WATCH: Drone video footage shows the green returning to Southsea CommonÂ
![Southsea Common from the air on Friday, August 17, and inset on July 24
Picture: Nigel Willis / Voladrone](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_107256633.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Southsea Common from the air on Friday, August 17, and inset on July 24
Picture: Nigel Willis / Voladrone](/img/placeholder.png)
What a difference three weeks '“Â and some torrential rain '“Â makes!
Drone footage shot on July 24 by Voladrone showed the parched, arid common, which had been turned yellow in the heatwave.
But three weeks later, the green grass is starting to return '“ as the fences and stages are being erected for Victorious festival next weekend.
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