Camping Essentials,

[Rhyscot]

Heey Everyone,

As this will be my first Glastonbury (if we successfuly get tickets), and first year camping at a festival could someone give me an insite into what to take, perhaps specify it to two 16 year old males and maybe consider luggage as we'll be going down on the train ,

Ignor the basics like a tent, tickets, sleeping bag, clothes etc as most of them are pretty obvious. Just like toiletries and any other "essentials".

I could use this as a sort of check list from now until the Wednesday we leave, appologies if there has been numerous threads on this before.

Thanks,

Rhys

[Storm_NL]

Heey Everyone,

As this will be my first Glastonbury (if we successfuly get tickets), and first year camping at a festival could someone give me an insite into what to take, perhaps specify it to two 16 year old males and maybe consider luggage as we'll be going down on the train ,

Ignor the basics like a tent, tickets, sleeping bag, clothes etc as most of them are pretty obvious. Just like toiletries and any other "essentials".

I could use this as a sort of check list from now until the Wednesday we leave, appologies if there has been numerous threads on this before.

Thanks,

Rhys

[Rhyscot]

Thanks , i was awaiting a link to another thread

[Rhyscot]

Just Posting this so i dont have to keep hopping over to that threat

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[Storm_NL]

1) Baby wipes - a big pack of them for keeping sweatiness to a minimum and also for a quick bog-seat wipe if you need a number 2.

2) Spare phone battery, wind-up charger or spare phone.

3) Wellies

4) Waterproof coat & trousers

5) Thick socks to wear with wellies

6) Sunglasses

7) Hat

Sun cream

9) Poncho

10) Torch (small wind-up one is best) so you don't fall over everyone guy ropes!

All of these can be bought on site but with the exception of ponchos (you can pick up cheap emergency ones that'll last a day or two), everything will be over priced and if it rains hard, the wellies will rocket in price. So best to bring these things with you. Use a big ruck sack and stick the wellies down the elastic thing at the front.

[Rhyscot]

tent + pegs <<< and a few spare

sleeping bags

rucksack

tarpaulin

rubber mallet

flag, flag pole and flag spikes <<< get your order in ASAP with Skyblue!

gazebo

mobile phones

spare mobile phone batteries <<< cheap off ebay and delivers you frm the need of wasting hours messing around with the Orange Tent!

maglite torches/ lantern torch / lantern

head torch/Orbital lights

torch radio <<< wind ups are very good…there are solar panelled ones too

spare batteries

seating <<< PLEASE don’t leave behind unless it truly broken!

Inflatable sofa/chair…highly recommended!

cameras <<< invest in a Sony Ericcson k800i and a 2 gig card! Your festival friend!

solar panels with phone charging capabilities <<< £9.99 from Maplins – every adaptor except k800s

blow up bed / lilo <<< instead of blow up bed…buy at least 2 lilo’s from Poundland, uber cheap and light, and just as comfy as one of those heavy jobbies!

Battery powered pump for the blow up bed

pillows <<< blow up / snooz comfy type / normal type, its your call

clothes pegs <<< for whatever reason…but ace for space blanket attaching to tent

binbags <<< for campsite rubbish, v good as impromptu ponchos and seats

carrier bags

IKEA bags for lugging on site

Sack trolley / wheel barrow / home made number…BUT tighten those nuts peeps! Granny trolley a no-no…don’t underestimate the size of the tractor ruts

Pen and paper for message leaving

swiss army knife

Camping table / tray table

thermal mugs

solar shower

water containers

space blanket<<< if all goes well might be supplying the WHOLE of efests…watch this space

wool blanket <<< but to lighten the load, purchase one on Wednesday evening at Joe Banana’s a short walk from the Zider Bus

Schmangle blanket

disposable knife/fork/spoons OR a camping cutlery set

cool bag/cool packs <<< if you don’t mind lugging a load, freeze 2 litre water bottles and your mixer juices before hand, these will defrost slowly and keep your drinks / bacon cool til Friday at least

Disposable BBQs

Firewood bags <<< if you can be buggered to carry them

Fire bricks <<< last longer than fire wood…will search out old thread about these

kettle / saucepan

frypan

washing up liquid and bowl if cooking

bucket for water carrying/beer cooling

plates <<< plastic or disposable

scourers/brush

tea towels

cooker <<< gas type in a case/trangia/gas standy uppy sort

Meths for Trangia / gas canisters for cooker

firelighters

lighters

string

Scissors

Safety pins

gaffa tape <<< your festy friend

straps/bungees/clingfilm

plastic cups

pee tools <<< wide necked bottles (ewww) or for the ladies, a she-pee

loo roll <<< rumours of free stuff still needing finalising

tissues <<< multi packs of Handy Andies from Poundland…a total festy essential for the girls

wet wipes <<<THE ULTIMATE festy friend…gives gaffa tape a run in the contest for most important item

sunglasses

sun hat

sun cream

e-45 cream

aqueous cream

Savlon

Vaseline

Lip balm

ear plugs

shampoo (2-in-1)

leave in conditioner

soap <<< sealable placcy bag to keep it in

toothbrush

toothpaste

razer

contact kits

compact mirror <<< flat pack sort from a cheapo pharmacy v good but hide deep in your rucksack cos of no glass rule

insect repellent

hair brush

gas powered straighteners if you MUST!

first aid kit

eye masks (wtf!)

hayfever tablets <<< or start your Beconase course NOW!

Rehydration packs

Imodium <<< although the Tesco’s own stuff is half the price and exactly the same ingredients!

Condoms

Throat sweets

Dust mask

deodorant

Multi vits

mouthwash <<< but only if you want to!

flannel

small towel

noodles / easily cookable food

snack food <<< Nutri grain always a good un

orange squash/juice

complan/soup

tea + coffee

UHT milk <<< start lifting small cartons from cafes now!

Booze <<< cans for beer and placcy bottles with spirits in! NO GLASS…or the security will take it off you

Fags to last the fest

Baccy

Rizlas

Camera film case to use as an ashtray and fag butt holder

5HTP <<< for serotonin boosting…work the following week will be SOOOO much easier!

Indulgences <<<whatever takes your fancy…but remember...JUST SAY NO KIDS!

Chewing gum

Ketchup!

Some non-water soap/alcohol hand rub <<< festy essential, v good for staving off Glasto Belly! OR JUST WAH YOUR HANDS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY!!!

ibuprofen

paracetemol

Waterproofs, tops and bottoms

waterproof mac in sac

poncho

wellies <<< DON’T leave in the boot even if the forecast is for sun all weekend!

Sturdy boots

trainers

socks x 10

knickers/pants enough as you like

warm jumper <<< one will be enough unless the forecast is bad, bring 2

festy ware <<< check weather threads for what to decide what to pack

gloves/wrist warmers

e-festivals t-shirts x 2

efestivals fleece

pj's

warm hat to sleep in

camp decorations

camo netting for shade

fairy lights (battery powered LED ones have 50 hour life) OR try Solar ones off ebay from Hong Kong

sky lanterns

fancy dress outfit(s)

pirate gear

cowboy hat

fairy wings

guitar

harmonica

frisbee

Juggling balls

Poi

Glowsticks

Beer belt

Pack of cards

Cheque book

Cash

Decent bag for carrying stuff around during day <<< those drawstring bags are best for dancing in

Water carrier rucksack with the bladders and nozzle thing

Next of kin notification

Driving licence/car documents

TICKET!

A compus mentus DES for the drive home <<< YOU take all the shit back to the car if someone is kindly taking you home! Let them sleep and get their energy, sanity and safety levels up to a respectable level.

FINGERS CROSSED FOR SUN!

OPEN MIND

STAMINA

A CLEAR HEAD

A REPLACEMENT LIVER

NEW PAIR OF LUNGS

ENOUGH DAYS BOOKED OFF WORK ON RETURN

A WARM BATH AND A SICK BED TO RETURN TO

[Rhyscot]

۝ Alarm clock

۝ Aluminium Foil

۝ Antihistamines

۝ Antiseptic plasters + bandages

۝ Aqua rolls + waste containers

۝ Aspirin Paracetamol etc

۝ Awning + groundsheet

۝ Baby/wet wipes

۝ Bacon

۝ Bail Bond (Spain)

۝ Baked Beans

۝ Bank's telephone number

۝ Basic tools (screwdrivers pliers etc.)

۝ Bath towel

۝ Battery

۝ BBQ

۝ BBQ Charcoal

۝ BBQ food

۝ BBQ grills

۝ BBQ tongs

۝ Beach bag

۝ Beam deflectors

۝ Beer/wine (Don’t forget this!)

۝ Beta blockers

۝ Big knives

۝ Bike + Bike lock

۝ Bin + bin bags

۝ Binoculars

۝ Blank videos

۝ Boat documents

۝ Booking confirmation

۝ Books

۝ Books radio cards games toys etc.

۝ Boots

۝ Bread butter + biscuits

۝ Bum bag

۝ Calamine lotion

۝ Camcorder/battery + extra tapes

۝ Camera/battery + extra film

۝ Candle/lamp

۝ Car manual or handbook

۝ Car/caravan breakdown insurance

۝ Caravan

۝ Caravan jack

۝ Carrier bags

۝ Carry mats

۝ Cash (sterling + foreign currency) credit card etc.

۝ Certificate of Entitlement

۝ Chairs + sun beds

۝ Cheese

۝ Cheque book

۝ Chopping board

۝ Cleaning cloth

۝ Clothes

۝ Clothesline + pegs

۝ Coats

۝ Coffee tea sugar + sweeteners

۝ Comb/hair brush/clips/bands

۝ Compass + Map

۝ Conditioner

۝ Cooking oil

۝ Cool bag

۝ Corkscrew + Bottle opener

۝ Cotton wool

۝ Crisps

۝ Day sacks

۝ Dental floss

۝ Deodorant

۝ Diahorrea remedy etc

۝ Dishcloth

۝ Dishes

۝ Dog biscuits

۝ Dog blankets

۝ Dog bowls

۝ Dog food

۝ Dog leads

۝ Dog towels

۝ Dog treats

۝ Dog water bowl

۝ Driving licence

۝ Duct tape

۝ Duvet (if you've got room!)

۝ E45 cream

۝ Eggs bacon beans + tomatoes

۝ Electric plug + adaptor (abroad don't forget a polarity tester + a adapter for inverted polarity)

۝ Favourites foods

۝ Ferry/rail tickets

۝ Fire extinguisher

۝ Firelighters

۝ First-aid kit (Germany have a specific kit big fine if you do not have that kit)

۝ Flask

۝ Fleece liners

۝ Food box/bag

۝ Form El11

۝ Freezer food

۝ Fruit - Small fruit cups or fresh fruit

۝ Frying Pan

۝ Gas bottles/cylinders

۝ Gas burners

۝ Gas lantern (these are superb)

۝ GB sticker

۝ Glasses

۝ Gloves

۝ Green Card

۝ Guitar

۝ Hair dryers (12v + 240v)

۝ Hair products

۝ Hand towel

۝ Hand warmer/fuel

۝ Hats

۝ Head torches

۝ Herbs/marinades

۝ Hitch lock

۝ Imodium

۝ Insect Repellent – Spray/cream

۝ Insulating/adhesive tape

۝ Jump leads

۝ Jumpers

۝ Kettle

۝ Keys

۝ Kitchen roll

۝ Knickers/underpants

۝ Knives Forks Spoons + Teaspoons

۝ Lamp

۝ Leatherman

۝ Lemsip tablets

۝ Lighter (as in cigarette)

۝ Lip salve

۝ Mains leads

۝ Make-up

۝ Mallet

۝ Maps site directions + guidebooks

۝ Margarine/butter

۝ Matches (preferably water proof)

۝ Mattress or pad - Inflator for air mattress

۝ Medication + Prescription drugs/tablets

۝ Melolin

۝ Meths

۝ Microwave

۝ Milk juice pop + soft drinks

۝ Mobile phone + chargers

۝ Multi-cooker

۝ Needle + thread

۝ Newspapers for lighting a campfire

۝ Nightwear

۝ Onions mushrooms tomatoes

۝ Organiser

۝ Over trousers

۝ Paper towels

۝ Passports

۝ Payment cards

۝ PC/Laptop

۝ Pegs

۝ Pen/paper

۝ Personal holiday insurance

۝ Plasters

۝ Plasters (strips)

۝ Plastic knives forks spoons

۝ Plates dishes mugs

۝ Pocket dictionary + phrase book

۝ Pocket Tissues

۝ Pole sleeves

۝ Radiator sealing compound

۝ Radio/Cassette/CD player + cassettes/CDs

۝ Receipts for Customs

۝ Rucksacks

۝ Safety pins

۝ Salad cream/Mayonnaise

۝ Salad stuff

۝ Salt Pepper Vinegar sauces spices + marinades

۝ Sandwich bags

۝ Sauce pan with lid

۝ Scarves

۝ Scissors

۝ Scourers

۝ Sharp knife

۝ Shoes

۝ Shorts

۝ Sink plugs

۝ Skin cream

۝ Skirts/blouses

۝ Sleeping bags + pillows

۝ Slippers

۝ Socks

۝ Space blanket

۝ Spare batteries + bulbs

۝ Spare Camping Gaz adaptor if you run out of gas (Calor is NOT available abroad)

۝ Spare lantern fuel + mantles

۝ Spare set of keys

۝ Spare tyre for caravan

۝ Spare wheel

۝ Sponge

۝ Steroids

۝ Stirring/frying bat

۝ Stomach settlers

۝ Stove with fuel + lighter

۝ Sun cream/oil/lotion

۝ Sunglasses

۝ Swimwear

۝ Swiss Army knife

۝ Talc

۝ Tape

۝ Tee shirts

۝ Television

۝ Tent

۝ Tent repair kit

۝ Thermometer

۝ Thermorest + repair kit

۝ Tights

۝ Tin opener

۝ Tissues

۝ Toaster

۝ Toilet Paper (essential)

۝ Toiletry bag

o Shower gel

o Tooth brushes + paste

o Soap/shampoo

o Razor/shaving foam

o Perfume/Aftershave

o Flannel

۝ Tool box

۝ Tool kit (Spares kit/Spare set of bulbs/fuses compulsory in Spain + recommended in France Germany + Italy)

۝ Torch with spare batteries

۝ Tow rope

۝ Towels + tea towels

۝ Trangia + lifters

۝ Travel sickness pills

۝ Traveller's cheques

۝ Trousers

۝ Tweezers

۝ Tweezers for splinters + ticks

۝ Tyre pressure gauge

۝ Vegetables

۝ Vehicle registration document

۝ Walking poles

۝ Warning triangle (TWO in Spain)

۝ Washing up liquid

۝ Wasp-cream

۝ Water

۝ Water bottles

۝ Water carrier

۝ WD40

۝ Wheel clamp

۝ Wind break + beach mats

[Rhyscot]

That shall do for me ,

Thanks for the Link !

[skinnydad]

Blow up sofa! forgot about these saw some couple of festivals ago and i've just bought 2 new folding camping chairs which you can't mong out on (two upright)

Where is the best place for blow up chairs?

Does anyone recommend them highly enough to carry the extra weight?

[Storm_NL]

That shall do for me ,

Thanks for the Link !

[Storm_NL]

Blow up sofa! forgot about these saw some couple of festivals ago and i've just bought 2 new folding camping chairs which you can't mong out on (two upright)

Where is the best place for blow up chairs?

Does anyone recommend them highly enough to carry the extra weight?

[Alcatraz]

The caravan one is hillarious

"PC/Laptop"- just because you can

[clockworkpurple]

Blow up sofa! forgot about these saw some couple of festivals ago and i've just bought 2 new folding camping chairs which you can't mong out on (two upright)

Where is the best place for blow up chairs?

Does anyone recommend them highly enough to carry the extra weight?

[norainplease]

It'll be VERY sticky in the hot sun that'll we're going to have at this year's fest...

[HurrahBrother]

And a chinnok helicopter to drop the stuff off!

[Laura_Babs]

Most importantly...what is your ticket status Rhys? I'm getting anxious for you!

Also how did the maths GCSE go?