The Weather Thread 2023

[alibear]

My husband uses a wheelchair full time. His disability also means he can't regulate his body temperature (doesn't sweat, basically). We've been every year since 2013. '16 was pretty horrendous - I often wonder how we got through it, but get through it we did, and we had lots of fun, we just had to manage some expectations; essentially pick a spot and stay there until we wanted to brave the slog back to the tent.

I'm not great in the heat - I like the warmth but have pale skin and HATE wearing sunscreen - but the hubby really struggles because he just gets hotter and hotter. Again, I wonder how we got through years like 2019, but we did, and again we had an amazing time, and no extreme weather has stopped us trying our damndest to get tickets every year.

So, while we still mildly dread the thought of a muddy festival, it won't stop us from getting as much out of our time there as we can!

(Obviously, this doesn't stop us furiously refreshing this thread/weather forecasts every day, it's all part of the build up!)

[Skip997]

6 minutes ago, Xeph1995 said:

Id take blistering heat over even a bit of mud tbf.

I was at 2016 and don't remember it even being that bad tbh. 

That's because it wasn't

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

That's because it wasn't

Except for it nearly being cancelled due to the state of the ground.

[4AssedMonkey]

4 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

That's because it wasn't

Skip997 in "rose tinted spectacle" shocker!!! 😉 

[4AssedMonkey]

All discussion aside, different folks cope better or worse with different temperatures - I get that.  However, both hot and cold can be managed to a point.  What completely fucks the whole thing is rain.  It doesn't take a lot to start churning the walkways into sticky mud which makes moving round harder.  You can't sit down anywhere.  Dancing is more difficult.  It's tiring, hurts you legs and your back.

As long as it's dry, I'm happy with it.  I'd like warmth/sun, but realise that's a personal preference.  Just please - No Fucking Rain. (NFC).

[PolygonWindow]

12 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

That's because it wasn't

It defo was

[March Hare]

26 minutes ago, Xeph1995 said:

Id take blistering heat over even a bit of mud tbf.

I was at 2016 and don't remember it even being that bad tbh. 

Wasn’t the issue the rain before the festival making the car parks muddy, but it didn’t rain during the festival itself? It’s just that the ground was really wet? I wasn’t there but that’s what someone told me

Edited May 26, 2023 by March Hare

[4AssedMonkey]

Just now, March Hare said:

Wasn’t the issue the rain before the festival making the car parks muddy, but it didn’t rain during the festival itself? It’s just that the ground was really wet? I wasn’t there but that’s what someone told me

It did rain over the weekend but not much.  It had been torrential for about 3-4 weeks in the build up so was completely saturated when the gates opened.  Then just churned and cut up everywhere into a swamp.  Awful. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Rain before is bad. Rain during is bad. Absence of both is preferable.

[George_92]

the only year I've missed since 2010 is 2016 so I am overdue a muddy one 😕 

[Littlechef87]

5 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

It did rain over the weekend but not much.  It had been torrential for about 3-4 weeks in the build up so was completely saturated when the gates opened.  Then just churned and cut up everywhere into a swamp.  Awful. 

It did rain pretty consistently all through Sunday though (albeit lightly). But yeah other than that it was just showers. 

[Cheesey]

2016 was pretty bad, but there have definitely been much worse years - 1997, 2005 and 2007 were all significantly worse. And I'm saying that as someone who did 2016 with two small kids in tow.

That said, I did have one of my worst ever Glastonbury experiences in 2016. At about 6pm on the Wednesday my mate and I went back to do a second run from the car with our trollies. A quick dash was planned so we could get back in time for dinner, beer, and fireworks.

However, the paths to and from the car parks were absolutely destroyed, with super sticky mud nearly a foot deep for most of the way. We were literally having to stop every few metres for a rest, trolley wheels totally clogged so that we had to drag them, and we had no food or drink except for a massive bag of Maoam strips. My mate, a grown man with 10+ Glastonburys under his belt, was nearly in tears at several points.

It took us about four hours to get back to the gate, at which point we were completely done in, to the point that we could barely walk. Then my mate discovered that he had somehow lost his ticket, so we had to make our way to the office and queue for an hour and a half to get him sorted out. By the time we finally got back to the tent it was nearly midnight, and that was our first day done.

I've not been able to enjoy Maoam strips ever since 😞

[sprocketrocket]

5 pages of arguing about the weather so far today. Well done everyone. 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 minutes ago, sprocketrocket said:

5 pages of arguing about the weather so far today. Well done everyone. 

 

Surely you didn't come into this thread expecting to find out what the weather will actually be like.

[Crazyfool01]

6 minutes ago, sprocketrocket said:

5 pages of arguing about the weather so far today. Well done everyone. 

 

Blue sky today … no arguments 

[fred quimby]

15 minutes ago, Cheesey said:

2016 was pretty bad, but there have definitely been much worse years - 1997, 2005 and 2007 were all significantly worse. And I'm saying that as someone who did 2016 with two small kids in tow.

That said, I did have one of my worst ever Glastonbury experiences in 2016. At about 6pm on the Wednesday my mate and I went back to do a second run from the car with our trollies. A quick dash was planned so we could get back in time for dinner, beer, and fireworks.

However, the paths to and from the car parks were absolutely destroyed, with super sticky mud nearly a foot deep for most of the way. We were literally having to stop every few metres for a rest, trolley wheels totally clogged so that we had to drag them, and we had no food or drink except for a massive bag of Maoam strips. My mate, a grown man with 10+ Glastonburys under his belt, was nearly in tears at several points.

It took us about four hours to get back to the gate, at which point we were completely done in, to the point that we could barely walk. Then my mate discovered that he had somehow lost his ticket, so we had to make our way to the office and queue for an hour and a half to get him sorted out. By the time we finally got back to the tent it was nearly midnight, and that was our first day done.

I've not been able to enjoy Maoam strips ever since 😞

Blimey, stuff of nightmares

[rwoo]

9 minutes ago, sprocketrocket said:

5 pages of arguing about the weather so far today. Well done everyone. 

 

We can't agree on weather we like the Sun or not

[DavoTheWorthy]

2016 was my first year, rained heavily in the lead-up.

Definitely rained during as I got absolutely drenched at the Pyramid during Skepta & Two Door Cinema Club (Fri afternoon).

Was largely dry after that and the ground just turned in to a gluey bog. 

[stopwn1981]

2016 was shite

[squirrelarmy]

@Crazyfool01 looks like the sky wants to have an argument. 

[fred quimby]

One of my memories from 2016 was in the backstage T&C . chap arrives with caravan, up onto the grass, and bang, stuck. Unhook the car and push that away and hook up a Landy, few metres, stuck. Then a tractor turns up, that will do it. Hook it to land and so many metres and, yep, stuck. In the end they got some monster machine with those hydraulic legs and a winch. Hooked it to the tracker and was eventually able to move them all. Fucked the ground right up so no-one could drive over that part. 

Edited May 26, 2023 by fred quimby

[Joshuwarr]

28 minutes ago, Cheesey said:

2016 was pretty bad, but there have definitely been much worse years - 1997, 2005 and 2007 were all significantly worse. And I'm saying that as someone who did 2016 with two small kids in tow.

That said, I did have one of my worst ever Glastonbury experiences in 2016. At about 6pm on the Wednesday my mate and I went back to do a second run from the car with our trollies. A quick dash was planned so we could get back in time for dinner, beer, and fireworks.

However, the paths to and from the car parks were absolutely destroyed, with super sticky mud nearly a foot deep for most of the way. We were literally having to stop every few metres for a rest, trolley wheels totally clogged so that we had to drag them, and we had no food or drink except for a massive bag of Maoam strips. My mate, a grown man with 10+ Glastonburys under his belt, was nearly in tears at several points.

It took us about four hours to get back to the gate, at which point we were completely done in, to the point that we could barely walk. Then my mate discovered that he had somehow lost his ticket, so we had to make our way to the office and queue for an hour and a half to get him sorted out. By the time we finally got back to the tent it was nearly midnight, and that was our first day done.

I've not been able to enjoy Maoam strips ever since 😞

Reading this stressed me out. Sounded awful. The absence of a car for me brings great benefits in that I have to force myself to take everything in one trip...

[sedra]

28 minutes ago, Cheesey said:

2016 was pretty bad, but there have definitely been much worse years - 1997, 2005 and 2007 were all significantly worse. And I'm saying that as someone who did 2016 with two small kids in tow.

That said, I did have one of my worst ever Glastonbury experiences in 2016. At about 6pm on the Wednesday my mate and I went back to do a second run from the car with our trollies. A quick dash was planned so we could get back in time for dinner, beer, and fireworks.

However, the paths to and from the car parks were absolutely destroyed, with super sticky mud nearly a foot deep for most of the way. We were literally having to stop every few metres for a rest, trolley wheels totally clogged so that we had to drag them, and we had no food or drink except for a massive bag of Maoam strips. My mate, a grown man with 10+ Glastonburys under his belt, was nearly in tears at several points.

It took us about four hours to get back to the gate, at which point we were completely done in, to the point that we could barely walk. Then my mate discovered that he had somehow lost his ticket, so we had to make our way to the office and queue for an hour and a half to get him sorted out. By the time we finally got back to the tent it was nearly midnight, and that was our first day done.

I've not been able to enjoy Maoam strips ever since 😞

Yeah we took one look at the depth of mud then and decided to leave the trolley in the car and use an extra back pack and a second run. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I had a great time in 2016, but it was despite the rain. Whereas the beautiful weather in other years has enhanced the experience.

2016 would have been similarly improved by simple things like being able to take a load off now and again.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Actually, in 2016 we had backstage passes which helped matters in regards to taking a pew now and again.