Glastonbury 2007 pt1: the build-up
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felixthecat
are we there yet?
sojourner said:Hey felix - I got me whizaway today, have tried and tested it - it's FAB innit??
Brilliant bit of kit! The daughter isn't quite sure of hers yet - looks at it and goes 'Eeewwwwww' when I suggest she tests it out.
The youth of today
yadda yadda yadda..........I have to confess, my girl wanted one, but I just know she'll try it once, hate it, and never use it again. So I didn't get her onefelixthecat said:Brilliant bit of kit! The daughter isn't quite sure of hers yet - looks at it and goes 'Eeewwwwww' when I suggest she tests it out.
The youth of today
Sod it, she only needs to wee once a day, I'm at it constantly! 
Lazy Llama
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Just ordered one of these on Ebay:
Now to find a suitable truck/trolley for carting all the gear around. Mrs Llama has a bad back so I'll be doing all the carrying.
Thinking along the lines of one of these:-
The Amazon "Customers who bought items like this also bought" list includes "Glastonbury Anthems" and "Music from Glastonbury the Movie"
Now to find a suitable truck/trolley for carting all the gear around. Mrs Llama has a bad back so I'll be doing all the carrying.
Thinking along the lines of one of these:-
The Amazon "Customers who bought items like this also bought" list includes "Glastonbury Anthems" and "Music from Glastonbury the Movie"
Skim
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Lazy Llama said:Thinking along the lines of one of these:-
I bought one of those last time I went – they are just about impossible to drag through mud. The back wheels are tiny and it was too small so I had to hunch over while dragging it.
How about a wheelbarrow? It's a lot more sturdy...
Lazy Llama said:Just ordered one of these on Ebay:
Now to find a suitable truck/trolley for carting all the gear around. Mrs Llama has a bad back so I'll be doing all the carrying.
Thinking along the lines of one of these:-
The Amazon "Customers who bought items like this also bought" list includes "Glastonbury Anthems" and "Music from Glastonbury the Movie"
I'd be very wary of that trolley, definitely so in the 'flat' mode pictured. The wheels don't look big enough & they don't look pneumatic, so they'll get really battered by the glastonbury paths & it'll be much harder work pulling/pushing it than if you had a truck or trolley with proper bouncy wheels.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Hmmm.... as William will tell us, there's not going to be any mud this year 
However, I suspect you're right about the non-pneumatic wheels. There are quite a few around with pneumatic wheels, but none that I've found with significantly larger wheels for horizontal use. Could end up just using a vertical-only one. A wheelbarrow probably wouldn't fit in the car, and I wouldn't have anywhere to put it at home anyway... The sack trucks don't take up much space.
However, I suspect you're right about the non-pneumatic wheels. There are quite a few around with pneumatic wheels, but none that I've found with significantly larger wheels for horizontal use. Could end up just using a vertical-only one. A wheelbarrow probably wouldn't fit in the car, and I wouldn't have anywhere to put it at home anyway... The sack trucks don't take up much space.
madamv
Oi! With the poodle already
Mr V is determined to find an old pram at the tip, but if that fails, I think there are fold up wheelbarrows....Lazy Llama said:Hmmm.... as William will tell us, there's not going to be any mud this year
However, I suspect you're right about the non-pneumatic wheels. There are quite a few around with pneumatic wheels, but none that I've found with significantly larger wheels for horizontal use. Could end up just using a vertical-only one. A wheelbarrow probably wouldn't fit in the car, and I wouldn't have anywhere to put it at home anyway... The sack trucks don't take up much space.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
A reglar sack truck with big pneumatic tyres is the way to go. I picked up a good tip on TOS - pack your truck up and then wrap it with clingfilm and voila! Everything stays in place! I've had enough accidents with bungee cords over the years so I will be trying this out this time.
david dissadent
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Why do I go to festivals again? Im bloody knackered....
MsShirlLaverne
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moose said:
and a bloody good festival it was too
Great practice for Glasto as we wallowed in quite a lot of mud
Superape said:
As forecasts go, thats pretty 'meh', yeah ...
... 15C is RUBBISH for any month later than March.Especially
is the idea of a lot of rain before the festival (contradicted below though??) -- muddy site ....But I'm working on the time honoured principle of 'just ignoring it until it goes away and is replaced by a better prospect'
Latest BBC 4 week prospect (updated yesterday, Monday) is a lot more positive UP UNTIL the 17th June ...
I know those BBC ones aren't much cop, but .... <crosses fingers for it to stay like that beyond the 17th ... >
moose said:
You'd have loved it
And not just because of the rain and mud ...
aqua said:if its not baking hot many of us would be a lot happier
*continues to break in new para-boots*
Not really the point ... I know a lot don't enjoy the heat, but plenty of us (heatlovers or not) really hate rain and mud, so if a dry mudfree site comes at the 'expense'
of 25C plus temps**, then so be it ... it's late June ... rubbish temps, and 15C is distinctly chilly, usually mean rubbish weather ...**None too likely just now, admittedly
You can shelter from the heat but you can't sit down in the mud!
That forecast is so 'meh' that I still strongly expect improvements to it ... we're OWED a completely dry Glasto for the first time since 1995. Yes folks, there's been rain at some point, to some degree, at every Glastonbury since then ...
madamv
Oi! With the poodle already
aqua said:no will, you can't shelter from the heat on site - trust me, I try every fucking year
as for a completely rain free glasto you're just being too optomistic that you don't live in the UK
The year I went pregnant, I took a large umberella with me. It worked a treat as a sun shade.
Maybe a laydee stylee parasol?
William of Walworth said:Not really the point ... I know a lot don't enjoy the heat, but plenty of us (heatlovers or not) really hate rain and mud, so if a dry mudfree site comes at the 'expense'
**None too likely just now, admittedly
You can shelter from the heat but you can't sit down in the mud!
That forecast is so 'meh' that I still strongly expect improvements to it ... we're OWED a completely dry Glasto for the first time since 1995. Yes folks, there's been rain at some point, to some degree, at every Glastonbury since then ...
Fear not William. I'll be going over the charts on a regular basis over the next few weeks & trying to nail down something a bit more optimistic.
Early days, early days etc etc
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
William of Walworth said:Not really the point ... I know a lot don't enjoy the heat, but plenty of us (heatlovers or not) really hate rain and mud, so if a dry mudfree site comes at the 'expense'
**None too likely just now, admittedly
You can shelter from the heat but you can't sit down in the mud!
That forecast is so 'meh' that I still strongly expect improvements to it ... we're OWED a completely dry Glasto for the first time since 1995. Yes folks, there's been rain at some point, to some degree, at every Glastonbury since then ...
2000 was rain free for the festival proper. Baking hot actually.
But if you think about it, there was. It was 35 degrees for all the festival days last year.
Bring on 35 degrees again.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
As for trolleys, I've taken the plunge on this one....
http://www.bosfish.co.uk/PRODUCTS/TROLLIES/bennettstrollies.htm
Now off to get a blow up bed....
http://www.bosfish.co.uk/PRODUCTS/TROLLIES/bennettstrollies.htm
Now off to get a blow up bed....
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