Electric Picnic 2022 - Here we go again! - **No Ticket Sales / Requests **

Iirc that was the route we were sent on Thursday entry in 2019. Starting from Paintball and ending up at Oscar Wilde.

Is the Cosby tent gone then? Or just rebranded as 3 Music? I'm sure this was discussed earlier in thread but can't remember the outcome.

Anyone else know that the woods of RITW lore is called Rankin's Wood? 'Twas news to me!

Folks, potentially mad question but has anyone ever done the swim thing at EP, was thinking potential hangover cure as much as anything else?

I haven't been to EP since 2015, are there places to like chill and get some good drinks and even food?

For previous experience those working have always had the opportunity to bring in cans, presumably as can't leave to go to bar. Regularly got cans from electric Ireland tent

Yokes

I did it and it was exactly that. Lovely start to the Sunday morning.

It was well managed and as clean as swimming in most other rivers and lakes.

There were no showers or anything, so it was just swim, chill for a while and then head back for shower/wash.

Watch out for the times. There was an early open session and then a family only session. You could walk all the way down there and be turned away because it's family only time.

Half of the electric arena is outside the perimeter😂😂 can we take cans there😜

Reports from R&L of AM’s performance is mixed at best

Should have been watching Massive Attack/Jon Hopkins at Kilmainham last night. Would have been some start to the week.

Salty Dog seems to be zone J22.

A plan: We walk in pairs with purpose up one of the security access roads chatting loudly into our phones about "...drinks confiscation at J22 - I've a few here...yeah, yeah, chancers...a load of them running towards it now..."

This is the distraction tactic. As Security swarm towards the phantom can smugglers, we nip into the Salty Dog, crack them open then wait for all this to blow over.

Had a peek at met.ie yesterday. Sorry i did. Finding the weather prospects a little deflating after last 2 or 3 weekends being so good... Hopefully once we get closer it will start looking a lite better ....

FFS, this rain is killing the buzz. We don't deserve this after 3 years.

From boards own weather forum - I don't think it will be too bad and still a while to go yet

TONIGHT will be cloudy with a few breaks, lows 10 to 12 C.

TUESDAY will be partly cloudy and rather warm again, highs 19 to 22 C.

WEDNESDAY will be partly cloudy with lows 8 to 11 C and highs 18 to 21 C.

THURSDAY mostly cloudy, some outbreaks of light rain expected, lows 9 to 12 C and highs 18 to 21 C.

FRIDAY variable cloud, some outbreaks of moderate to heavy rainfall, 15-25 mm potential in some parts of Munster and the midlands. Lows near 13 C and highs 18-20 C.

From that point onward, low pressure areas will continue to approach from the southwest, but will tend to be blocked for much further progress northeast by distant high pressure over Scotland and the North Sea. The net result will be some outbreaks of rain across the south and west mostly, variable cloud further north, staying a bit warmer than average in southeast breezes with highs often around or just above 20 C.

The trees/branches in the picture intrigued me....

It looks like the main stage has moved a bit and the tree that was to the left of the stage is now where the sound desk is.

From that comparison, the main stage/arena has increased quite a bit.

Weather is looking tricky so it is best to prepared for some rain, as in make sure your tent is waterproof and you know how to pitch it properly and footwear etc.

Looking at met.ie or yr.no or any weather app forecast will chop and change a LOT over the next few days as the weather models are all over the shop, so don't take any individual forecast as gospel or you will be excited or disappointed when it changes next update, which is up to 4 times a day btw.

When we get to Wednesday we will have a better idea and Thursday morning by around 9am we will have a very good idea for Friday and Saturday at least as high resolution weather models will cover that.

The best hope at present is the rain holds South until Friday night and then Saturday is OK and then the real rain comes Saturday night into Sunday morning.

I'll be tweeting updates each day on my Carlow Weather social, Twitter mainly. e.g. latest tweet: https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1564167932070051842?s=20&t=pOstFGgvR6zmNn1E744CKA