William of Walworth

For at least eighteen hours on the trot from 6 pm Sunday onwards, often heavy, with lots before that too (especially daytime Sunday, on and occasionally off), and only intermittant breaks later on Saturday too. Wednesday afternoon, and the evenings of Thursday and Friday, were the best (least worst) conditions. Worse than 2005, that's for sure, and worse in my opinion than either 1997 or 1998, two other notorious mudbaths. Although ten years ago the site drainage was far worse and the mud deeper. Still plenty of it by Monday just gone mind! The only Glastonbury that was clearly worse for mud, according to REAL old schoolers, was 1985, when apparantly it pretty much NEVER STOPPED raining for a week up to the Sunday evening of the fest ... Still had a fantastic time (my twelfth), just ultra frustrating that sitting down was at such a premium, and that the rain never seemed far off resuming again** even when it wasn't actually chucking it down. **except, infuriatingly, over two nights! The site late on Thursday night was drying out wonderfully, great drying wind at that point I think we had a maximum of about 4 hours sunshine over the whole Wednesday to Monday period. West In Best : gambling odds pretty much dictate that Glastonbury 2008 will be a very good one to head for weatherwise, so make sure you come. We are so OWED a dry and sunny one with not even a threat of rain. Fix the forecast so we know this for definite for a fortnight before ... will save so much stress!

Just nikwaxed my boots -- AGAIN. According to contacts already on site and in the Town, there's been very modest/intermittant rain in Glastonbury yesterday and none last night. My main ambition is to be able to put my tent up around 4 pm tody (at the Town campsite) and up high above Lost Vagueness tomorrow morning, in the DRY. I expect little else than rain otherwise ... I may be some time, said Captain Oates .... have a good time all and come to the Fest well protected. Nikwax and Goretex are your friends. As are the interiors of beer tents and music marquees ...

I want to thank JACKONE too ... despite at times wanting to kill him! Nikwaxing my boots, which thankfully are excellent, and I'm taking not only my Goretex cycling waterproofs (jacket and trousers) but also an extra waterproof poncho. I'll be the one hidden inside various small hippy marquees up in the Green Fields, or in the main Acoustic Tent, for most of the day ... If you feel downcast at YET MORE rain at any stage, just drink more cider. You know it makes sense ...

I can read the charts, I wouldn't be on sites like this otherwise. They're all looking bad now as projected into next week. I guess I just meant : has anyone more professional than me got any hopes that things might yet shift, at this late stage, into a slightly better situation for the SW. Doesn't look much like it on nearly all current evidence. Although to be fair, some predictions are saying things might dry out and warm up a tad, on or by Saturday 23rd (by which time the mud'll be nice and deep! Lovely!)

24 to 48 hours left for us to be saved!!! We're doooomed!!!!! The more up to date Unisyus charts I saw this morning look TOTALLY FOUL!!! Offer us hope, anyone???

Apologies for casting nasturtiums on Netweather ... there's a direct link to the Glasto written forecast, automated forecast, and to JACKONE's blog direct from the bottom of the home page. Oooops! Worst, most irrational reason EVER to think the weather will be better than predicted : t the fact that the weather was better than predicted in previous weekends! Precedent is a poor guide ...

The Azores High Cavalry arrives just too late!! If (as JACKONE'S blog suggests**) it rains for much of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, then the site will be pretty muddy by Saturday ... it would have to get quite hot for this to dry up on Sat and Sun, and I don't see many signs of that ... we have to pin out hopes on the rain being lighter/more intermittant in the Glastonbury region that elsewhere ... **And indeed as the updated official Netweather forecast for the Festival also gloomily predicts ... can't link to it,. it's rather well hidden on this site! Boots and Goretex, folks!!

Definitely wishful thinking, unless there are massive and totally unpredicted changes very soon, very quickly! Those Unisys synoptic charts for next week offer little hope of it.

Cheers ... I think and hope!!!! :unsure: Is it you who updates the Main Netweather Glastonbury forecast as well?? It's still showing the forecast made on Sat. 9th June ... not wanting to complain like .... I appreciate that an update just now would most likely make predictions worse .... God I'm getting seriously depressed about prospects for next week at the moment. Worse weather : starts just near when I stop work on Friday (it's very pleasant down here in London at the moment) Better weather : Likely to resume just around when I return to work on 27th June. How bloody unlucky is that??? Offer me some faint crumbs of comfort folks!!!!

I have horrible fear that West Is Best is being too optimistic. Not seen any updates though Edit : Just seen that JACKONE has updated his Blog, after 11 pm last night http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?showtopic=38634 Just about the worst seen so far ... AAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!! <depressed>

Cheers, West. You have no idea (or quite a lot of idea) how much I yearn for you to be right .... all today's updated info has been dreadful ... Oh yes, I know it didn't dry up til Sunday last tme, but by Sunday lunchtime, the site ws good You coming this time?

Paddydog : Like you, and many others, I've been waiting for two bloody years for this festival to come round again. From the end of Friday, I start by far my longest annual holiday, and I really couldn't bear yet another rainy, horrible, never-sunny mudbath of 1997 or 1998 proportions At least the rain in 2005, Biblical though it was, was over in 5 or 6 hours, and conditions were hot enough for the aftermath to dry up quite quickly. Most up to date prospects (this morning) indicate FAR worse than that, even if the rainfall totals are less. <depressed> Only way to cope will be this ...

Could fall either way though ...

It' s all quiet ... too quiet! Desparately contradictory 'forecasts' for next week, all over the shop at the moment ...

I really hope so, but I'm holding my breath for more encouraging forecasts/updates -- maybe I shouldn't be.

Sounds good, but for that last sentence!!! Which sounds terrible ... Continued improvement-trend, please ... I guess more reliable predictions will start to emerge next week. Ulp!