Weather

[PollyPeach]

Thanks for the updates. I am 30 miles west of you and can see blue sky here so am sure that is heading your way. The rain is done and we are set for a lovely weekend, i can feel it in my water. Breakfast cider anyone?! I will be on site in 3 hours. Despite the fact my 8 month old woke me up (for the day) at 4am, I think that is still deserving of a big hurrah!

Edited June 28, 2013 by PollyPeach

[pilton digger]

Rain? You call that rain?? That wasn't rain! Just a bit wet!

I heard someone say it was a mud bath. Noob.

Seriously guys, that 'rain' didn't even manage to clean the 2011 mud of my boots. Half arsed drizzle has not created mud, the ground is solid with a bit of dirty water on top. Mud? Pah!

Check out this link for updates:

http://www.thefuckingweather.com/?where=Glastonbury%2c+England

[marktea]

Thanks Polly and wish it would hurry up and get here as another shower right now.

[PollyPeach]

Ok well I can still see blue sky here so it must be heading your way. Fingers crossed it all stops soon.

[jeffie]

Raining in Dairy

[TheNewUnion]

Seems to have stopped for the moment in CV East. Going to have to get up and at'em soon. The Hives are kicking off proceedings for us today!

[snow_rock_ne]

Hives for me too. Seems to have stopped in dairy now and the forecast is to continue getting better.

[jeffie]

Here's hoping. Nice bit of wind will help.

[rmcoboy]

Here's hoping. Nice bit of wind will help.

[tumbles]

Driving out nicely with breeze, still very cloudy. Come one sun!

[legalaffairs]

Lovely weather now!!! Sat in the west holts field at 2.45 pm Saturday and its perfect... Sunny and a tiny breeze

[mikeb]

Never mind the weather per se ... what about the more important things like whether the flags are fluttering nicely, is there an appropriate number of sunny bits *and* shady bits to choose to sit in and, perhaps most importantly of all, is the Pear Cider cold enough and just how firm is the ground on the required trek to pieminister ! It's all about getting the priorities right in Jazzworld West Holts you know, the weather is very much a bit part

Edited June 29, 2013 by mikeb

[jeffie]

Pieminister have been evicted

[bsolxiv]

So the weather was pretty perfect overall.

Thoughts?

[Messy]

Thursday was utterly miserable, but yes, perfect apart from that.

[frostypaw]

Thursday was utterly miserable, but yes, perfect apart from that.

[ICGenie]

Just wish we'd stayed in the Inn on Williams Green where we we're when it first started. Foolishly thought it was easing and wandered off, by the time we got to The Park where we planned to spend the evening it was hammering down and everywhere undercover was rammed. So we called it a night at about 8.30pm.

Not necessarily a bad thing, meant we conserved a lot of energy and I'm glad it fell Thursday and not Friday. Just a bit of a shame. Rest of the fest was a bit chilly at times but not bad. 7/10 I'd say.

[howlin_pete]

Me and my friends wandered back to the tents at about 4 and had a couple of hours sleep, put on the waterproofs and got on with it. Think it had stopped by 10 so didn't really effect us all

[Midnight Man]

Very 2009 I thought, albeit a bit chillier at times. Would settle for that every year - getting around was no fuss at all which is all that really matters. Next year's already got a lot to live up to in many ways.

[gooner1990]

Thought it was much better weatherwise than 2008 and 2009 personally.

The site was so dry the rain didn't make it that muddy......in fact I was out and about in my trainers again by the time Dizzee Rascal came on on Friday night.

[Ed209]

Thought that was the best weather I've had at glasto in the all the years since the fence. A few hours of wellies on the thursday night/friday morning is bearable for an otherwise dry, fine, not too hot festival with cloud cover for the morning lie ins. Was close to perfect.

[MrsRookin]

I was very happy with the weather this year. Had a real feeling of dread on Thursday late afternoon when the rain just seemed to get heavier and heavier, and again when it started briefly again on Friday morning, but there was never any proper mud and dried up quickly. Temps were just right for me, a bit chilly at times but would much rather add another layer than be too hot!

[TokiDoki]

It was genuinely pretty damn muddy in The Park on Thursday night. Really hard to walk around without slipping over, probably a couple of inches deep wet slippery stuff. Slipped over once and got caked in it. It dried out very quickly on Friday though.

Overall less muddy than some previous years but obviously not as good as 2010 or 2003.

JACKONE did well on the forecast. His upper estimate of rainfall total was about 10mm and that's about what we got. Just unfortunate that it was the upper estimate that was hit rather than the lower one!

[barkley87]

Apart from the rain on Thursday, the weather was perfect for me. Not too hot but still a lovely temperature. I have great memories of dozing in the sun listening to wonderful music.

[DTichborne]

Thursday was a bit of a bugger but we managed to end up in The Last Picture Show (a cinema tent), which for those that didn't see it was a large space with mattresses and cushions and more than enough room for everyone. Watched a film and a half across four hours waiting for the rain to stop. So that worked pretty well!