jimbarkanoodle
Well-Known Member
cheers for the gossip 
Glastonbury 2019
- Thread starter Riff
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newbie
undisambiguated
Great, a diesel generator to freeze water shows real commitment to reducing carbon footprint.7) The game-changer with this is that they will (whisper it) sell ice!
jimbarkanoodle
Well-Known Member
What on earth is the point of having a Co-Op that doesnt sell booze?
alsoknownas
some bloke
There's frozen water at every bar on site. Be a much thirstier festival without it. Just very hard to track down for your own non-bar purchased drinks. I've sourced it a few times, but it's always a mission.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
There used to be a guy called Andy the Ice Man who had a Landover full of ice.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
They want you to buy at the bar ... How else do they make money
alsoknownas
some bloke
There's a few people who've done it over the years, but they never seem to keep it going. I figure it's just hard to make it work financially or something, which is weird cos the demand is high for sure. Crew bars have given me a pint of ice for nowt on occasion, so it must be fairly abundant behind the bars.
hammerntongues
Well-Known Member
Still getting a bit closer each day , last night spent 50 metres from the M25 under Heathrow flight path . Have spent the last 2 days walking in the rain past rich peoples houses on the Thames . Will be doing the same today
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We want the guys (Piers and his brother etc.) from 2016 and before to come back, they always welcomed us in. The lady in 2017 was very unfriendly and it was tough to get passes off her (she gave them begrudgingly in the end). And as you say the atmosphere was bland, a bit dull, whereas the previous guys had parties! One gate steward at Avalon backstage told me in 2017 that they were lobbying for the previous guys to return
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Hints at some not-too-badness from next w/e onwards in some forecasts ..... 
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alsoknownas
some bloke
Only time I ever went there I watched some world cup footy on a little telly someone had set up. It was a nice friendly place.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
Hints at some not-too-badness from next w/e onwards in some forecasts .....
I presume you have seen this
alsoknownas
some bloke
Do I read that correctly as saying there has been the largest ever recorded build up of rainfall for 3 weeks prior to the festival? 
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
So I last went in 2016, and I didn't think it was too bad but the mud was pretty intense.
Michael Eavis laments muddiest ever Glastonbury festival
Experienced Glasto experts, please tell me - it's not going to be worse than 2016 is it?
Michael Eavis laments muddiest ever Glastonbury festival
Experienced Glasto experts, please tell me - it's not going to be worse than 2016 is it?
editor
hiraethified
I think 2005 would be hard to beat
Warning to Glastonbury festival first-timers – it’s not always that bloody good (see: great mudfests of the past)
SpackleFrog
Smash showy bell-bottom pants and sporty haircuts
I think 2005 would be hard to beat
Warning to Glastonbury festival first-timers – it’s not always that bloody good (see: great mudfests of the past)
Yeah so I've heard but crucially - it's not gonna be like that is it?
Does the drainage system they installed after this make a big difference?
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
I believe so.
If I'm reading the chart right wiskey, that's a pretty
figure of 51 for 3 weeks out this year! Can that be right?! There's been a lot of rain
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
Do I read that correctly as saying there has been the largest ever recorded build up of rainfall for 3 weeks prior to the festival?
By some margin!
ruffneck23
front left
Got my artist ticket , woohoo
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
the venice of the westI think 2005 would be hard to beat
Warning to Glastonbury festival first-timers – it’s not always that bloody good (see: great mudfests of the past)
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
hint: pack a liloHints at some not-too-badness from next w/e onwards in some forecasts .....
ruffneck23
front left
I’ve rented a motorhome so whatever happens it will be ok 
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
don't park it on low groundI’ve rented a motorhome so whatever happens it will be ok
ruffneck23
front left
Yes that had crossed my mind
I’m sure il let you know if I get stuck on the mud !
I’m sure il let you know if I get stuck on the mud !
hammerntongues
Well-Known Member
A wet Glastonbury just sucks the life out of you , it also makes everywhere seem more crowded and difficult to get between stages as you can’t cut corners . Walkways are reduced to a shuffle . Please please let’s have a decent dry spell , remain optimistic loads of time to dry out .
In 2007 the last I saw of the mud was on the Bakerloo line platform at Paddington. It really had gone that far.
We were head to toes slathered. That year was the end for a lot of people. At the time I was veering that way. 2008 turned into a vintage year. Perhaps it was a clear out, those who were tired weren’t there.
In came a zillion twenty somethings first timers. The site was alight... I can remember Wednesday and Thursday was background singalong of “Stay Another Day”
A venue in Silver Hayes had done a late booking, in response to a cheeky whinge by the ‘band’.
About an hour before I was sat with some urbs at the cider bus, in a collective slating. Not long later, someone looked at their watch, looked at the assembled gang, and said “on in 20 minutes, if we leave now we can make it!”
Never seen so many rebels move so quick
Or was this 2009??
The edges blur
