Glastocam!

[stuie]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Pangea will be getting jealous, standing all alone, untouched, in the field wondering what his/her fate is 

They knows.

[Enda Krabappel]

16 hours ago, nikkic said:

Still blows my mind that it’ll go from being barely there, to a full blown festival in 8 weeks time. 

 

It is pretty insane. Can’t bloody wait now, plus from tomorrow we can say it’s next month.

[vintagelaureate]

51 minutes ago, westholtschic said:

Bit cold overnight in our caravan but glorious now. Looking forward to a day walking around the Tor and the farm

Enjoy... and pictures please 😉

[tumbles]

Long drops appearing all over the site now.

[tumbles]

Hold up, might be screen frame lifting time..

[bennyhana22]

Looks like they're prepping the tunnel/track from the Other stage to the sound tower.

Ben

[tumbles]

In keeping with the spirit of this thread. I believe that's a sparrow crane from https://www.sparrowcrane.co.uk/ - random trivia related - the founder of the company had a son, Mark who's guardian journalist and Mark then had a daughter named Lucy who's done quite well in the Art world... 

 

 

[leath02]

Oh hello!

[tumbles]

It’s defo screen time 

[Harry_W01]

the lifting has begun!!!

[leath02]

We have lift off! 

100% wider rig than previous years

[tumbles]

Oh that looks like a wider frame than previous. Maybe it is going to be a bigger screen? 

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, tumbles said:

It’s defo screen time 

I don’t think the actual screens go up yet do they? Just the frames? 

[tumbles]

Just now, stuie said:

I don’t think the actual screens go up yet do they? Just the frames? 

 No sorry I do just mean the frame..  wasn’t sure how to term it.  Mind you if it’s new wider screens that wrap to the edges we might see them up earlier than Thursday 23rd

[kalifire]

Whoop! Great to see the rigs going in place. I’d imagine the screens are one of those high ticket items they’d hire for the  minimum amount of time they’re absolutely necessary. 

[incident]

2 minutes ago, tumbles said:

 No sorry I do just mean the frame..  wasn’t sure how to term it.  Mind you if it’s new wider screens that wrap to the edges we might see them up earlier than Thursday 23rd

Trussing / Rigging would be the words I'd use.

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, tumbles said:

 No sorry I do just mean the frame..  wasn’t sure how to term it.  Mind you if it’s new wider screens that wrap to the edges we might see them up earlier than Thursday 23rd

Ah I see. I don’t think it’s the right frame for a wrap… my guess is they are larger but still suspended.

[tumbles]

Strange it defo looked wider on the lift but now it’s up it looks about same as previous 🤷‍♂️

[squirrelarmy]

Do the guys on the ground know they’re being watched and analysed? 

[leath02]

Might even be slightly thinner??

Definitely a different configuration though, guess we'll have to wait and see what that means for the screens

Edited April 30, 2022 by leath02

[Junglist1981]

I reckon it is slightly wider…

Once the other side is up it’ll be easier to judge against previous years with the Pyramid as reference.

 

[Junglist1981]

One thing for certain, the screen can’t hang between the supports anymore due to the additional column. So as it must be mounted in front it could in theory be considerably larger than before.

So we’re gonna have to wait another 7 weeks to find out just how big it really is!

Edited April 30, 2022 by Junglist1981

[Harry_W01]

could we see screens a la Leeds festival this year? I don't think they'd look good on the pyramid but I think they'd look amazing on the other stage

[jimmillen]

2019 image helpfully provided by @leath02, yellow an overlay of this morning’s erection together with the pyramid: 

The perspective isn’t a 100% match but the rigging towers don’t appear to be wider. 🙁

As @Junglist1981 says though the central support is definitely new, so maybe bigger screens mounted on the front v hanging between? We shall see! 

[tumbles]

3 minutes ago, jimmillen said:

2019 image helpfully provided by @leath02, yellow an overlay of this morning’s erection together with the pyramid: 

The perspective isn’t a 100% match but the rigging towers don’t appear to be wider. 🙁

As @Junglist1981 says though the central support is definitely new, so maybe bigger screens mounted on the front v hanging between? We shall see! 

Nothing to say screens couldn’t be bigger than the frame tho, so the third leg could be a centre mount