Manky Festival

[marathonsteve]

 

[Neville Street]

Miss the flares and the Chinese lanterns. I know I know I know. But I miss them. That level of mud was such a nightmare, haven’t been in the weather thread this year yet……

[gooner1990]

Is that 2011?

[marathonsteve]

21 minutes ago, Neville Street said:

Miss the flares and the Chinese lanterns. I know I know I know. But I miss them. That level of mud was such a nightmare, haven’t been in the weather thread this year yet……

No flares and Lanterns  Sunshine.  Times have change . It's too pack for any of those . Safety is Upper most

[incident]

1 hour ago, gooner1990 said:

Is that 2011?

Yep - two giveaways:

- The Spirit of 71 mural narrows it down to 2011 or 2013. And of those only 2011 had that much rain/mud. 2013 was much more reasonable weather than that.

- The video screens on the Pyramid Stage are hung much lower than usual. This is because on the Friday U2 had (and reportedly, paid for out of their own pockets) a second set of screens added above them to show their visuals alongside the regular performance shots. For some reason, the "main" set was left in the lower position all weekend even after the U2-specific screens were removed.

[Neville Street]

Good facts! The U2 special preachy screens drove me out of the rain and into the Acoustic Tent for a great Brit Floyd set 🙂 Every time I clap a child dies….. (you know the punchline!)

[drunk pumpkin]

Great video 

Thanks for sharing. I loved that year. The last one with my best mate before we lost him 😌

I remember walking back to Gate A late on the Friday when a very drunk posh lady nearly took my face of with a flare and was very indignant when I asked her to be a little more careful 

They were lethal

[watsonjm]

10 hours ago, incident said:

Yep - two giveaways:

- The Spirit of 71 mural narrows it down to 2011 or 2013. And of those only 2011 had that much rain/mud. 2013 was much more reasonable weather than that.

- The video screens on the Pyramid Stage are hung much lower than usual. This is because on the Friday U2 had (and reportedly, paid for out of their own pockets) a second set of screens added above them to show their visuals alongside the regular performance shots. For some reason, the "main" set was left in the lower position all weekend even after the U2-specific screens were removed.

Memory is a bit hazy but I seem to recall the screens were left low due to the wind/expected wind forecast across the weekend

[e_p]

Direct correlation between decrease in flares at Glastonbury and their increase at football 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

I've yet to go through some Glasto vids in preparation this year. Normally wait until closer in, but after watching that, I might have a little sesh tonight me thinks!

[PabloFitzyg]

On 5/22/2023 at 10:00 PM, Neville Street said:

Miss the flares and the Chinese lanterns……

Cow killer!