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[ty21]

It can be a bugger trying to remember everything you need, so i have tried to do a list of everything I will be taking...



Equipment
Tent
Sleeping bag
Air-bed (well, a cheap lilo that I can throw away (yes, I am soft!))
Stove
Pan (from £1 shop, so can throw away)
Water carrier
Fork
Spare mobile phone battery
Wet wipes (double up as bog roll)


Drinks
Netto beer (to change at beer amnesty) More Info here
Vodka (in plastic bottle)
Coca-cola

Food
Hot Dogs
Tin of beans & sausage
Bread
Pot noodles (lots)
Super noodles
Chocolate bars
Crisps

Medication
Paracetamol
'personal medication'
Alka-Seltzers

Clothing
Wellies
3 pairs of socks
1 spare pants
1 spare trousers
1 spare t-shirt
Jacket (water proof if possible)
Festival hat


Tips:
*No need for a pillow, just use any spare clothes.
*Try and pitch near a fence - it makes a great place to dry wet clothes
*Try and buy as much 'cheap stuff' as you can in terms of equipment, so you can dispose of it at the end. Saves time and effort trying to clean it, pack it, and get it back to your car.
* re the spare mobile phone battery - it's well worth getting one off ebay before you go, and charging it up. You don't want to be stood at a recharge point for an hour, just to get one bar of battery!


So, what have I missed, and what other tips do you have?

Edited by ty21, 30 July 2009 - 11:01 AM.

[wave]

Ear defenders and an eye mask can make you feel nearly human in the morning Have used ear defenders for years now, due to hubby snoring like a machine every night

[FluffyBeanie]

Waterproofs!!!  Unless you count that in clothes...

I have a heavy duty poncho, jacket and trouser ensemble and a lightweight fold up kag...

All of the above will be going with me, then I can leave behind what I won't need over the weekend in the car.

I always take waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much stuff.  Will have all the essentials, but also stuff like:
a wind-up radio (for weather forecast and footy results)
wind up camping light (saves forgetting batteries)
torch
bean bag pillow (makes such a difference and is dead light)
hip flask (dead easy to conceal on arena days!)
waterproof holdall - no wet clothes for me thanks!

we always do two trips to the car on the Friday, but can normally make it back to the car in one go on the Monday morning.  We have very helpful trolley/cart type things which make life a lot easier.

I should have been in the Guides when I was a kid!

[PaulDavis]

Gas fire to cook your food with or a BBQ

[jordanuk90]

tooth brush and tooth paste we're not animals

[Alexx (:]

And tickets.

[staffsknot]

ty21, on Jul 29 2009, 11:35 AM, said:

Clothing
Wellies
3 pairs of socks
1 spare pants
1 spare trousers
1 spare t-shirt
Jacket (water proof if possible)

Take more underwear sunshine or are you planning to wear them inside out on the second day? Jesus you kids today, you'll need a smeg hammer to get them off!

You need a t-shirt Friday (reuse Monday if you have no travel clothes), Saturday and Sunday - same for underwear and 4 pairs of socks (never underestimate the power of clean clothes to improve the mood and putting wet kit on is depressing).
Take a fleece or jumper for cold nights and it is a handy pillow.

[gee24]

as staffsknott has mentioned....

Leave a bag of travel clothes in your car.. lifeline when you have to get up early mon morning and you have clean clobber to wear.

[staffsknot]

Stick in a towel too, you'd be surprised how nice it is to dry yourself off if its chucked it down before you jump in your gonk sack for the two hours of sleep.

A roll of bin bags couldn't hurt either - when you take your wellies off stick them in it, when you have used your clothes put them in another and then obviously its handy for bagging up rubbish.
Lastly have a bin liner in the boot of your car - saves crapping up all your car interior if you put your rucksack down.

Take a folding chair, if you plan on socialising outside your tent (as we all do) you need something to sit on.
Definite waterproof jacket or poncho and probably get some waterproof trousers - why get soaked when its just a few grammes

Edited by staffsknot, 29 July 2009 - 09:06 PM.

[cherries82]

where would one buy a decent but not too exspensive hip flask?? i like that idea to smuggle my vodka into the arena ..lol

[Alexx (:]

And where would one buy some decent waterproof trousers, that won't swamp me. Bear in mind, I'm knee high to a grasshopper

[gee24]

Alexx (:, on Jul 29 2009, 10:41 PM, said:

And where would one buy some decent waterproof trousers, that won't swamp me. Bear in mind, I'm knee high to a grasshopper

haha, look at walking trousers.. not exactly gonna be strutting in milan in them but they will keep you warm and dry at least.

I've always gone with the option of less clothes to get wet, easier to get dry tho (without trying to sound soo pervy :/ )

[munkypumps]

Alexx (:, on Jul 29 2009, 10:41 PM, said:

And where would one buy some decent waterproof trousers, that won't swamp me. Bear in mind, I'm knee high to a grasshopper

http://www.mandmdirect.com  

[Alexx (:]

gee24, on Jul 29 2009, 10:48 PM, said:

haha, look at walking trousers.. not exactly gonna be strutting in milan in them but they will keep you warm and dry at least.

I've always gone with the option of less clothes to get wet, easier to get dry tho (without trying to sound soo pervy :/ )

I know what you mean, usually I'll do skirts/shorts with lots of (pretty coloured) tights, then just take layers off if I'm too hot.

[indie-rocknroll]

My essentials also include

Musical instruments (tamborines that kind of thing)
Lots and lots of Glow sticks
Fairy Lights
Fur throw
inflatable chair
Hair pieces/wigs/dry shampoo
Drugs (but seeing as I have been on the wagon since February that is one less thing to take)

[staffsknot]

Alexx (:, on Jul 29 2009, 10:41 PM, said:

And where would one buy some decent waterproof trousers, that won't swamp me. Bear in mind, I'm knee high to a grasshopper

Try looking for some fold up waterproof ones that fold into a bag - millets do them and they fit me and I'm travel sized (5'7 ish)

[amy246]

staffsknot, on Jul 30 2009, 11:05 AM, said:

Try looking for some fold up waterproof ones that fold into a bag - millets do them and they fit me and I'm travel sized (5'7 ish)

But my sis (Alexx) is only 5'3" (on a good day!) and rather petite, may have to try kids ones!  

[northernmonkey1981]

ty21, on Jul 29 2009, 11:35 AM, said:

It can be a bugger trying to remember everything you need, so i have tried to do a list of everything I will be taking...



Equipment
Tent
Sleeping bag
Air-bed (well, a cheap lilo that I can throw away (yes, I am soft!))
Stove
Pan (from £1 shop, so can throw away)
Water carrier
Fork
Spare mobile phone battery
Wet wipes (double up as bog roll)


Drinks
Netto beer (to change at beer amnesty)
Vodka (in plastic bottle)
Coca-cola

Food
Hot Dogs
Tin of beans & sausage
Bread
Pot noodles (lots)
Super noodles
Chocolate bars
Crisps

Medication
Paracetamol
'personal medication'
Alka-Seltzers

Clothing
Wellies
3 pairs of socks
1 spare pants
1 spare trousers
1 spare t-shirt
Jacket (water proof if possible)
Festival hat


Tips:
*No need for a pillow, just use any spare clothes.
*Try and pitch near a fence - it makes a great place to dry wet clothes
*Try and buy as much 'cheap stuff' as you can in terms of equipment, so you can dispose of it at the end. Saves time and effort trying to clean it, pack it, and get it back to your car.
* re the spare mobile phone battery - it's well worth getting one off ebay before you go, and charging it up. You don't want to be stood at a recharge point for an hour, just to get one bar of battery!


So, what have I missed, and what other tips do you have?

what on gods earth is a beer amnesty?

[northernmonkey1981]

Mp3 player and speakers with lots of spare batteries
torch
cool/food bag with ice for first night cold strongbow
flag for your lost girlfriend to find you.
camera-phone
poppers- buy there or have rumours put about in your local
gas burner/stove to warm water for pot noodles and hot choc and to fry bacon for morning butties

[Alexx (:]

northernmonkey1981, on Jul 30 2009, 11:34 AM, said:

what on gods earth is a beer amnesty?

You swap a can of some cheap alcohol for Carling. There's a thread about it somewhere.