The weather thread 2021

[parsonjack]

9 hours ago, westholtschic said:

Been coming up to Glastonbury last 6 weekends looking for a place to rent from the Shire. Lucky to have the van pitched so close to Glastonbury town 

Isle of Avalon? 

[deebeedoobee]

The heaven’s shed their tears last night. The garden is definitely looking more green this morning. Now we have a slightly windy grey bright day. Not been out to the well yet but I doubt we have had enough to make any impression on that. Put a new water butt in the garden taking rain from the sauna* roof - going to check he level in this to see how much rain we had.

* it’s not a sauna. It has a sign on it that says sauna, it looks like a Swedish sauna/ wood store, but it’s a shed. Got the neighbours whispering though when we first built it.

[westholtschic]

1 hour ago, parsonjack said:

Isle of Avalon? 

Yes . Great campsite 

[funkychick2007]

@Big durbs lovely flowers!! The rain has battered everything here!!! 
the spiky leaf plant on the left hand side looks interesting!! 😜 

[deebeedoobee]

27 minutes ago, Big durbs said:

Our water butt is now full to brimming:-) 

That’s a lotta tears 😂 our water butt is half full from last night.

[deebeedoobee]

1 hour ago, Big durbs said:

We live in a bungalow, so lots of roof = lots of rain catchment, we have two of these butts and they are both full 🙂 

Gonna need that in the next month because we are in for a hot dry month…..honest.

 

our roses got rather heavy in the rain. Had to do some dead heading.

[Hugh Jass]

Annoyingly the forecast looks close to perfect this week.

Low 20’s, but of sun, little bit of rain but nothing too bad…

Pretty much exactly how I like it.

[Matt42]

9 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Annoyingly the forecast looks close to perfect this week.

Low 20’s, but of sun, little bit of rain but nothing too bad…

Pretty much exactly how I like it.

Getting the worst rain out of the way (using it all up on download) so glasto is clear is tradition 🙂 

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Getting the worst rain out of the way (using it all up on download) so glasto is clear is tradition 🙂 

It’s been both obscenely hot and apocalyptic rain in the last few days. Both would have me gravely concerned.

[Matt42]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

It’s been both obscenely hot and apocalyptic rain in the last few days. Both would have me gravely concerned.

Whilst horrendous rain is objectively very bad. What I get most nervous about is thunderstorms and wind. 
 

Yes, rain fucking sucks, but thunder and wind can actually cancel the event. So it can always be worse. 

[Crazyfool01]

7 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Whilst horrendous rain is objectively very bad. What I get most nervous about is thunderstorms and wind. 
 

Yes, rain fucking sucks, but thunder and wind can actually cancel the event. So it can always be worse. 

we've had thunder and lightning on several occasions ... the event hasnt been canceled ... I guess there is a chance but can u direct me to a uk festival where thats happened ? they just suspend the main stages dont they ? like has happened before 

edit ... wind is more an issue and caused the loss of board masters didnt it ?

Edited June 20, 2021 by crazyfool1

[Hugh Jass]

Anyone who was there in 2007 knows that rain is the worst.

[sedra]

2 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

we've had thunder and lightning on several occasions ... the event hasnt been canceled ... I guess there is a chance but can u direct me to a uk festival where thats happened ? they just suspend the main stages dont they ? like has happened before 

edit ... wind is more an issue and caused the loss of board masters didnt it ?

Yes Boardmasters in 2019 and others as well that weekend also Camp Bestival final day in 2017. 

[Hugh Jass]

12 minutes ago, sedra said:

Yes Boardmasters in 2019 and others as well that weekend also Camp Bestival final day in 2017. 

Boardmasters is literally on the edge of a cliff, so can certainly see how a bit of wind might be a concern.

[deebeedoobee]

13 minutes ago, sedra said:

Yes Boardmasters in 2019 and others as well that weekend also Camp Bestival final day in 2017. 

I think Y Not was another one that cancelled on the Saturday evening.

[deebeedoobee]

1 hour ago, Big durbs said:

Love the tree painting, your roses look awesome, I dead headed ours yesterday so they look a bit sparse now , we have a climbing rose called st swithen , I bought it because my birthday is 15th July ( st swithens day ) , but it’s flowing now and is almost over lol.

the yellow rose in the front garden always does well if I keep dead heading it , the red rose over the path in the back garden just goes and goes all summer 🙂 

Beautiful. I love that you named your rose 🌹 

[Matt42]

1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:

Boardmasters is literally on the edge of a cliff, so can certainly see how a bit of wind might be a concern.

Houghton being cancelled last minute because of an incoming wind storm was rough.

[deebeedoobee]

54 minutes ago, Big durbs said:

No , that is the name it was given by supplier, I bought it because of the name lol

Ha, and i thought it was like people naming cars....my roses must all be called bastard. Because I am always saying " you bastard" when I go near them to prune/dead head etc.

[blutarsky]

5 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

we've had thunder and lightning on several occasions ... the event hasnt been canceled ... I guess there is a chance but can u direct me to a uk festival where thats happened ? they just suspend the main stages dont they ? like has happened before 

edit ... wind is more an issue and caused the loss of board masters didnt it ?

 

2 hours ago, sedra said:

Yes Boardmasters in 2019 and others as well that weekend also Camp Bestival final day in 2017. 

Beat me to it 

[dotdash79]

4 hours ago, deebeedoobee said:

I think Y Not was another one that cancelled on the Saturday evening.

I think that was flooding, I was at kendal that weekend and that was bad but not as bad as y not 

[guypjfreak]

I think glastonbury would have been perfect this year

[squirrelarmy]

1 hour ago, guypjfreak said:

I think glastonbury would have been perfect this year

Perfect if you’re a duck. Looks like a lot of rain coming in. 

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, squirrelarmy said:

Perfect if you’re a duck. Looks like a lot of rain coming in. 

Mild drizzle of inconvenience at the moment … although that sun on the frozen webcam is slightly deceiving .. 

[deebeedoobee]

It’s been drizzling all day. Been for a run and it was that “not wet” drizzle. Not cold, just cloudy and dull. 
 

if Glastonbury was on we would by now have the usual unfounded cries of “it’s gonna be a mud bath, carnage, end of the world” . when in reality it is just a tad damp.

[Hugh Jass]

12 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

It’s been drizzling all day. Been for a run and it was that “not wet” drizzle. Not cold, just cloudy and dull. 
 

if Glastonbury was on we would by now have the usual unfounded cries of “it’s gonna be a mud bath, carnage, end of the world” . when in reality it is just a tad damp.

@The Nal would be building an ark.