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[Casablancass]

Hey, aside from tent, sleeping bag and baby wipes, what are the absolute essentials; specifically for Rock Ness?
I've been advised to bring a penknife for cans and stuff, but I'd doubt we'd get that in.

Also, what can we buy (or rather, what can't we) buy inside the campsite/arena?

Thanks ladies and gents (:

[Kyelo]

Once done a festival with nothing but the clothes I was wearing and a wallet full of money. Everything else is surplus tbh! Everything can be bought on site.

Penkife for cans? Eh ring pulls

Edited by BenchBuddah, 19 May 2010 - 07:06 PM.

[rexclark]

Sun tan lotion.

[Cosmo Kramer]

Clothes
money
drink
toothbrush & toothpaste
baby wipes
sun lotion
wellies
waterproof gear
chair
hat
sunglasses
camera
condoms
deodorant
earplugs

[parkylad]

As much beer as you can carry and some drugs

[pinkartstudent]

Wellies are a must, last year i was wondering about in silly dolly pumps in the mud
painkillers
clothes
money
the usual essentials if you were staying somewhere over night

I had a cool bag last year that managed to keep some of the heat away from the cans.

[Kyelo]

pinkartstudent, on May 19 2010, 10:15 PM, said:

Wellies are a must, last year i was wondering about in silly dolly pumps in the mud
painkillers
clothes
money
the usual essentials if you were staying somewhere over night

I had a cool bag last year that managed to keep some of the heat away from the cans.

I never use pain killers, like ever. Not had one in at least a decade! Does that make me odd?

Stuff the wellies! Gonna be sunny

[pinkartstudent]

BenchBuddah, on May 19 2010, 10:39 PM, said:

I never use pain killers, like ever. Not had one in at least a decade! Does that make me odd?

Stuff the wellies! Gonna be sunny

i only use them in desperate times.

I swappe my mud covered shoes that had holes in the sole for wellies, so thats why i am taking them this year. I dont like spending money on non essentials

[Casablancass]

BenchBuddah, on May 19 2010, 10:39 PM, said:

I never use pain killers, like ever. Not had one in at least a decade! Does that make me odd?

Hell no! Makes you a man. xD

I think I'll be sticking to painkillers, since I'ma a weakling, drink, money and rubbers, and of course; baby wipes :3

Thanks y'all.

[Window Licker]

A panini world cup sticker album to do swaps with all your new festival friends  

[_Warriors Dance_]

Window Licker, on May 20 2010, 11:58 AM, said:

A panini world cup sticker album to do swaps with all your new festival friends  

I got excited when I saw a free panini sign at a Morrisons recently....

...turned out to be a f***ing football sticker!!!

[ampersand]

Window Licker, on May 20 2010, 11:58 AM, said:

A panini world cup sticker album to do swaps with all your new festival friends  

legend! can just imagine loads of fully grown men sat in a circle with their legs crossed, doing swapsies

[_rachelbon]

socks. bring plenty of socks.

[stu10]

ampersand, on May 20 2010, 08:07 PM, said:

legend! can just imagine loads of fully grown men sat in a circle with their legs crossed, doing swapsies

Funnily enough...I started doing this the other day, quite fun

http://en.stickeralbum.fifa.com/login

Best thing is it's free!

[Grant titp]

BenchBuddah, on May 19 2010, 10:39 PM, said:

I never use pain killers, like ever. Not had one in at least a decade! Does that make me odd?

Stuff the wellies! Gonna be sunny

Kinda. Why would you want to be in pain than not in pain?

[Kyelo]

Grant titp, on May 20 2010, 08:35 PM, said:

Kinda. Why would you want to be in pain than not in pain?

People use painkillers for all manners of things these days, my view is I'll use them when I really need them not a headache or slight bit of back pain! I'd rather not be part of the nanny state or cotton wool generation.

[Poleski]

_rachelbon, on May 20 2010, 08:16 PM, said:

socks. bring plenty of socks.

Agreed.

Nothing worse than manky socks at a festival.

[Kowalski]

ampersand, on May 20 2010, 08:07 PM, said:

legend! can just imagine loads of fully grown men sat in a circle with their legs crossed, doing swapsies

You're thinking of a circle jerk.

[Andy_T]

Cosmo Kramer, on May 19 2010, 08:38 PM, said:

Clothes
money
drink
toothbrush & toothpaste
baby wipes
sun lotion
wellies
waterproof gear
chair
hat
sunglasses
camera
condoms
deodorant
earplugs

+ toilet roll!

[Window Licker]

ampersand, on May 20 2010, 08:07 PM, said:

legend! can just imagine loads of fully grown men sat in a circle with their legs crossed, doing swapsies

I remember the premier league albums when I was about 8 or 9, all those shiny crests. I also remember the wee kids who took it so seriously and went around with big wads of stickers to swap, bound together by big plastic bands to keep em safe.

I'd have maybe ten stickers on me, and just wait in anticipation for the wee band to slowly get snapped off so they could flick through there 'haves' and 'have nots', then I'd just smash all their stickers up in the air like confetti, the look of devastation on their faces was priceless!