Which fields flooded during the monsoon of 2005?

[mattparr]

Hi just a quick question that will help us decide where to camp this year. Which camping fields flooded during 2005?

(NFR NFC)

[ThomThomDrum]

Bottom of Pennards was the worst but is crew camping now and a new drainage system was put in since

[musky]

I couldn't get a ticket that year, but from what I know it was just the bottom of Pennards. It's now crew camping and drainage has been improved anyway.

[mattparr]

Thank you this will help!

[p.pete]

We were where the Park is and had to wade a bit down the bottom of the field (up to about knee if I recall right) to get across onto the cycle track and plenty of streams running down the hill, but definitely seemed to have pooled up more next door in Pennards.

Edited May 16, 2013 by p.pete

[grumpyhack]

The higher you are the better. We were taking in refugees from the floods and giving them space up in Home Ground.

[Funky Jim]

Yes it was bottom of Pennard's, all fixed now with new drainage now!

Where did the canoe come from?!

[mattparr]

We normally camp in the South Park, but fancied a change this year and were thinking about the pylon field, darble or rivermead.

Of course this wont matter as it will be splendid weather!

[sanyo]

Top of the Pennards where we were was mainly fine if you had good tents but some had little rivers in them flowing down the hill. The bottom of Pennards looked like a disaster area, there was hundreds of tents and peoples things just floating about in a big lake. Was definitely a sight i will never forget oh and i forgot to take wellies that year, never again!

[Brave Sir Robin]

Where did the canoe come from?!

[a williams field pilgrim]

I heard that a big group had brought it along as a 'theme' piece for their campsite - proved very handy!

[Thearg]

Where did the canoe come from?!

[posthuman]

It was also particularly soggy in parts of Oxlyers (see pic below). I have always wondered if the drainage installed just means that Oxylers would get flooded more badly...

[dan05delaney]

I heard that a big group had brought it along as a 'theme' piece for their campsite - proved very handy!

Edited May 16, 2013 by dan05delaney

[Bathimp]

We were on Hitchin Hill thankfully in the tent when the monsoon hit.

Luckily we were up hill from the track that the poo trucks use to and from the farm.

The track itself turned into a river and washed away a couple of tents that were just downhill

avoid low ground and make sure you are uphill of any hardstanding

[ICGenie]

It was also particularly soggy in parts of Oxlyers (see pic below). I have always wondered if the drainage installed just means that Oxylers would get flooded more badly...

[The_Amazing_Oblong]

We always used to camp up around the middle of Pennards but in 05 we go there a bit late and ended up camping at the bottom. No worries though, it was absolutely scorching weather. I have pictures of the Thursday evening with my son and his mate putting towels over their heads to avoid the sunburn.

Woke up to my son shouting "You really need to see this Dad!" after apparently spending the good part of a half hour trying to raise me from the dead. As I sat up to unzip the tent I realized I was floating on my airbed. We were partially submerged and my lad and his friends tent were about half underwater, sister in law lost all her clothes, mate and his girlfriend went straight home.

All turned out ok in the end. We dragged the tents up the bank and put the stuff out to dry, me and the bro sorted out all the gear while the girls went off to watch bands. Mate bought some wet weather gear and wellies and returned to site and we all met up for (I think) The Killers at the end of the night, got mortally pissed and had a good laugh about it.

[The Nal]

Stone Circle. 2am-ish Friday morning. I remember the crack of lightening and the thunder which was met with a defiant cheers from everyone. No one really started to move back to the tents. A minute later, another louder crack, a flash and a huge roar of thunder. Met with half a cheers and everyone legging it!

Woke up the next morning to Jo Whiley on Radio 1 talking about someone in a canoe going down the main street near the Pyramid Field.

[Zoo Music Girl]

But it's not going to rain this year!

NFR NFC

[Wooderson]

Stone Circle. 2am-ish Friday morning. I remember the crack of lightening and the thunder which was met with a defiant cheers from everyone. No one really started to move back to the tents. A minute later, another louder crack, a flash and a huge roar of thunder. Met with half a cheers and everyone legging it!

Woke up the next morning to Jo Whiley on Radio 1 talking about someone in a canoe going down the main street near the Pyramid Field.

[ThomThomDrum]

HAHA yes. The *thickness* of the air on the way back to the van that night was eerie.

S'far as I can remember a huge area around the John Peel tent held a lot of water until the Sunday.

[russycarps]

I vividly remember when pennards flooded someone diving under the water, and emerging a few seconds later with a crate of beer in his hands. He got a huge cheer from the crowd standing around watching.

Then as I walked about 10 metres along the path, I noticed a few of the portaloos had fallen over, and fresh turds were visible floating towards the area where our hero had recovered his beer

[Wooderson]

There were upturned portaloos on the Thursday night in '97 aswell. 'Orrible bizness.

[ads1980]

Yes we were camped at the top of oxylers in 2005. The ground was so hard we couldnt peg the tent down on the Thursday and it was boiling hot. My mate started waking us up in panic around 5 am on the Friday morning telling us to peg the tent down. We did manage to do it and had a river running under our tent because we were at the top of the hill. We were fine there. Over the other side of the railway track was flooded in Pennards. It was very strange weather and it soon turned the place in to a mess but its one of the best Glastonbury's I have been to. After all the rain, the sun came out again and it was hot but the damage had already been done to the ground.

[UEF]

Pennards. It was absolutely horrible, waking up to screams and water pouring in through the air vent in the top of my tent.

It was heartbreaking watching people basically go "fuck this" on the first day of the weekend and, if their keys hadn't been washed away, go back to their cars and leave en masse.

Edited May 17, 2013 by UEF