Weather 2016

[stuartbert two hats]

6 minutes ago, srb said:

It absolutely chucked it down on Saturday too, remember was at Crag Charles at Arcadia about 5pm and was wild 

I was there too.  Was something special, the rain actually made it better.

[Junglist1981]

I got a bit miserable on that 2014 Saturday afternoon. Went to see the Daptone Super Soul Revue and the rain definitely dampened the atmosphere. 

EDIT was much happier by the time Metallica came on though 

Edited June 14, 2016 by Junglist1981
injection of happiness

[billum]

2 minutes ago, Junglist1981 said:

I got a bit miserable on that 2014 Saturday afternoon. Went to see the Daptone Super Soul Revue and the rain definitely dampened the atmosphere. 

Yep I was there too, definitely became the Damptone Souper Soul Revue

[clarkete]

13 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I was there too.  Was something special, the rain actually made it better.

We were hunkered down on  our stools enclosed by our ponchos,  peaking out from under our hoods  at him in his cowboy boots and stetson. 

At the same time we could see younger and more dynamic folk having a shimmy in their t shirts and shorts 

[Jugtanion]

9 minutes ago, billum said:

Yep I was there too, definitely became the Damptone Souper Soul Revue

Daptone was great in spite of the rain! Sharon Jones was incredible (I think the rain may have cleared off by the time she came on)!

[billum]

Just now, Jugtanion said:

Daptone was great in spite of the rain! Sharon Jones was incredible (I think the rain may have cleared off by the time she came on)!

Yes they still did amazingly well, and Sharon was brilliant. (I only meant to suggest that the audience got damp, not that the band were in any way soggy. They were on fire the whole time!)

[Jugtanion]

2 minutes ago, billum said:

Yes they still did amazingly well, and Sharon was brilliant. (I only meant to suggest that the audience got damp, not that the band were in any way soggy. They were on fire the whole time!)

Never in doubt @billum. I never quite appreciated how much we were getting our fill with Daptone in 2014, they could've provided the west holts with a separate act for the next few years. I was really hoping Charles Bradley would be back this year as well, given his added exposure in the last 6-12 months.

[stuartbert two hats]

4 minutes ago, clarkete said:

We were hunkered down on  our stools enclosed by our ponchos,  peaking out from under our hoods  at him in his cowboy boots and stetson. 

At the same time we could see younger and more dynamic folk having a shimmy in their t shirts and shorts 

Not sure about young and dynamic, but I was certainly shimmying in my shorts, wringing out my hat became one of my signature dance moves. 

Shorts are the best in warm rain. Doesn't matter how wet you get.

[billum]

4 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Shorts are the best in warm rain. Doesn't matter how wet you get.

Yes by far - really regret the time I wore jeans on one of the wet afternoons, took hours and hours to dry out and couldn't get the bastards off!

[cerv]

55 minutes ago, SirDaniel said:

Can someone remind me how bad 2014 was? I seem to remember it being a pretty decent one.

As a general rule: if you have to be reminded then it can't have been that bad :-) 2007 (and the storm of 2005) will never be forgotten.

Edited June 14, 2016 by cerv

[mrfunk]

I do laugh at how people look back and remember the weather...  I've been going for some time now, and to be honest if your having a good time, you wont remember the "wet years".  Although 98 nearly killed me lol

 

I really cant remember the rain in 2014 or last year to be honest, must of been because I was warm and dry

Take good poncho, gaiters and decent boots, and just forget about it , as run headon into the party crowd  

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Whats the recent updates?

[D-Low]

I'm not sure where I was in 2014 then but see a lot of people saying it was bad. I seem to only remember a bit of drizzly rain on the Wednesday? Must have been too drunk the rest of it. Would also take last years weather every single time. Absolutely perfect (apart from one downpour on Fri).

[BambooShanks]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I was there too.  Was something special, the rain actually made it better.

Wasn't it just? Everyone was doing their damn best to get their funk on despite the rain, there was a clear patch of sky which was inching itself to the spider, drawn to the party. And then in a glorious moment, just as heard it through the grapevine kicked in, that wonderful bit if sky was over us, the rain had stopped. Ponchos were flung off. Everyone was in ecstasy. Limbo sticks were pulled out and the party went up well past 11.

its probably one of my favourite and quintessential glastonbury moments. 

[ICGenie]

42 minutes ago, billum said:

Yes by far - really regret the time I wore jeans on one of the wet afternoons, took hours and hours to dry out and couldn't get the bastards off!

I can never understand why people wear jeans to a festival.  They are useless in just about any weather.

[dexydexy]

2007 was so tough. Wellies constantly sticking in the mud really makes your back ache. Add that to no grass to sit on and constantly feeling damp was pretty miserable.

[FuzzyDunlop]

Shorts are the way forward. 

I have walking boots this year, still taking wellies - just in case.

What gets me, are the people who are  already pissed wet through, who stand under an overhang of a shop or bar to keep out of the rain. You are wet, you wont get any wetter. Just have a laugh.

[clarkete]

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Edited June 14, 2016 by clarkete

[rwhitehouse13]

My first Glastonbury was '97 - the rain didn't put me off, but it didn't make it easy. The following year I thought there was no way the same thing could happen again....I couldn't have been more wrong.

But I was younger then...not sure I could cope with that now!

[TaylorT]

Jack One has given some input... https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/85641-glastonbury-2016-22-26-june/?page=1

'The latest trend continues to be higher pressure building this weekend turning things much drier. Into next week the pressure dropping a little but not to the extent of this week. So my current guess would be fairly decent weather for the festival period, some rain at times but nothing hugely damaging at least not for too long. However temps do look a bit on the cool side' 

 

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

Got back from Download yesterday.  Surely I can't have that biblical weather at two festivals in the same month.  It was shite.

[stuartbert two hats]

7 hours ago, ICGenie said:

I can never understand why people wear jeans to a festival.  They are useless in just about any weather.

This. The only possible reason to take jeans is for the journey back. Never take jeans to wear on site. 

[waterfalls212434]

6 hours ago, TaylorT said:

Jack One has given some input... https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/85641-glastonbury-2016-22-26-june/?page=1

'The latest trend continues to be higher pressure building this weekend turning things much drier. Into next week the pressure dropping a little but not to the extent of this week. So my current guess would be fairly decent weather for the festival period, some rain at times but nothing hugely damaging at least not for too long. However temps do look a bit on the cool side' 

 

 Not to hot? Not to much rain?......a hope?.......a chance!

[Duncan Doughnuts]

7 hours ago, ICGenie said:

I can never understand why people wear jeans to a festival.  They are useless in just about any weather.

Do you think this is why B*Witched haven't headlined Glastonbury?

[waterfalls212434]

10 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

This. The only possible reason to take jeans is for the journey back. Never take jeans to wear on site. 

Jeans would be mental to wear in any weather soak up mud/water like a sponge, v heavy, v hot on the ol sweaty bits and take up a lot of room in bag.

 I'mbringing shorts, t shirts, one hoodie for if it gets a bit chilly in the evenings and a set of waterproof trousers/coat for if the worst happens (handy that my old man's a keen fisherman and lends me his decent all weather gear) ...also walking boots have got me by fine even in 2014 when it was quite muddy at times....comfier, better ankle support and less likly to be sucked off in the mud.