Glastocam!

[dotdash79]

Looks like another busy day.

looks like some cars parked up near where the pier would be. It seems to have stepped up a gear this week. 

[circus92]

Loving all the photos, updates and videos - keep them coming 👍

This has now become my new favourite thread - and they are only just getting started.  The excitement is real 😁

[paulshane]

My journey to and from work takes me on a bit of the M5 in somerset, and around this time of year I get to play 'I wonder if that truck going to the festival site?' whenever I see an artic with fencing / portaloos / stage racking etc on the back 🙂

 

makes the journey fly by, I tells ya 😄

[DareToDibble]

11 hours ago, waltere said:

What's a big lorry like that doing on a racing circuit?

More importantly, what exactly do they think the cone is going to achieve?

[Crazyfool01]

Anyone still doubting the spider is back info ? 

[watsonjm]

4 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Anyone still doubting the spider is back info ? 

Just scoured the webcam to see if it had magically appeared! 

Have you had some new info?

Edited April 26, 2022 by watsonjm

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, watsonjm said:

Just scoured the webcam to see if it had magically appear! 

Have you had some new info?

Check out the Lack of Pangea arcadia thread 

[Enda Krabappel]

Just now, watsonjm said:

Just scoured the webcam to see if it had magically appear! 

Have you had some new info?

Arcadia lineup poster shows the spider.

[watsonjm]

2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Check out the Lack of Pangea arcadia thread 

severs me right for sitting on one thread 

[Junglist1981]

Interesting that they're building the Pyramid big screen structure so early (is that what they're doing?)

Wonder if the big screens will be even bigger screens this year.

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, Junglist1981 said:

Interesting that they're building the Pyramid big screen structure so early (is that what they're doing?)

Wonder if the big screens will be even bigger screens this year.

It seems way ahead of normal … especially the pyramid 

[gooner1990]

3 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

It seems way ahead of normal … especially the pyramid 

I wonder if they are going to do the wrap around LED screens that you now see at Reading.

Yes, agreed its way ahead of schedule...I visited the site at this time of year (last w/e in april) in 2016 and nothing had been started...or if it had you couldn't see it.

[Junglist1981]

I'm super busy with important work, so I just spent 10 minutes going through glastocam archive and the previous earliest I found was 9th May 2017. Time well spent.

In 2019 they didn't go up until 18th June! That's pushing it.

Does anyone else get the weird anxiety thing when looking at the webcam in the run up and things that you think should be done haven't been started yet? Like a little pang of 'oh no what's wrong?!' lol

[pilton digger]

6 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

It seems way ahead of normal … especially the pyramid 

Maybe they wanted to get a head start, a covid outbreak could put them back 10 days instantly. They are about 3 or 4 weeks ahead of the usual with stage builds, infra and longdrops.  They normally start after this first May bank holiday, before then there is a bit of stuff appearing around site in piles and some culvert and track work by the fence guys in prep for the build. Fence would start next week out of shot of the webcam.

There is no fence yet (was round entire site on the run yesterday) but trackway has started arriving (that is probably close to normal timing). The area by Red Gate (out of shot) was piled with steel beams and box sections yesterday, lots on inload happening.

We will have a look at progress tomorrow on the next old mans plod. It is bloody busy down there, running routes have to be adjusted depending what is in the way.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

They’re really only about a week ahead of schedule looking at the same dates in 2019.

 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by Deaf Nobby Burton

[Crazyfool01]

8 minutes ago, Junglist1981 said:

I'm super busy with important work, so I just spent 10 minutes going through glastocam archive and the previous earliest I found was 9th May 2017. Time well spent.

In 2019 they didn't go up until 18th June! That's pushing it.

Does anyone else get the weird anxiety thing when looking at the webcam in the run up and things that you think should be done haven't been started yet? Like a little pang of 'oh no what's wrong?!' lol

Breathe easy this time … no Pangea everything else looks ahead … no apierance of the pier yet though … that’s the one that might again be tight time wise 

Edited April 26, 2022 by crazyfool1

[Gingerfish79]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

Breathe east this time … no Pangea everything else looks ahead … no apierance of the pier yet though … that’s the one 

Given how late they were in 2019 with Glasto on Sea, I thought they’d be cracking in with it by now.

[tumbles]

Things going on near the ribbon tower/glasto sign field?.. non shooting of course.

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, pilton digger said:

Maybe they wanted to get a head start, a covid outbreak could put them back 10 days instantly. They are about 3 or 4 weeks ahead of the usual with stage builds, infra and longdrops.  They normally start after this first May bank holiday, before then there is a bit of stuff appearing around site in piles and some culvert and track work by the fence guys in prep for the build. Fence would start next week out of shot of the webcam.

There is no fence yet (was round entire site on the run yesterday) but trackway has started arriving (that is probably close to normal timing). The area by Red Gate (out of shot) was piled with steel beams and box sections yesterday, lots on inload happening.

We will have a look at progress tomorrow on the next old mans plod. It is bloody busy down there, running routes have to be adjusted depending what is in the way.

Yeah that’s very true … thanks … just keep out the way of ME in his land rover … 

[pilton digger]

4 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

They’re really only about a week ahead of schedule looking at the same dates in 2019.

 

 

 

only on the limited amount you can see from the webcam.  On the ground it is more obvious.

[Junglist1981]

5 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Breathe east this time … no Pangea everything else looks ahead … no apierance of the pier yet though … that’s the one 

The one that always seems to get me is John Peel, I swear one year they didn't put it up until the Monday of festival week! 

'Oh no what's wrong with John Peel?!' said my brain.

Edited April 26, 2022 by Junglist1981

[Ponyegg]

2 minutes ago, Junglist1981 said:

The one that always seems to get me is John Peel, I swear one year they didn't put it up until the Monday of festival week! 

'Oh no what's wrong with John Peel?!' said my brain.

Or the one year they put the Mandela Bar up... and then. tore it down again and then piut it up again... confused the hell out of me 🙂

[aj6658]

Reckon they are ahead of a normal schedule due to COVID or because there's more stuff to do? (e.g. more secret/ interesting areas) or a combination ?

[tigger123]

9 minutes ago, pilton digger said:

Maybe they wanted to get a head start, a covid outbreak could put them back 10 days instantly. They are about 3 or 4 weeks ahead of the usual with stage builds, infra and longdrops.  They normally start after this first May bank holiday, before then there is a bit of stuff appearing around site in piles and some culvert and track work by the fence guys in prep for the build. Fence would start next week out of shot of the webcam.

There is no fence yet (was round entire site on the run yesterday) but trackway has started arriving (that is probably close to normal timing). The area by Red Gate (out of shot) was piled with steel beams and box sections yesterday, lots on inload happening.

We will have a look at progress tomorrow on the next old mans plod. It is bloody busy down there, running routes have to be adjusted depending what is in the way.

Great shout, I reckon that’s the reason 

[squirrelarmy]

1 minute ago, aj6658 said:

Reckon they are ahead of a normal schedule due to COVID or because there's more stuff to do? (e.g. more secret/ interesting areas) or a combination ?

There’s a couple of additional Bank Holidays this year compared to a normal year which will affect supplier schedules.