carlosj

Hmm, kinda, but not totally...

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/238951-food-vendors-traders-2022/?do=findComment&comment=6310745

Ooh, I was thinking that first, but no not this time.

Venue and a song by The Jam.

Nineteen Eighty-four and Big Brother's cider??

The WI are good, aren't they in the Greenpeace Fields area?

That site is a large space with roads, and grass for parking up. There are toilets defo and showers(?) onsite, but you'd need to get the 24hr shuttle to arrive at the festival, probably at gate A. You can take your own food and booze on site, or buy it there. Given that you'll need to travel by shuttle, I'd suggest you take your week's booze and daily stuff in with you to leave in the lockups, so you're self sufficient for the day rather than travel back.

You could have left that bit for a conversation starter at the meet!

Re the lockups, I suggest you book things in separately or in groups (eg cans in 4s and not the whole tray, 1 pair of shoes etc.), as when you present your ticket you'll get the whole stuff back not just part of it. I also photograph the ticket in case I lose it. They also appreciate money donations to support their group, but the lockups themselves are free. Gate C is CND run.

We're in CV East, but I'm toying with the idea of having a nap tent on site for energy boosting naps before cracking on.

I've found a therapist that might be able to help me. God, it's a relief that I might be able to break the cycles at last. I found them via chatting with a work colleague and the topic of mental health came up. He told me of his past, similar to mine and this therapist helped him. 4 weeks of expectations and mood swings till the first chat tonight and I now have a session booked in. Utter relief, with fingers crossed.

I'm in CV East, so start with a 3 cup moka which keeps me going till the afternoon, and I can only remember coffee from the top right area when facing the Other Stage (bonus was the server singing "You're fit and you know it" to me. I'm impervious to sarcasm), or the tent at the bottom of the tent / sauna area. Anyone with an aeropress, I can recommend the metal filters to remove the need for the paper filters.

If you still have a load to carry, consider leaving some stuff at a Lockup and getting it later when you've got more time.

In CV East, I'll have the Mexican and Yorkshire flags, does that cover all bases? We will be coming down from Leeds.

Gabriels

Like big mars bars, 75p per gallon petrol, o levels, you think it was last year and you can do it easy 😄😄

Blue skies in Leeds today, lovely and warm. I bought some trail trainers to help with walking now, and the longer distances in June as I've got a bit of osteoarthritis in one knee. That's a bugger for getting to Acoustic from the Park in 20 minutes. I'm breaking them in going to the kitchen to make coffee, no need to rush into things...

This is our 2 vans in the fields. My mate's is the 86 classic and mine is the 05 Fiat. It's passed the MOT easily and will be there in June.

Flip flops and suncream.

Tonight in Leeds. Free tickets to Mdou Moctar at the Brudenell. We can't make the gig but if you want the tickets, let me know and I'll give you my details as they're on the door.

I know you've been camping there before, but the only thing I'd add is to get hold of the parking steward as you get to the parking slot to explain what you want, so they can push the next van further down. That's what happened for us, and it saved our neighbour starting up the van to move down.

What did you leave? The skies are blue in Leeds, keep it up 👍🏻

A cider apple, or one of Chris Martin's wristbands.

👋🏻 Have you got any cushioned /shock absorbing soles? They worked for me in shoes. I'm in the same psychological state as you, so will be getting fitter by June 🤞🏻.

So, you'll go to the CV fields to park up on Tuesday after 12 noon and your family (or driver with car, while the rest stop with you) go to the parking fields at 9m and join the queue, then you pick up the car after 9pm (optimistically) to drive home on the Wednesday night? You should be able to get over to them, but I don't know of any exit road, as it's set up as one way at the start of the festival. You'd need what3words to find their car easily. If that's a non starter, can you leave the car nearby, take them in the van, walk with them to the queue and then walk off site to a taxi or bus etc to get back to the car? That's a lot of ballache, my friend. Good luck.