Ok so i arrived this year only to be greeted by a nice big sign saying "no cooking in the campsite", WTF??

Granted i realised it did say it on the website and the bumpf in the envelopes from the tickets, but that was after i got home on monday.

I swear next year it will be "no booze allowed" then "no tents", buy everything in here!

Nonsense, when im drinking i eat like a horse, im not gonna be spending a fiver at a burger van every time i get the munchies when im boozing at the tent, i would need to re-mortgage my flat!

Hadnt hidden a stove away anywhere special, but this was the first year IN FIVE YEARS STRAIGHT where i wasnt search on entry, phew

Ill still take my stove with me next year and my trusty 24hr rations, best things ever for kiling hangovers!

All my pals think i look like a right gimp but im laughing when ive got hot food in me and im not baknrupt!

Anyone else havin the same troubles?

T is leaving you with two choices, either stop going and giiving them your cash or bend over and take a right royal shaffting.

yeah but suppose if you think about what happened at reading with a bbq setting fire to grass which in turn destroyed 12 cars then im thinking no cooking might not be a bad idea

I still think they should reduce the prices tho - if you're left with no option but to pay for the food there then they should make it more accessible, even if it's just by a quid...! Stovies at T in the park £6.50, Stovies at Belladrum £5.00 - makes a huge amount of difference...!!

Tht has to be one in a million chance for that to happen though. And when did it happen? was it this year

yip weekend just past clicky linky http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7580690.stm

don't think the odds are that high, fire and dry grass plus a confinedish area will normally equal disater

edit: it was actually 19 cars damaged

I suppose, but with a BBQ you should always be careful and that probably wouldn't happen.

true but i can see where they are coming from in a H&S perspective don't fancy the chances much of escaping unscathed from a gas stove setting fire to a few hundred flammable tents on a dry day at TITP, does make you think twice

What T in The Park do you go to? Dry days?? PMSL!!!!

In all seriousness, I can understand no BBQ's but camping stoves thts just a big ploy to get you to part with even more money!

well you know what i mean there has been the odd dry day in the 10 years ive been going

but i was all for camping stoves etc always thought they were banning them to increase revenue, now im not so sure no fire without fire, im very accident prone maybe why i think i'd be very cautious in future having read that news story

I like fire.

T has might have no fires, no bbqs, but they have no riots either. Maybe there is a link? Certainly on the fire front at least!

i find it pointless taking extra stuff to cook things when its far easier to just buy somthing

The thing is, T in the park only say that to keep themself in the right,

you cant walk threw the campsite without smelling some bunch cooking and the Rocksteady staff see it all the time , they just keep hush,


but when your reeking and your trying to get a cheapy bbq Alight it can go wrong,

maby a designated "cook your own" bit? it would work

cos most of the food is shit and overpriced

just take scotch eggs. no cooking required.

take nothing. if that free Muller rice van comes back again you'll be sorted.

I lost my food this year and lived off the stuff. it was amazing, filled my pockets a few times every day.

Boke

on a more serious note, they can totally get stuffed if they think im paying what would probably be over 50 quid on food (easily - prove me wrong people! Im assuming something decent for brekkie, lunch and a reasonable dinner, assuming sampling some of the freebies going around too) then they have another thing coming. At uni that lasted me over 2 weeks of food! I know the prices are high because the organiser sells the licenses to the stalls at such a massive rate, its no wonder they have to sell at the prices they do to make a profit (they arent a charity after all)

They know full well that people with the beers inside get the mega munchies (never mind some space sakes that some people might have ) that they will buy oodles of burgers/nachos/curries/hog roasts (f***ing lovely btw) etc so moving that rule into the campsite is purely a revenue generating initiative. Of all the years of having camping at T how many fires were there caused by stoves?

i'll def be sneaking my stove in and boiling my boil in the bag meals lol.

I wonder what they would say to a small generator and a microwave/toaster/kettle? haha

A point to note:
Can the organisers guarantee to ticket paying customers that food stalls are able to provide food which meets the needs of those attending with dietary requirements such a wheat allergies, shellfish (the chinese stalls use oyster sauce for instance), dairy, nuts, the list is endless. Out of 80 odd thousand attending odds are on that some poor blighter has all of the above allergies!

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£50 ????
calm yerself mate
i think i spent about £15!!!

£50 works out at around 3 meals a day.. do you really need to buy that much? i just have crisps for breakfast, usually take some haribo into the arena and just buy one meal a day. just take plenty of crisps/sweets for when you want a munch.

ive got a big appetite - i play a lot of rugby

anyway, what were burgers? like a fiver each? even 2 a day (one for lunch, one for dinner) works out at 30 quid on burgers, WTF!!!

add on some more like some chips, maybe something for brekkie like a roll and sausage ( dont know how much that was, bet it was about 3 quid) one a day, my totals at almost 45 minimum now, it all adds up.

You are allowed to bring in food that can be eaten cold, you know... you dont need to buy hot food / bring in a stove to be able to eat.

aye exactly. i do think it's ridiculous that you're not allowed stoves, but surely folk can last 3 days without hot food if money is such an issue?

For the Scottish Weightwatchers team?

I spent £10 on food at T in the Park, just drink until you can't feel hunger anymore.

i think it is very possible to survive on less than £20 for food especially having a muller rice for breakfast that van was a very welcome addition!

easily. I think between this years Rockness and T combined I bought from catering vans twice.

Didn't Rockness have special fenced off BBQ areas? Could swear i saw people cooking bacon and what not at some point.

Think you might be right. Tiny fenced off areas beside paths? I thought they might be for cooking, but noone near me used it.

Aye, thats right i think. Didn't look like much of a space, but at least it allows you to cook your own stuff.

eh!!!!!! your not allowed to take drugs in either, so does that mean everybody does without cause of a daft wee list of do's and dont's.?

..........they are only doing it for legal purposes.... they dont actually give a f**k if you blow yourself up or set the poor sleeping c**t next to you on fire,, so long as he can't sue them for allowing you to do it in the first place.

They'll be banning cigs and lighters next year.

Yeah I'm sure they'll be delighted if you set fire to someone, will help next year's licence no end.

and rightly so. smelly bastards!

smelly? are you forgetting that T is populated by about 65,000 people, who by the Sunday night havent washed in about 3 days? smoking is the least of anyones smell-related problems by then!

no corned beef?????

but lets call a spade a spade. they still smells.

So if someone falls asleep smoking and sets their tent on fire, which happens to spread to more tents,,, that means they dont get a license???????????

Everything about the T campsite suggests they have no regard for the punters, only doing what they are legally obliged to do and no more.

Why then smartarse are you given free firewood at some festivals, never mind a stupid gas stove........ is it because the general mentality of the average T goer is a stupid immature drunk idiot who cant be trusted to make a pot of soup????? never mind the rolleyes.... open your fkin eyes...

These days?

YES

So is there definitely no cooking the campsite? Or are there designated 'cooking zones'?

None at all. Shitty rule.

People still do it tho. And there are designated "purchasing zones" if you're that way inclined.

We took a gas camping stove in this year and were cooking things when 2 security walked past us, they just told us "to be careful" and carried on their way.

I think they woulda had trouble enforcing the rule this year anyway seen as they only changed it on the main part of their website a day and a half before it!

I understand banning gas stoves but why ban small BBQs?

I never eat anything hot in the campsite (I live off Pork pies and Scoth Eggs) but I'm sure there's plenty of people put out by this rule.

i can see the point in the rule especialy after the cars got set on fire at reading

really is it that much bother to only take food that can be eaten cold when compared to the fact that hundreds of tents could be set on fire by a seconds distraction?

plus in my experience there is more fun things to do than sit cooking at T

That's all well and good if the individual stalls are able to set their own prices, but it's when organisers are forcing food vans to put their prices up, is when the rip off starts.

We were discussing this at Leeds, their perfect festival goer is one who brings nothing but themselves and their wallets, and buys all their food and drink at the festival. I know one thing, if the prices were reasonable, I for one would not lug crates of lager / cider and tins of food with me every year.

Some people actually seem to do this. A couple stalls were selling tents, 2 man pop ups which were in Asda for about £15, were being sold for £65 on site at T.

I saw one being bought, I felt like having a word with the guy buying it.

Prices for food/drink are never going to be reasonable though. The organisers know its the easiest money they will ever make, they've got you over a barrel. Especially once you're in the arena, you might as well just bend over.

We sneaked our stove in, don't think it's fair at all that they only banned them 2 days bfore the festival.

If they thought anything about us at all they should have a stall that has free boiling water. That way we can make our own tea, coffee, pot noodles etc. No need to rip us off for £2.50 for a cup of tea. Least they can do if they insist on banning stoves.

People are turning away from festivals, they can have a luxury week in Spain for the same price. Organisers have to compete now or they're festival will fold. T has to put in an effort (they haven't in the last couple of years), or else it will have to go back to a 50,000 capacity. People wont entertain it, they're is far better festivals out there, even in Scotland.