The state of the ground.

[Quark]

54 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Biblical rain today in London 

Barely a drop around Gatwick today though.  Localised on you Matt

[Slugworth]

2 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Biblical rain today in London 

Heard thunder but not a drop near Heathrow. 

[Franky]

1 hour ago, Slugworth said:

Heard thunder but not a drop near Heathrow. 

Hmmmmm Heathrow eh oh how I have listened to those planes taking off and landing for over 30 years ! Small world  

[Slugworth]

10 minutes ago, Franky said:

Hmmmmm Heathrow eh oh how I have listened to those planes taking off and landing for over 30 years ! Small world  

Used to love Concorde taking off. Where abouts are you, if you don't mind me asking? I used to live in Stanwell. Now by Hillingdon Hospital.

[Franky]

Was in Twickenham mate, yep 11am and 5pm every day  

[Dave_c]

12 hours ago, Slugworth said:

Used to love Concorde taking off. Where abouts are you, if you don't mind me asking? I used to live in Stanwell. Now by Hillingdon Hospital.

The  only time in history we have gone backwards when Concorde was retired.

[briddj]

Used to live in Chiswick and at 8.30pm at night could barely hear the TV even when put up to full volume.

[Fork_UK]

32 minutes ago, naughtygeorgie said:

I thought there was  only 1 Concorde, I was shocked when they retired what I thought was It and then found out there was a whole fleet...

Not only was there a fleet of them, but the French had half of the fleet!

[CaledonianGonzo]

On the plus side, that means there are now a few of them scattered round in museums and what have you that you can go and have a look at.

[Dave_c]

I think there was only about 14 or so, BA had some and Air France had some. Would love to have flown on one.

[SG87]

The suns been splitting the sky the last few days in Glasgow. Just goes to show, anything can happen  

[Keva]

Suns out today

[bamber]

Not as dry as March or April, but still dryer than average in May. Less turdy for brown haters at least.

[Sawdusty surfer]

On site last night the ground was in just perfect condition.  If 1 is totally waterlogged and 10 is totally dry, it was a 4 1/2. Going back this evening and will try and take a few pictures. 

[stuartbert two hats]

Just now, Sawdusty Surfer said:

On site last night the ground was in just perfect condition.  If 1 is totally waterlogged and 10 is totally dry, it was a 4 1/2. Going back this evening and will try and take a few pictures. 

Last year was a 1, I take it?

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

On site last night the ground was in just perfect condition.  If 1 is totally waterlogged and 10 is totally dry, it was a 4 1/2. Going back this evening and will try and take a few pictures. 

Any sign of anything extra special and secret?

[Spindles]

Last year was a -3

[Sawdusty surfer]

8 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Last year was a 1, I take it?

Exactly that

 

8 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Any sign of anything extra special and secret?

I'll have a cruise round this evening 

EDIT, Mission postponed until tomorrow due to severely perished caravan tyres. 

Edited June 4, 2017 by Sawdusty Surfer

[Guy Incognito]

33 minutes ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

On site last night the ground was in just perfect condition.  If 1 is totally waterlogged and 10 is totally dry, it was a 4 1/2. Going back this evening and will try and take a few pictures. 

surely anything close to a 10 is perfect at this stage? Especially with lots of rain expected on site over the next week.

Edited June 4, 2017 by rhg_99

[Guy Incognito]

30 minutes ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

On site last night the ground was in just perfect condition.  If 1 is totally waterlogged and 10 is totally dry, it was a 4 1/2. Going back this evening and will try and take a few pictures. 

edit - double post, sorry.

Edited June 4, 2017 by rhg_99

[Sawdusty surfer]

22 minutes ago, rhg_99 said:

surely anything close to a 10 is perfect at this stage? Especially with lots of rain expected on site over the next week.

The ground is in perfect condition at the moment for a festival.

[Guy Incognito]

1 minute ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

The ground is in perfect condition at the moment for a festival.

yeah sounds ideal conditions if it were happening now but would be better if it was a bit tougher underfoot at the moment seeing as the next few days/week are gonna be wet! Could easily make it quite wet/muddy if the rainfall is as predicted.

That being said, good to to get the rain out of the way early and hopefully it doesn't persist like it did last year. Thanks for the update, nice to have someone on site checking how things are looking!

[Flysheet]

Too hard will pound your feet, need it springy!

[pie_and_a_pint]

51 minutes ago, Flysheet said:

Too hard will pound your feet, need it springy!

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.

[parsonjack]

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