awww so i might not be able to use my brand new wellys!?!!?

great news tho!

I think theres still a good chance that outside the origin stage will be pretty churned up - i hope they put loads of chippings down or someting

Yeah, i feel i ought to state that soil is incredibly heterogenous and soil maps take no account of compaction, soil biology, and management practices and blah blah blah... so if it does happen to be muddy i hope no one just takes trainers coz of this analysis. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best!

I don't want to feel any hate coming my way after glad coz people were stuck with just trainers

whatever happens im sure they'll of thought of something to sort of water.

Old trainsers with plastic bags around them if it gets really bad, dont mind it they get muddy as I will most probably throw them away after Glade.... I will also take loads of socks to change when necessary

"soil maps"
"heterogenous"
"compaction"
"soil biology"
"management practices and blah blah"

This is my favourite thread of all time.

I am not being sarcastic. xx

Wem wrote:"soil maps"
"heterogenous"
"compaction"
"soil biology"
"management practices and blah blah"

This is my favourite thread of all time.

I am not being sarcastic. xx

Shhhh, you're only going to make him blush.

just found out on Metcheck it is going to piss it down on Friday over 20 mm of rain in a 4 hours but it does get better as the weekend goes on ... slightly

Sod it we'll get a bit wet

Grob LeFrog wrote:I understood it too! (i knew my geography degree would come in useful one day...)

Well i didn't understand it really but drinks in for Slypsy for soiling himself for us.
it's all gonna be fabulous, you just see....

if you're taking trainers take leather ones, kept my feet dry at Wild In The Country at Knebworth a few weeks ago and the surface mud and rain there was horrid.

better if "they" keep their friggging landrovers off it (ie not using it as brands hatch)

Slypsy, I really hope you're right about this! I have two dodgy knees, one without a cruiciate ligament at the mo and I more worried about falling over and doing myself a mischief than getting wet.

Plus major props on the geekiness of your post, nothing wrong with using yr skills to inform the masses!

I love geeks and this post is genius and fantastic and made me feel quite cheerfull. Basically even if it does rain it won't be glasto style mud (i'm still picking flakes off half my stuff, even after a good going over in the washing machiney)

Sonic D wrote:Slypsy, I really hope you're right about this!

The public lynching will commence at 12 noon on the Monday if he's wrong.

i think he deserves a beer from every single person concerned with the weather!

good efforts slypsy!

Cheers all. I am happy that you find the geekiness useful and enjoyable

I too hope i am right as my knees aren't great and certainly wont be up for running from an angry mob after 3 days of stomping...

Any beers sent my way are always most welcome

Just drove past Thatcham Station, full of Glade goers already.

Roll on Friday AM!!!!!

Slypsy wrote:Cheers all. I am happy that you find the geekiness useful and enjoyable

I too hope i am right as my knees aren't great and certainly wont be up for running from an angry mob after 3 days of stomping...

It was sort of muddy, wasn't it?

Yeah, just a little damp under foot.

Trippydisco wrote:Yeah, just a little damp under foot.

Don't forget Slypsy had a bit of small print to cover himself: "Yeah, i feel i ought to state that soil is incredibly heterogenous and soil maps take no account of compaction, soil biology, and management practices and blah blah blah... so if it does happen to be muddy i hope no one just takes trainers coz of this analysis. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best!"

To be fair, the Metcheck and BBC weather forecasts at the time he wrote that were for "light rain" and "light showers". At that point, it wasn't known for certain that two months' worth of rain would be unleashed in the space of 12 hours over the Newbury area.