can you get icecubes on site?

[jarvester]

hi there!

i am thinking about taking a portable cooler to keep food in good shape for a bit longer and was wondering if anyone sells icube bags on site so you can chill your drinks for the day.

thanks!

[norainplease]

Nope, not that I have seen/heard of? Maybe you would be better with some cool blocks or those icepacks that activate when you crack them?

[LusciousLucy]

Easy, free and keeps stuff cool for days...

Fill your cool box with pre frozen 2 litre bottles of water at home. As these melt, you have ice cold water but they keep food coll for quite some time. If you have a good box, the icy water can sometimes last until at least Saturday if you are lucky.

Freeze the juices as well for your mixers if you are indulging in spirits and mixers.

Did this back in 04 and our 10kg of bacon (supplied by butcher who was camped with us) lasted right through til Saturday...ok we had eaten our way through it all by then but I have even heard tales of people with cool food even into Sunday pm.

Just dont keep going in and out of the box releasing any extra coldness.

Use a proper solid cool box not a bag as they are better insulators. Its a faff and a hassle carrying such heaviness on site but if you are prepared to do so, then it is worth it.

[Squall Moogle]

Easy, free and keeps stuff cool for days...

Fill your cool box with pre frozen 2 litre bottles of water at home. As these melt, you have ice cold water but they keep food coll for quite some time. If you have a good box, the icy water can sometimes last until at least Saturday if you are lucky.

Freeze the juices as well for your mixers if you are indulging in spirits and mixers.

Did this back in 04 and our 10kg of bacon (supplied by butcher who was camped with us) lasted right through til Saturday...ok we had eaten our way through it all by then but I have even heard tales of people with cool food even into Sunday pm.

Just dont keep going in and out of the box releasing any extra coldness.

Use a proper solid cool box not a bag as they are better insulators. Its a faff and a hassle carrying such heaviness on site but if you are prepared to do so, then it is worth it.

[norainplease]

Easy, free and keeps stuff cool for days...

Fill your cool box with pre frozen 2 litre bottles of water at home. As these melt, you have ice cold water but they keep food coll for quite some time. If you have a good box, the icy water can sometimes last until at least Saturday if you are lucky.

[r0cky]

Make sure it's a proper insulated ice box, not one of those hollow Asda fakes though!

I take my Igloo MaxCold to festivals, and with frozen water bottles, I still have ice by the Sunday.

[LusciousLucy]

Top tip Lucy!!! Might have to try that one for the Burrowhill!!

[Runner]

I agree, just freeze all drink (well juice based spirits etc..). I made up approx 5/6 litres of fruit juice cocktails last year (vodka, bacardi, malibu), stuck them all in the freezer and then in a cool bag for the journey.

I arrived Thursday and the last was still cold by Saturday. This was with a cool bag, not an insulated cool box.

Peace x

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

Glasto selling ice-cubes ... that'd be cool.

[jarvester]

thanks for the info, I am sure that selling them would be a very profitable business! one bag a day to put into your cooler, that's luxury!

[norainplease]

Works a treat...well..not sure about freezing the Cider but you could give that a try!

[billyfenlon]

Nah I don't think that I would freeze the cider just in case!! But defo thinking about freezing some water bottles to keep said cider nice and icy cool!!

[honey_d]

i've been going to glastonbury for ten years and i've never seen a stall selling ice. always thought it was a missed opportunity for someone with the capability to do it as it would make an absolute fortune.

there is an ice stall at electric picnic and it sells out every day.

[jarvester]

it doesn't surprise me as they are very cheap and convenient.

I am from Spain and I can't think about a single festival where you can't get them. it's a bit warmer in there, though

[Fairies for Change]

Can I be a spoil sport and mention that ice cubes you can buy are really un-environmentally friendly (water shipped from god knows where, massive transportation and storage energy etc) So I'm really glad that Glastonbury doesn't sell ice. In fact I'd be disappointed if it did

Sorry doesn't help your post, but felt the urge to mention it *ducks to hide from the likely responses*

[jarvester]

fair enough,

what if there was an hypothetical ice factory relatively near to the farm?

i guess everybody bringing 6x2L bottles of iced liquids adds up to petrol consumption of cars, buses, etc transporting it, let alone their own carbon footprint.

it's an interesting debate...

thanks anyway

[Fairies for Change]

fair enough,

what if there was an hypothetical ice factory relatively near to the farm?

i guess everybody bringing 6x2L bottles of iced liquids adds up to petrol consumption of cars, buses, etc transporting it, let alone their own carbon footprint.

it's an interesting debate...

thanks anyway

[Chris-TT]

You can buy ice making machines relatively cheaply (around £100) which make 12-16 ice cubes every 8-10 mins. A stall with a generator/electricity could buy a few of these, relatively low cost to run and low carbon footprint…

[johnc86]

Use a proper solid cool box not a bag as they are better insulators. Its a faff and a hassle carrying such heaviness on site but if you are prepared to do so, then it is worth it.

[Goblinz]

Can I be a spoil sport and mention that ice cubes you can buy are really un-environmentally friendly (water shipped from god knows where, massive transportation and storage energy etc) So I'm really glad that Glastonbury doesn't sell ice. In fact I'd be disappointed if it did

Sorry doesn't help your post, but felt the urge to mention it *ducks to hide from the likely responses*

[itsybitsy]

I have cooler bag which is on wheels and i quite cool, bit I would like to try your method .

I have a polystyrene box which is about the size of the cooler bag and It has a tightly fitting lid. It was going to be thrown away, they use them for transporting stuff that needs to be kept cool in hospitals. I don't know exactly what they transport in them (I presume its bloods or medicines) but when they come they have the "instant" chemical ice packs in them.

Is this small polystyrene chest essentially a cooler box? It is really robust and very lightweight so it would be ideal. I only want to take some bacon and perhaps keep the jagermeister (spelling?) cool. It would be less hassle to take that a 'proper' cool box.

What you recon?