Will the 2021 festival go ahead?

[Andy0808 v5]

This thread gives me so much anxiety.

My opinion U-turns so much it’s running for PM in 2024. I’m at ‘ITS HAPPENING’ at the moment.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I'll take the "open up by February" prediction with the same levels of confidence as the "100,000 tests per day" in May, the quality of the Turkish PPE, the promise of a relaxation of the rules over Christmas, the "height of absurdity" over the suggestion of a second lockdown (which came weeks later). I could go on.

They need to stop making overly optimistic predictions and focus on the task at hand. It'll be what it'll be. Consistently breaking unrealistic promises is counterproductive to the spirit of the people whose fears they're trying to assuage. 

[SwedgeAntilles]

Johnson be like

[Lycra]

20 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I'll take the "open up by February" prediction with the same levels of confidence as the "100,000 tests per day" in May, the quality of the Turkish PPE, the promise of a relaxation of the rules over Christmas, the "height of absurdity" over the suggestion of a second lockdown (which came weeks later). I could go on.

They need to stop making overly optimistic predictions and focus on the task at hand. It'll be what it'll be. Consistently breaking unrealistic promises is counterproductive to the spirit of the people whose fears they're trying to assuage. 

As I wrote elsewhere, there seems to have been a government charm offensive of positivity this weekend. It won't last. Rising covid, NHS bed shortages, new tier 4's and Brexit issues will soon burst their over optimistic bubble.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2 minutes ago, Lycra said:

As I wrote elsewhere, there seems to have been a government charm offensive of positivity this weekend. It won't last. Rising covid, NHS bed shortages, new tier 4's and Brexit issues will soon burst their over optimistic bubble.

I appreciate that there are hundreds of thousands, even millions of worried people out there but now is not the time for faux optimism and disingenuous promises. I'm not suggesting that the message should be the polar opposite but as pessimistic as it sounds, facts and realism are what's needed right now. It's highly probable that the vaccine will help us return to a more normal way of life but at present, it's effectiveness is unproven on a large scale and as such, we probably need to see the initial success first before any wild and unrealistic predictions are made. Of course, I hope this latest statement around February is accurate...but I won't be putting my mortgage on it 🤣

[Zoo Music Girl]

44 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I'll take the "open up by February" prediction with the same levels of confidence as the "100,000 tests per day" in May, the quality of the Turkish PPE, the promise of a relaxation of the rules over Christmas, the "height of absurdity" over the suggestion of a second lockdown (which came weeks later). I could go on.

They need to stop making overly optimistic predictions and focus on the task at hand. It'll be what it'll be. Consistently breaking unrealistic promises is counterproductive to the spirit of the people whose fears they're trying to assuage. 

Yeah this completely. It's like they can't help themselves, though. Compulsive or something. I guess that's the problem with a populist government.

[Sawdusty surfer]

A friend of mine who lives very close to the WV site has told me that The Teepee field has been ploughed and planted with maize.....

 

edit, he said the Steanbow wanted to be more productive and were frustrated by the uncertainty.

Edited December 28, 2020 by Sawdusty Surfer

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

4 minutes ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

A friend of mine who lives very close to the WV site has told me that The Teepee field has been ploughed and planted with maize.....

Pretty sure you wouldn’t plant Maize in the winter, the soil needs to be a minimum temp. It’s normally planted March/April. 

[Sawdusty surfer]

1 minute ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Pretty sure you wouldn’t plant Maize in the winter, the soil needs to be a minimum temp. It’s normally planted March/April. 

OK, am messaging him now for clarification

[Copperface]

11 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

Pretty sure you wouldn’t plant Maize in the winter, the soil needs to be a minimum temp. It’s normally planted March/April. 

Possibly ploughed, in preparation and ready for planting in Spring maybe.

[rivalschools.price]

1 hour ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Johnson be like

To be fair, he is dealing with a public who, when told that we are going into lockdown or moving up a tier and that all shops will be closed except supermarkets, all rush to the supermarkets! The only shop that is staying open.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

27 minutes ago, Copperface said:

Possibly ploughed, in preparation and ready for planting in Spring maybe.

Ploughed for sure, but I definitely wouldn’t have said planted with anything. I’m not a farmer or anything but I do like gardening and a lot of things you wouldn’t plant in the winter as the soil is far too cold. 

[Sawdusty surfer]

Maize update. Was ploughed last winter and maize was planted and has been harvested.Sorry for any confusion!

He did also just say that he and is neighoursthink that there's a zero chance of the festival going ahead but I suspect that he knows no more than the rest of us right now.

[dotdash79]

1 hour ago, Sawdusty Surfer said:

A friend of mine who lives very close to the WV site has told me that The Teepee field has been ploughed and planted with maize.....

 

edit, he said the Steanbow wanted to be more productive and were frustrated by the uncertainty.

It was last year as went we were staying at Steanbow farm you could see what was left 

[Crazyfool01]

Amazeing that we look for all these small signs .... I walked though a field of maize a few days back and it was just husks !! 

[dentalplan]

They’re planting spite maize

[Chawk]

Even the agriculture of a field in Somerset turns out to be fake news. TRUST NO ONE

[ShakeyCrash]

On 12/28/2020 at 5:06 PM, Chawk said:

Even the agriculture of a field in Somerset turns out to be fake news. TRUST NO ONE

Even you, which means i shouldn’t trust you when you say trust no-one, meaning i now trust everyone including you who tells me to trust no-one and so forth and so forth... 

[Hugh Jass]

Hancock seems confident we’ll be out of this “by Spring” and despite everything else he says being utter bollocks I’m choosing to believe him.

IT’S FUCKING HAPPENING!!!!

[kalifire]

3 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

I’m choosing to believe him.

For posterity.

[eFestivals]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Hancock seems confident we’ll be out of this “by Spring” and despite everything else he says being utter bollocks I’m choosing to believe him.

IT’S FUCKING HAPPENING!!!!

I'd say the situation looks to be improving enough soon enough for Glasto to take a bit of a punt, and not make an early decision to cancel.

If they can push that decision down the road by a month or two there's at least a half-chance it might happen.

 

[Yeo-vile idiot]

I’m still remaining in the ‘ there won’t be a multi day festival’  rather that there may be a ticketed event at the farm may be larger Pilton party type affair but on the Pyramid field aimed at bringing in some revenue for GFL. 

although I hope my optimism changes over the next month or so 

Edited December 30, 2020 by Yeo-vile idiot

[Wooderson]

4 minutes ago, Yeo-vile idiot said:

I’m still remaining in the ‘ there won’t be a multi day festival’  rather that there may be a ticketed event at the farm may be larger Pilton party type affair but on the Pyramid field aimed at bringing in some revenue for GFL. 

although I hope my optimism changes over the next month or so 

Not a chance mate soz.

[Chapple12345]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'd say the situation looks to be improving enough soon enough for Glasto to take a bit of a punt, and not make an early decision to cancel.

If they can push that decision down the road by a month or two there's at least a half-chance it might happen.

 

I can see the vast majority of festivals holding on for as long as possible before any decision is made, I can see final decisions being made April/May time where we'll have a far greater picture of things benefiting from the vaccine 

2 minutes ago, Yeo-vile idiot said:

I’m still remaining in the ‘ there won’t be a multi day festival’  rather that there may be a ticketed event at the farm may be larger Pilton party type affair but on the Pyramid field aimed at bringing in some revenue for GFL.

although I hope my optimism changes over the next month or so 

I think the majority of festivals will happen next year but as you say the capacity of which they happen will depend on the circumstances at the time. Im certain promoters and organisers are going to move mountains to make them happen after this year, especially when you have the likes of Melvin Benn behind the scenes.

As well as this we've already seen that last summer we managed to get cases down fairly low so next year with vaccines that should be easier

[a6l6e6x]

Problem with the vaccine is who do you trust?

The team of 1200 scientists and data analysts who approved it or someone on facebook who said it will change my DNA and give me aids