wonder if my cheeky 1 hour naps every afternoon are what gave me the energy to just keep going mind. It's going to be great weather this year I know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindles Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 (edited) I find the best method to adopt when running through mud is to mimic a marshland bird, arms outstretched and flapping wildly. As I skip ably across the sea of barely trodden sludge I often draw a crowd who I can only assume are watching in impressed awe. Edited June 8, 2017 by Spindles 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, Jsmooth said: The fear in this thread amuses me People afraid of the weather, genuinely afraid. Afraid of mud, afraid of rain, afraid of sun. I do wonder if my cheeky 1 hour naps every afternoon are what gave me the energy to just keep going mind. Yeah big fan of them myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretlow Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, Jsmooth said: The fear in this thread amuses me, last year was my first and some how the mud the walking nothing bothered me it was one of the best weeks of my life, and surely it can't get worse so the way I see it no matter what happens it's going to be better this year :), I do wonder if my cheeky 1 hour naps every afternoon are what gave me the energy to just keep going mind. It's going to be great weather this year I know it. With you on this... the mud didn't bother me at all. Five days of getting pissed wet through though i think would... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toilet Duck Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Just now, Stretlow said: Five days of getting pissed wet through though i think would... Ah, 2007... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_c Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 At this point I don't care. If it's raining and mucky I'll wear wellies and waterproofs. If it's hot then I'll wear a hat and sunscreen. Either way it's going to be amazing, but it would be more amazing if it were hot rather than muddy and anyone who says otherwise need their head examined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy101 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 27 minutes ago, Spindles said: I find the best method to adopt when running through mud is to mimic a marshland bird, arms outstretched and flapping wildly. As I skip ably across the sea of barely trodden sludge I often draw a crowd who I can only assume are watching in impressed awe. Mental image is of Corbyn doing this as per your avatar. Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpo Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 33 minutes ago, Spindles said: I find the best method to adopt when running through mud is to mimic a marshland bird, arms outstretched and flapping wildly. As I skip ably across the sea of barely trodden sludge I often draw a crowd who I can only assume are watching in impressed awe. Just reminded me of two people late night in Shangri La last year, perched, sat down somewhere, who were judging everyone's efforts to get through the gloopiest gloop while off their face. They were highly impressed with my marshland bird approach to get to the toilets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmb1992 Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 I find it a struggle in the heat but the key is to get some shade, drink some water and wear sun cream to avoid sun stroke. Rain and wet just saps all the energy out of me, you can't sit, everywhere is busier and you are restricted to what you do by the muddy struggle. It's a no brainer which one I would prefer, but my ideal would be warm and overcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithy Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 3 hours ago, big__phil said: Listen, I'm not saying sweltering heat is any fun at all, but last year was a proper slog at times. It totally changed the way you had to do the festival as well. No more 'popping away early from this set to see the next one', because every journey took twice as long. You couldn't leave the walkways, which made everything incredibly slow. No sitting on the grass, no taking off wellies, no walking through certain areas of the SE corner for fear of getting stuck. I'd take brutal heat over brutal mud, any day. At least the sun goes away at night. The moving between places was just exhausting. I spend ages slowly shuffling from Park to JP to the extent when I finally got there, I was drained of energy and didn't enjoy the set. Hard ground can be sorted with well padded shoes. I've never had problems with hard ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Man Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 I`m sure all the ticketless in the secret resale thread wouldn`t care too much about the weather as long as they had a ticket. Their pain will always be worse than ours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfko Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Last year's Mud did make not being there marginally easier to swallow to be fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazzatron Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Last year was my first Glasto - surely it has to be better than that this year! I enjoyed it, but to be able sit down in the grass was really needed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said: I think most people who are requesting sun would concede that 2010 was hard work and that a few degrees cooler would be perfect. Not really. If you were prepped and took care of yourself then it was a cakewalk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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