Hints and tips

[LEDZEP66]

With all the years of experience on these boards I'm sure there are things you do each year or take each year to make the festival experience better for you. Lets put them all together here so we can all use them, I'll start with a couple

POCKET TISSUES, I always buy a pack of 6 before I go to glasto. You can easily put a pack in your pocket as your wondering around the site so you never need to be caught short. I know you can get free toilet roll but its so awkward to carry around and if it rains it becomes useless.

WHISKY. My spirit of chose is Jack Daniels but can be any spirit. We take a bottle each (in plastic bottles) and a hip flask each. Many reasons why taking spirits is a fantastic idea, cost, weight to name a few. Always a good way to start the day by buying a coffee and added a shot of whisky to get you going. When you are around the main stages at night and the bars are heaving you can just have a quick sip on the JD to keep you topped up plus you don't need to go to the toilet every 10 minutes. You can always buy soft drinks once your there are spread it out if you don't like it neat, I often get a bottle of coke from the ice cream van at the top of the pyramid for 2 quid.

WELSH OGGIE. I know its been said a lot on these boards but they are so good they need to be mentioned again

[Langdale Wolf]

NEVER pass up the opportunity to take a dump. You never know when you'll come to regret it.

[ivan]

Hoodie - Nights and early mornings at the Stone Circle are a lot nicer with one on !

[sifi]

WALKING TEN WIDE IN A LONG CHAIN : Because you are making a statement about how much of an individual you are.

[Langdale Wolf]

For a nice, cool can of lager in the morning, slip some cans under the groundsheet of your tent before you go to bed. It'll be perfect to drink with a bacon buttie first thing in the morning.

[Tugger2k]

For a nice, cool can of lager in the morning, slip some cans under the groundsheet of your tent before you go to bed. It'll be perfect to drink with a bacon buttie first thing in the morning.

[superdry]

POCKET TISSUES, I always buy a pack of 6 before I go to glasto. You can easily put a pack in your pocket as your wondering around the site so you never need to be caught short. I know you can get free toilet roll but its so awkward to carry around and if it rains it becomes useless.

[Langdale Wolf]

and covered in piss from the helpful idiot that wetted your tent last night

[Tugger2k]

And stick it in a carrier bag in case you're camped by Tugger.

[Langdale Wolf]

not me son.

but i have seen many suspicious bottles emptied by tents.

i wouldnt leave anything out to be 'contaminated'

[Runner]

One of the best things I did last year was to purchase two huge blankets from one of those places that sell huge blankets for a fiver

Came in so handy, and I just chucked them back when I left.

Peace x

Edited March 16, 2010 by Runner

[ivan]

Anyone coming in a Range Rover is allowed to drive on site on Weds and Monday and to drop

off and collect their stuff.

You need to book it in at Worthy Farm tho !

[droneoid]

and I just chucked them back when I left.

[Runner]

Also, I made up stacks of fruit cocktails (decanted into the small handy sports water bottles). Made and frozen in advance, and took them in a relatively small cool bag.

Some were still a bit icy by the weekend!

I also take a tiny hexi stove and single coffee sachets for a morning cuppa. Takes up zero space!!

[Runner]

Aren't you the bloke who runs that stall?

[ivan]

One of the best things I did last year was to purchase two huge blankets from one of those places that sell huge blankets for a fiver

Came in so handy, and I just chucked them back when I left.

Peace x

[Runner]

If you go for 10 years then you have spent a lot of money on blankets it you keep doing that !

[ivan]

One of the best things I did last year was to purchase two huge blankets from one of those places that sell huge blankets for a fiver

Came in so handy, and I just chucked them back when I left.

Peace x

[Block of Mud]

Blankets - They work so much better then roll mats and help stop the cold come up through the bottom of your tent. Also great for night time at the stones

[neil_hill_1]

take some hand sanitiser

an umbrella (small one) - cos you will need to shelter more than just your head at times

some plastic bags and bin bags - you use them for everything

loads of drugs for you and your mates

extra lighters, fags etc

vaseline - my lips never get try but at glasto ... they do, dnt ask why :s

a camera

baby wipes

[Filthy]

Clean set of clothes, snacks and water, all to be left in the car for the drive back.

[sifi]

Middle Class Hamper Carrying Types : Sitting your green chairs right in the middle of the main stage right at the start of the day allows you the best position to bitch and moan everytime people who want to actually see the band try and get past.

[Tugger2k]

Middle Class Hamper Carrying Types : Sitting your green chairs right in the middle of the main stage right at the start of the day allows you the best position to bitch and moan everytime people who want to actually see the band try and get past.

[sifi]

when did this turn into Viz's top glasto tips?

Edited March 16, 2010 by sifimaster

[Tugger2k]

Apologies. It was just the way that the first post was worded.

At least I didn't go for a "flag bearers" reference.