Is anyone else scared that it is gonna absolutely piss it down this year?

[Ben7amin_]

5 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Do we still do the piss? 

 

More than one probably 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, philipsteak said:

 

2005

We're assuming the drainage is just good enough to avoid repeating this scene of 2005's aquatic vibe huh

 

[GhostOfMaurice]

7 hours ago, efcfanwirral said:

You joke but I don't think they could handle it, and I reckon health and safety has (probably rightly) tightened up on what's acceptable conditions in the last 9 years. Next wet one could be interesting. If 2016 happened now, I reckon there's a chance they'd cancel it 

 

I think they put a lot unseen work into drainage and hardening the area every year, so I don't think we'd get anything apocalyptic again (touch wood. Of course, when mother nature gets really angry you're not going to beat her, but I reckon the chances of that are low).

 

However, I do think a good portion of the entitled rich youth that make up the numbers would pack up and go as soon as they discovered a pinhole leak in their tent.

[Someoni]

51 minutes ago, Superscally said:

Do we still do the piss? 

Has everyone else not been doing this daily?

[charlierc]

31 minutes ago, GhostOfMaurice said:

However, I do think a good portion of the entitled rich youth that make up the numbers would pack up and go as soon as they discovered a pinhole leak in their tent.

Least it's easier to leave Glastonbury than the island that hosted Fyre Festival if those who can't be arsed decide to go home early.

[Beerqueen]

I would obviously prefer no rain.  2016 was hard work, and I, along with everyone else, will be 9 years older (and my daughter was working there in 2016 and put my tent up which made things easier).   But having experienced a couple of other wet festivals (including Bearded this year), I know I'll survive!  MUCH more fun in not-too-hot-sunshine!  

 

Please can we have lovely, early 20s temps?

[Chazwozza]

This man will save us, if we can only find him:

[Drew3232]

Wrong 'un right there.

[Leyrulion]

7 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

Wasn’t one of the Covid years a wet one?

 

Both of them to various extents but hard to figure out how much it'd have been wet vs just keeping dust down. 

 

2020: Hot Wed-Fri and then cool (18°) and light rain pretty much all of Saturday and Sunday. 

 

2021: Rain Tuesday, Thurs, Fri early and all Sunday. 

 

On paper 2021 looks worse but I definitely remember rain on the 2020 broadcast and the pilton forcefield might have held out against some of the weather .

 

[kalifire]

8 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

Wasn’t one of the Covid years a wet one?

 

IIRC, 2021 was wet, or at least it was raining during the Live at Worthy Farm event. I'm not sure the entire weekend was that bad.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

6 hours ago, charlierc said:

We're assuming the drainage is just good enough to avoid repeating this scene of 2005's aquatic vibe huh

 

 

 

That reminded me of this bit of footage.

 

 

 

It was a valiant and heroic act to retrieve one can of beer!

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 hours ago, kalifire said:

 

IIRC, 2021 was wet, or at least it was raining during the Live at Worthy Farm event. I'm not sure the entire weekend was that bad.

 

Live At Worthy Farm was filmed a different weekend in May (and broadcast late May)

[CaledonianGonzo]

Though thinking about it G24 broke the 'It always rains when Coldplay headline' pattern.

[Alvoram]

6 hours ago, kalifire said:

 

IIRC, 2021 was wet, or at least it was raining during the Live at Worthy Farm event. I'm not sure the entire weekend was that bad.

It was glorious here (Derbyshire) festival week both years (20 and 21) as we had garden "glast-HOME-bury' parties both weekends, we got dressed up for the live event in 2021, and got hammered in our garden. First half of June we were in Cornwall, which was also beautiful. If you remember, mid June was the G7 in Cornwall, and made the UK look like a tropical island to visiting dignitaries. End of June, / beginning of July, during the Euros, was decent too. Semi Final day, at Wembley, was a scorcher. 

I've got a load of photos from Cornwall, the Euros and Glast-home-bury that I'd happily share, but unfortunately I've reached my quota, and don't fancy posting direct links to my Immich server. 😞 

Here's a 'none doxing' image of us preparing part of the garden for the party and doing some planting on the 23rd June 2021, you can see how nice it is, and has been, from the ground and yellowing grass. It brings back weird feelings seeing some of the covid measures in that image 😕 Remember when you had to wait at the beer garden entrance to be seated. 🙈🤣

[Boris]

I'm going to be annoyed if it doesn't work, but I've started drinking a pint of my own personal warm urine daily. On the plus side, of a weekend it gets me half cut.

[kalifire]

3 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

Live At Worthy Farm was filmed a different weekend in May (and broadcast late May)

Ah, of course. So was it a wet one in June during the Covid years? 

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

 

 

That reminded me of this bit of footage.

 

 

 

It was a valiant and heroic act to retrieve one can of beer!

Be more likely if that happened now given how much more it is to buy drinks than it was 20 years ago.

[Blownimpression]

34 minutes ago, Boris said:

I'm going to be annoyed if it doesn't work, but I've started drinking a pint of my own personal warm urine daily. On the plus side, of a weekend it gets me half cut.

You would be peeved.

[incident]

19 hours ago, Alvoram said:

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?)

 

From what I remember, flooding on the Catton Park side of the river is pretty rare/unlikely. Not least because there's enough places for the water to go on the other side that they'd take the first / worst of it.

 

I think it was something like more than a typical months worth of rain had fallen in 24 hours, mostly on the Wednesday of the festival. The then River peaked on the Thursday night at something like a metre and a half higher than the top of the "normal" range. So yeah, it took some pretty extreme rain to be a legitimate threat to the festival.

 

Another example of a festival getting close to cancellation because of rain has occurred to me - Blue Dot 2023, they didn't actually call off the festival but did officially close entry and asked Sunday Day Ticket holders to stay at home (though I suspect any that turned up would have been let in). From what I was told they had constant rain all weekend and the site itself was a boggy disaster.

[Spindles]

13 hours ago, Someoni said:

Has everyone else not been doing this daily?

 

I've been drinking it for weeks.  It's sterile and I like the taste.

(c)1983 Blackadder.

[charlierc]

24 minutes ago, Spindles said:

 

I've been drinking it for weeks.  It's sterile and I like the taste.

(c)1983 Blackadder.

From the same beverage provider that sells mud with dandruff and saliva for coffee?

[Spindles]

[Drew3232]

I've started eating my own turds to make sure there's no mud this year. In hotdog rolls.

 

I'm heading to the hospital shortly. either for psychiatric evaluation or to get my stomach pumped, haven't decided.

[Crazyfool01]

this is the 2005 one that I watch on occasion ..... bonkers 

 

 

[steviewevie]

9 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

this is the 2005 one that I watch on occasion ..... bonkers 

 

 

Mad. Wasn't there about a month's worth of rain in a few hours, and ground was very dry so didn't soak in?

I remember going for a wee during the downpour about 5am and it was silly.

Edited yesterday at 12:09 PM by steviewevie