I thought that they handled 2016 like troopers. Got the woodchip in fast and targeted where it was needed, replenished frequently in the same way all weekend, even the cloggiest muddy paths were wide and manageable, I thought the response was like a well oiled machine and proof of just how well the festival can rapidly adapt to any problem from traffic, to weather to overcrowding and even being held mere weeks after a terrorist atrocity targeting crowds at entry/exit points and the precautions they had to put in place at the last minute there.
That festival coming off the back of yet another muddy download was probably as bad a set of conditions the festival has had to deal with in the modern (90s and beyond) era. 97, 98 and 07's thin, wet, slippy mud was another type of weather altogether and 2016 was something the likes of which I don't think the festival has seen since one particular year in the 80s.
At least it's on the right side of the Trent. 😛😉 🤣
Seriously though, Catton Hall isn't it? That whole stretch from Lichfield through to Long Eaton / Attenborough Nature Reserve is always flooded, it's surrounded by lakes, ponds etc. Surprised it hasn't been an issue before, because where Catton Hall is can get really bad. (Although is it mostly the other side of the river that floods, where the ponds / lakes are?)
I don't think I could handle it either tbh. I coped with 2016 as I wasn't working. I think a lot of people would just leave. What is Worthy View like in a wet year?
Bearded Theory came really close last year, but not so much because of the site (which coped pretty well with a crazy volume of rain within 24 hours), but because it's right next to the Trent which came within a few inches of bursting its banks right into the campsites and arena.
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