Glastocam!

[incident]

29 minutes ago, tarw said:

I thought other went up last minute?  Don’t they put all of the lighting rigs on before they put it up?

Suppose they might put it up to test and then drop it to fix lighting etc. 

Yep that's exactly it.

That type of stage design is intended that they can do most of the rigging at ground(ish) level, without needing to use cranes. So if the roof does go up in the next few days, it'll be more of a surprise if it doesn't subsequently come down before the festival.

[dotdash79]

4 minutes ago, incident said:

Yep that's exactly it.

That type of stage design is intended that they can do most of the rigging at ground(ish) level, without needing to use cranes. So if the roof does go up in the next few days, it'll be more of a surprise if it doesn't subsequently come down before the festival.

PA and lighting only comes on site on the week for the festival, I would say the roof will go up once the ornament is attached, so 2 weeks out (at a guess) 

[stuie]

8 minutes ago, incident said:

Yep that's exactly it.

That type of stage design is intended that they can do most of the rigging at ground(ish) level, without needing to use cranes. So if the roof does go up in the next few days, it'll be more of a surprise if it doesn't subsequently come down before the festival.

I remember watching them rigging lights at stage level in 2019 when I was on site.  Roof was definitely up but the lighting rig was lowered. 

[markussnoopy]

anybody know what these are?

 

[Dukeicon]

5 minutes ago, markussnoopy said:

anybody know what these are?

 

Looks like stacks of heras fencing, as here.

[markussnoopy]

 

5 minutes ago, Dukeicon said:

Looks like stacks of heras fencing, as here.

ah yes...  of course.. nothing overly exciting i guess

[stuie]

2 minutes ago, markussnoopy said:

ah yes...  of course.. nothing overly exciting i guess

Know your audience - we get overly excited by heras fencing on this forum! 😉

[tumbles]

2 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

That’s when they take lunch 🥗 

Looks like none of us were right! 

[JayBalls]

7 minutes ago, tumbles said:

Looks like none of us were right! 

Nope they must be listening to us and hiding in the trees 😆

[tumbles]

Poor Pangea I think I can see them going at it with a cutting torch

[sime]

Pangea is getting devoured... RIP

[kalifire]

This deserves a David Attenborough narration…

”and so, the monolith falls. As those tasked with her dismemberment enact their solemn duty, there remains a quiet dignity in her role as she fades. Though this carnage will take her from these fields, her brief time here will live on in the memories of the 2019 ticket holders.”

*Hans Zimmer plays her away* 

[tumbles]

13 minutes ago, sime said:

Pangea is getting devoured... RIP

Defo being cut apart, latest shot shows the smoke of the cutting torch. 

[Junglist1981]

It is actually pretty mental really that they moved a ginormous crane 30 miles from the docks, stuck it up in a field in the middle of nowhere, swung a moon about with it for 5 minutes and held a huge rave underneath it.

(then painted it green then pushed it over then cut it to pieces)

Edited May 12, 2022 by Junglist1981

[Junglist1981]

I guess one of the two big lumps left must be a huge engine? Must weigh a bit...

[t0paz]

As soon as they pushed it over it was never going to be carefully taken away. 
They’ll probably get a few quid for it down the local scrapies

[kalifire]

Must have cost Arcadia a shitload to do all this. I hope they set up a GoFundMe if they’re really down on their knees financially. 
 

[Junglist1981]

Surely the festival will be footing most of the bill. It was never going to be a touring stage like the spider.

[tumbles]

There is the fence coming around.. only an hour out 

[kalifire]

2 minutes ago, tumbles said:

There is the fence coming around.. only an hour out 

Whoever predicted it should consider themselves an alumni from the @blutarsky School of Winners. 

[kalifire]

The trees the fence has just reappeared from would seem a great jump-over point.

[rubick]

6 minutes ago, kalifire said:

The trees the fence has just reappeared from would seem a great jump-over point.

Pretty sure that's the main security gate at the bottom of Worthy View steps/top of Pennard Hill.

[tumbles]

32 minutes ago, kalifire said:

The trees the fence has just reappeared from would seem a great jump-over point.

I friend tried it from that point (well slightly further to left) but said the watch tower nearby seemed to have heat seeking devices as they shouted out at him even though it was pitch dark..

[stuie]

1 hour ago, Junglist1981 said:

It is actually pretty mental really that they moved a ginormous crane 30 miles from the docks, stuck it up in a field in the middle of nowhere, swung a moon about with it for 5 minutes and held a huge rave underneath it.

(then painted it green then pushed it over then cut it to pieces)

This made me actual lol. 

Humans are the most complicated species on Earth.

 

[blutarsky]

1 hour ago, kalifire said:

Whoever predicted it should consider themselves an alumni from the @blutarsky School of Winners. 

Crushing it 24/7