Valuables?

[Lewis2804]

Just wondering if you dont get a locker and If you brought such things as cash for weekend, cameras, MP3's, Mobiles. where would they go? surely not stay in the tent? would they not get robbed?

first time going so wouldnt mind knowing this

thanks.

[beLIEveR]

Put simply, think about what you really need.

Your wallet can hold everything except your phone, which presumably has a camera on it. And if you have any sense you won't be letting these out of your sight. Now, what else do you need? An mp3 player? Perhaps you'd want it for the journey, debateably, if you're travelling on your own, but that specific scenario aside, you don't need any other valuables.

[Lewis2804]

Put simply, think about what you really need.

Your wallet can hold everything except your phone, which presumably has a camera on it. And if you have any sense you won't be letting these out of your sight. Now, what else do you need? An mp3 player? Perhaps you'd want it for the journey, debateably, if you're travelling on your own, but that specific scenario aside, you don't need any other valuables.

[beLIEveR]

ye, i only need phone and money out of that but surely what if u brought cash? would you have to bring your wallet everywhere? and what if you lose it in a gig?

I might have to dig a hole!!

[Lewis2804]

Dono mate thats why im asking, my first festival

[ryan1234]

Well if you're keeping your wallet and phone in your pocket then it won't disappear from your tent, so just think of it as a three day gig. What would you normally bring to a gig?

[beLIEveR]

When you're storing your valuables in a 6 foot x 6 foot x 4 foot piece of cloth, padlocks tend not to do much good.

[markeee]

lol a padlock would attract unwanted attention imo

making it seem like you have something worth nicking....

[Ashaz42]

Get a sealable bag, dig a wee hole under your tent and shove any valuables there.

Padlocks are dumb. It shows that there's something to nick in there.

[D-Low]

can i ask wht the f**k with will you do with your clothes cos i can c some piky robbing them

[bloodflowers]

Don't take anything you'd be upset to lose basically, as valuables could get stolen. Pretty unlikely that people would steal anything like clothes etc, only electronics and cash. Personally I keep some money in one of my socks (a bit grim for anyone else handling it but not my problem) and just use the cashpoint late at night, theres usually one in green but the ques are huge most of the time.

If the worst comes to worst and anything like clothes does get nicked, you're only a ten minute walk from the city centre

[coma girl]

Personally I never take anything with me that I wouldn't want to lose which can't be kept with me at all times, i.e. cash, phone, i.d., small camera.

I also try and spread stuff between a bag and various pockets so at least if I do get pick pocketed I hopefully wouldn't lose everything in one go and at night everything gets put at the bottom of my sleeping bag.

[dave_mac]

get to know whoever your camping with on the first night too, then if they see strangers around you tent they are more likely to say something then just ignore it

yeah padlocks are pointless if someone wants to get into your tent that badly it takes two seconds to slash it or similar, padlocks if anything just act like a signal to say there's something worth the risk stealing.

if you do leave stuff in your tent, leave your tent messy! if you're a clean freak like me it may be difficult to purposefully dump clothes and stuff around the tent but it makes it alot harder for a thief to find anything, and it means if they just grab a rucksack and leg it they won't take everything.

best thing to do though is to simply not worry too much about it, if you're sensible about what you take, you won't have to worry about your favourite cashmire sweater/ipod or whatever going (if you do want an mp3 for the journey, buy a crappy tesco one instead of an ipod) because at the end of the day considering the amount of people camping theft isn't a major issue..

and it's standard practice to carry your most valuable possessions on you at all time..

[SJH]

If you're worried about your wallet coming out of your pocket while dancing about just find someone to sew a zip in to your shorts/trousers. Keeps stuff safe and is more of a deterrent to pickpockets.

[dakyras]

can i ask wht the f**k with will you do with your clothes cos i can c some piky robbing them not being funny but would it b worth jus locking the tent like pad lock out boys lets go. !!!!!!

[Lewis2804]

Think he was joking about the padlock lol

[jacks sweaty shirt]

take money, phone etc with you at all times. our tents got robbed one year when a couple of our crowd were in theirs!!

[emmacollege]

I am just having a small shoulder bag to carry around with me phone money and wet wipes

[Budweiser]

can i ask wht the f**k with will you do with your clothes cos i can c some piky robbing them not being funny but would it b worth jus locking the tent like pad lock out boys lets go. !!!!!!

[phil123]

Get a sealable bag, dig a wee hole under your tent and shove any valuables there.

Padlocks are dumb. It shows that there's something to nick in there.

[emmacollege]

I like this idea, l think l might just try it. Thats if l remember to take the little hand shovel.

[phil123]

yeah but am going to leeds and it in the middle of a field, miles away from any house's. I've just got to watch for them missing festival kid's that went missing last year. :-)

[solusoracle]

Don't take anything you would be upset to lose, it may get stolen or destroyed. I have been going to the festival since 2004 and nothing untoward has happened to my camp so far, but I hear other people having things stolen or burned all of the time.

If you do have anything valuable like wallets or a phone, take them with you to the arena. Have as little cash on you as possible. I tend to withdraw money for each day from Tesco in the morning so that if I do lose any or have it stolen, its not too much at any one time.

[Lithium05]

I've never understood people taking ipods to festivals. Some people say they like to listen to them when they go to sleep, personally I'd rather be able to hear the "angry mob" so I can keep them away from my tent if they get too close!

All you need is a cheap cd player (bought one for a tenner 2 years ago and it's now a veteran of 4 festivals) and some burnt cds (no sense in risking losing you're real copies) if you want music at your camp.

[Ashaz42]

I like this idea, l think l might just try it. Thats if l remember to take the little hand shovel.