Begginers help!

[chappiepunk]

noooo hahaa you had to move the seat back and take out the rug then slide it back and then twist it and we couldnt even figure it out :L had to ring our friends dad!! hahaa

[Dave The Hedgehog]

also.. if your scared of getting burnt alive on sunday night just sleep in your car

[Clemo]

It's not really in the festival spirit to be running off to your car, people aren't going to rob your pants & socks, you don't need to check your phone every morning. Just have fun and leave the worrying until Monday morning.

[chappiepunk]

It's not really in the festival spirit to be running off to your car, people aren't going to rob your pants & socks, you don't need to check your phone every morning. Just have fun and leave the worrying until Monday morning.

[dannyv18]

It's not really in the festival spirit to be running off to your car, people aren't going to rob your pants & socks, you don't need to check your phone every morning. Just have fun and leave the worrying until Monday morning.

[Clemo]

I normally just turn my phone on early staurday evening, football scores are very important!

[Dave The Hedgehog]

i wont be doing it this year... did it last year cause my mate had been before and said its pretty bad so we was just like meh ok ill listen to him but i wont do it this year just saying it to people who might want that as an option they havent thought of ... our car was like 20 cars from the gate and they didnt come over it was allright... saw quite a few people sleeping in there car tbh!!

[dannyv18]

After hearing the horror stories from various friends I expected to come out after Guns N Roses seeing a field in flames but I didn't.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

hahaaaa

naaa if you were at leeds i saw those fires too >.< there was a HUGE one behind picadilly circus like a bonfire

[dannyv18]

I didn't see any huge ones at Leeds last year when I was leaving.

[rexclark]

was straight after GnR like 20 - 30 mins after... was HUGE right behind the picadilly circus

[ViewFromTheAfternoon]

last year, being in the queue at leeds at about 3, not getting in till 5, carrying WAY too much stuff, i'm only taking the essentials this year!

might take crate of 12 cans or so with me for the wednesday, then go to tesco on thursday and get all my rest

[dannyv18]

another helpful thing is to take speakers!! you dont know how much of a godsend they actually are

baby wipes, toilet roll etc...ALWAYS take more money then you need! never know if it gets robbed or anything!

finally... before you set off to leeds fest have a crap! means you have to do less when your there

[Calzum]

finally... before you set off to leeds fest have a crap! means you have to do less when your there

[dannyv18]

Didn't have a crap from Wednesday to Monday last year, i felt like my bowels fell out when i got home

[Bisque]

Didn't have a crap from Wednesday to Monday last year, i felt like my bowels fell out when i got home

[ThisSceneIsDead]

If you fancy a shower, get a 2-in-1 shower gel/hair wash & throw yourself under a tap & then get a sexy girl/wasted trollop to wash you down. Don't worry, you won't get an erection as it's bloody cold.

[beards]

Advice:

Don't take speakers, they are always shit. Take a radio or if your strong enough a boom box. We listened to the Wombats on Radio 1 opening the festival in '08 & the crowd quite clearing singing "F**k you" when they covered Killing In The Name at quarter past eleven in the morning.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

& don't pussy about going back to your car... your at a festival, man up a bit.

[Mega Ross]

hahaaa .. my friend had his clothes stolen believe it or not :|

i was really scared of having stuff stolen... we had a huge 8 man tent near the footpath next to a big england gazebo.. was an easy target!!

we left everything in the car but valuables in a secret compartment under the seat... i dont think someone would break into a car when they could easily get stuff from peoples tents

Edited March 21, 2011 by Mega Ross

[Bisque]

See, that's the sort of attitude that bugs me. If people want to go back to their cars, or if they - like I probably will this year - stay in a hotel near the site, why should it be such a bad thing? There's nothing wrong with somebody choosing to make the conscious decision to avoid the vast amount of noise and people if they want a bit of piece and quiet after 12 straight hours of rock music - it doesn't make them less manly or, God forbid, 'boring'. It doesn't take away the 'festival experience' either.

It's not a pre-requisite to enjoy a festival to sit in the campsites. I had a bloody good time when it started last year but the camps and the people in them are a massive turn off for me, so I probably won't go into one again at Leeds and any subsequent, much tamer festival I do attend, I'll go to the quiet camp site. I'm not ashamed to say that I'll be doing these things so I don't think it's right that people are made to feel as if they should be.

[Bisque]

So we've discussed where we camped last year, and it was pretty close.. and I now know that you have this routine for the tap, which I assume is the one at Henry's gate............. prepare to see a 6ft guy in a wig just waiting for you to turn up Couchy!

[Dave The Hedgehog]

What I find with people going back to the cars the whole time is that they are missing out on social & personal reasons for being at a festival.

[Mega Ross]

It's so pointless. I can't function properly until I have done my rock hard Reading poo in the morning.

[Clemo]

Camp in Orange (provided you're at Reading) if you want the quieter life, it doesn't have the kids who seem to be let out the house for the first time so find it suitable to act like complete c**ts (which we saw when having a bit of a walk around Sunday night). It's pretty quiet and has a nice atmosphere & isn't as far away from the arena as people make out.

This is all irrelevant if you're going to Leeds however.