The state of the ground.

[Titters]

I've updated the historical rain figures to give a feel for the week before the festival. 

As mentioned the last time I did this, the stats are taken from a weather station in Bath, so there will be some regional variances, particularly around storms. Even with this in mind, 2016 was the wettest week before a festival, wettest fortnight before a festival and the wettest April - June and May and June since 2008. 

 

 

[Ted Dansons Wig]

1 hour ago, parsonjack said:

Band of rain tracking south east all day has now passed.....and the sun is out in Frome.

 

And in Corsham (North and East of Frome) - so its moving East

[briddj]

42 minutes ago, Titters said:

I've updated the historical rain figures to give a feel for the week before the festival. 

As mentioned the last time I did this, the stats are taken from a weather station in Bath, so there will be some regional variances, particularly around storms. Even with this in mind, 2016 was the wettest week before a festival, wettest fortnight before a festival and the wettest April - June and May and June since 2008. 

 

 

2011 seems like a real anomaly because the ground was awful until the sun came out on Saturday afternoon. Campervans had to be towed into the fields. Yet it was by far the driest April to June and only 2013 had a drier June!

 

[Titters]

3 minutes ago, briddj said:

2011 seems like a real anomaly because the ground was awful until the sun came out on Saturday afternoon. Campervans had to be towed into the fields. Yet it was by far the driest April to June and only 2013 had a drier June!

 

Yeah, I think Pilton got more rain in 2011 than the source of this info - the Wednesday rain was pretty localised (from my memory of being on the queue as it happened)

 

 

[VolumetricFox]

This was one of the heavier blobs of rain last year. Very localised.

[CaledonianGonzo]

That just looks deliberate.

[simian_mobile_mushrooms]

two and a half weeks to go. I really can't believe we're in the home stretch of June. It's been pretty nice for a couple of weeks, I don't want to tempt anything but here goes... NFR NFC!!!!!

[Flysheet]

22 hours ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

Exactly, not to mention the challenge of getting tent pegs into (and out of) rock hard ground. It needs a bit of give - like walking on the sprung floor of a gym is just right.

Spring floor in gym? Tre Posh...!

 

Mine's concrete with rubber mats!

[Gozzynoko-Flow]

On 5/18/2017 at 5:45 PM, TiZuff said:

2013 was great. 2015 wasnt too bad either. if you offered me 2015 right now id take it. if i remember correctly you could sit down on the grass that year without much trouble. thats all i ask.

Same! Being able to sit down on the grass and get around quickly makes it soooo much better in my book

[JayBalls]

38 minutes ago, Gozzynoko-Flow said:

Being able to sit down on the grass and get around quickly makes it soooo much better in my book

Welcome and great first post, my sentiments exactly.

[Tommy101]

I think the ground will be getting a bit softer today but plenty of sunny spells and wind should sort it out nicely

[CaledonianGonzo]

The Great Pilton Well Dipstick needs to be deployed Wednesday or Thursday after the worst of the week's weather is over so we can see what the prognosis is.

[Gozzynoko-Flow]

1 hour ago, JayBalls said:

Welcome and great first post, my sentiments exactly.

Cheers! This is my 5th year in a row. 13 & 15 were great, 14 & 16 pretty bad. So we're due a good year is all I'm pinning my hopes on!

[deebeedoobee]

1 hour ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

@deebeedoobee he's calling you names again!

He's in trouble now....grrrr

But quite correct...i will report

[briddj]

Big day today. JackOne's update officially hits the first day of the festival. Shit is getting real.

[The Clearest Blue]

It's not quite Pilton but I can certainly confirm that here in Bristol the weather has been freaking horrid all day.

[Kizzie]

3 minutes ago, The Clearest Blue said:

It's not quite Pilton but I can certainly confirm that here in Bristol the weather has been freaking horrid all day.

Yep, it's so vile I've just lit the fire.

[The Clearest Blue]

9 minutes ago, Kizzie said:

Yep, it's so vile I've just lit the fire.

Can't say I blame you! Atleast the ground has time to recover, poor buggers working on the build though.

[fur_q]

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

3 minutes ago, fur_q said:

I don't think that's actually anything to worry too much about, 10% in 24 hours sounds a lot at first, but then when you actually think about it by that logic that's what would roughly fall over three days anyway.

[pie_and_a_pint]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The Great Pilton Well Dipstick needs to be deployed Wednesday or Thursday after the worst of the week's weather is over so we can see what the prognosis is.

That's a super name for a folk band.

[Woffy]

4 minutes ago, pie_and_a_pint said:

That's a super name for a folk band.

Deebeedoobee & The Great Pilton Well Dipstick Deployment. 

[Ommadawn]

It's pissing down here. Cat won't go out.

[pilton digger]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The Great Pilton Well Dipstick needs to be deployed Wednesday or Thursday after the worst of the week's weather is over so we can see what the prognosis is.

 

22 minutes ago, Woffy said:

Deebeedoobee & The Great Pilton Well Dipstick Deployment. 

I am not sure if I should be offended by all this 

[Woffy]

6 minutes ago, pilton digger said:

 

I am not sure if I should be offended by all this 

Might as well (ahem), Digger. 

People have been offended by less on here.