Glastonbury 2007 pt1: the build-up
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aqua
made of cheese and gin
I've got to the point with the weather where I know I can't change it, I can't do anything about it whatsoever
bees has been dubbing my boots, I've got my waterproof coat, I've got enough socks in my bag and i have my credit card if I need to buy anything on site
so fuck it
I don't care enough about the weather to start stressing about it
if it comes to it, I'll buy 10 bottles of pear cider and retire to somewhere undercover and get so hammered I don't know if its raining or not
bees has been dubbing my boots, I've got my waterproof coat, I've got enough socks in my bag and i have my credit card if I need to buy anything on site
so fuck it
I don't care enough about the weather to start stressing about itif it comes to it, I'll buy 10 bottles of pear cider and retire to somewhere undercover and get so hammered I don't know if its raining or not
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I've just got out the uberdome to give it a quick check over, I think it's the first time it's been out of its bag in over a year. It smelt of festival, has put me in a really good mood 
Kanda said:This get you more in the mood Will?
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/06033?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared
Bastard!!!!
The real Glastonbury forecast from Countryfile, BBC1 : Rain every day til Thursday at least ...
Latest (ca. 11 pm last night) from a specialist blog for Glastonbury on the weather-geek forums http://www.netweather.tv
JACKONE said:
Really techie stuff omitted, but synoptic charts n shit can be seen on the full version on his page here :
http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?showtopic=38723&st=0&#entry1001166
No more on the w**th*r subject til tomorrow, but we're all DOOOOOMMMMED folks ...
I'll have you know that poncho hat served a good few years festi service and I've not got wet! It will be with me at Glasto proving it multi purpose worth againeditor said:You wanna have a word with BiddlyBee about ponchos. Hers didn't fare too well in the Dartmoor downpour.
I've got a Goretex jacket**, AND a waterproof poncho. I think I'll be needing both ...
**(also trousers)
Found some Nikwax, just enough left to give my (excellent) boots a damned good polish ....
**(also trousers)
Found some Nikwax, just enough left to give my (excellent) boots a damned good polish ....
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I don't both with waterproof trousers, I've never found a pair that dosen't make me sweat like a bastard. I just wear shorts as its far easier and quicker to dry yourself than it is to dry clothing
My goretex coats coming though...
My goretex coats coming though...
Goretex trousers not a problem for me**, they breathe, that's the whole point of Goretex ...
**Except the problem of having to wear them in the first place
**Except the problem of having to wear them in the first place
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yeah, I know thats the theory, and my jacket works fine, but there's something about waterproof trousers that I just don't get on with.William of Walworth said:
Fuck it, I'll just have wet legs, it dosen't bother me in the slightest
madamv
Oi! With the poodle already
Is it going to rain longways or something ???
I may get egg on my face, but...... waterproof trousers - wtf? So, ya get a little wet, unless its a soaker all day everyday, trousers will dry out. Even in a massive downpour I dont really get 'that' wet that I would want to wear waterproof trousers
A good brolly and/or poncho and summit to sit on. Sorted.
I may get egg on my face, but...... waterproof trousers - wtf? So, ya get a little wet, unless its a soaker all day everyday, trousers will dry out. Even in a massive downpour I dont really get 'that' wet that I would want to wear waterproof trousers
A good brolly and/or poncho and summit to sit on. Sorted.
madamv said:Is it going to rain longways or something ???
I may get egg on my face, but...... waterproof trousers - wtf? So, ya get a little wet, unless its a soaker all day everyday, trousers will dry out. Even in a massive downpour I dont really get 'that' wet that I would want to wear waterproof trousers
A good brolly and/or poncho and summit to sit on. Sorted.
Have you been to Glastonbury before? Trousers tend not to dry out when everything is wet, they just stick to your legs attracting mud which climbs up the inside of your legs as you walk. You make it sound like its a summer shower in the country, it is more like the Somme on a rainy day
P.S
If the forecasts are true it is going to be very very wet the kind of wet where you can't dry because it is just fucking wet.
P.P.S.S
Don't take a brolly for the sake of others, unless you like pissing people off on a cramped railtrack and block other people's views
Looby
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madamv said:Is it going to rain longways or something ???
I may get egg on my face, but...... waterproof trousers - wtf? So, ya get a little wet, unless its a soaker all day everyday, trousers will dry out. Even in a massive downpour I dont really get 'that' wet that I would want to wear waterproof trousers
A good brolly and/or poncho and summit to sit on. Sorted.
Famous last words.
MsShirlLaverne
wearing purple
Fuckity fuck, I wish I'd bought some para boots (moose, I could wear size 5's with sox ) anyway too late now, I'll just have to take enough non-waterproof boots for 5 days
) anyway too late now, I'll just have to take enough non-waterproof boots for 5 days
MsShirlLaverne said:Fuckity fuck, I wish I'd bought some para boots (moose, I could wear size 5's with sox
Wear flip flops. I Wore them in 2005 and they were better than wellies
Failing that I'll lay my cloak across any puddles for you, melady x
MsShirlLaverne
wearing purple
firky said:
I always said you were a lovely bloke
Voley
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Ouch. That weather forecast's really quite atrocious.
If it's any consolation, I don't live a million miles away in Cornwall and the forecasters have been getting it horribly wrong recently.
Last week was pretty nice, by and large, but it was meant to be shite according to the forecast. So you might be in luck.
If not, pack like this is gonna happen and you'll be fine.
If it's any consolation, I don't live a million miles away in Cornwall and the forecasters have been getting it horribly wrong recently.
Last week was pretty nice, by and large, but it was meant to be shite according to the forecast. So you might be in luck.
If not, pack like this is gonna happen and you'll be fine.
david dissadent
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Cant get my legs into wellies, my calves are too bit
Still shorts in the rain. Your skin dries much quicker than cloaths.
Still shorts in the rain. Your skin dries much quicker than cloaths.
madamv
Oi! With the poodle already
firky said:Have you been to Glastonbury before? Trousers tend not to dry out when everything is wet, they just stick to your legs attracting mud which climbs up the inside of your legs as you walk. You make it sound like its a summer shower in the country, it is more like the Somme on a rainy day
P.S
If the forecasts are true it is going to be very very wet the kind of wet where you can't dry because it is just fucking wet.
P.P.S.S
Don't take a brolly for the sake of others, unless you like pissing people off on a cramped railtrack and block other people's views
Yes, I have been before.
Many times and always getting wet and muddy. Except for 1995, that was relatively dry. But I can remember dancing around to Rage Against the Machine and The Levellers wearing a bin bag.A brolly is ok for areas which arent crowded. Although I like some main stage acts, there will be plenty of strolling around and getting from A to B so a brolly will come in handy then. Except if its windy, of course.
With a smile on your face, spring in your step, j in ya hand and a pint in t'other, it will be a summer shower in the country sweetie!
david dissadent
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When Tom gets there will it look fuller?wiskey said:
Looby
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firky said:Have you been to Glastonbury before? Trousers tend not to dry out when everything is wet, they just stick to your legs attracting mud which climbs up the inside of your legs as you walk. You make it sound like its a summer shower in the country, it is more like the Somme on a rainy day
Says you who told MsShirl to wear flip flops!
i am thinking that skirts & shorts are probably the way to go. i still need to get so much stuff:
a rucksack
more booze
god knows what else.... *brain hurts*
*starting to get stressed*...
i have a waterproof coat & wellies, does anyone know just how bad the rain is actually going to be? fuck it, i'll just assume it'll be just as bad as the mud at every other glasto that i've been to!
edit: bollocks, the weather sounds pretty fucking bad
a rucksack
more booze
god knows what else.... *brain hurts*
*starting to get stressed*...
i have a waterproof coat & wellies, does anyone know just how bad the rain is actually going to be? fuck it, i'll just assume it'll be just as bad as the mud at every other glasto that i've been to!
edit: bollocks, the weather sounds pretty fucking bad
Cpatain Rbubish said:Mmm, the sound on the Pyramid has been so rbubish for so long now I've given up hoping they'll sort it out
New funktion one sound system this year... so let's hope.
absinthe pirate
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I have the wellies, a thin plastic poncho and a bright purple waterproof jacket... but one of my cadets has chavved my boots They were all broken in and lovely! Trainers or wellies it is...*sigh*
2 days and 9 hours to go till i start my journey!
They were all broken in and lovely! Trainers or wellies it is...*sigh*2 days and 9 hours to go till i start my journey!
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