The weather man he say.......SCORCHIO

[devonhammer]

I like the idea of it, but it only goes up to SPF20. I'm a SPF30 man as an absolute minimum. SPF50 for long days or near the equator.

[Ron Burgundy]

I like the idea of it, but it only goes up to SPF20. I'm a SPF30 man as an absolute minimum. SPF50 for long days or near the equator.

[eoinca]

Yeah, can't emphasise the suncream enough. I got an absolute scalding in Mexico on my holidays last year from only using factor 16.

[Becoming a veteran]

rum and ginger beer is the drink of kings!! i wonder if i'll be able to get cold ginger beer on site or if i should bring some (extra public transport weight!) and just deal with it getting warmer by increasing the intake of rum so i dont care anymore?

[LusciousLucy]

June is a good month for buying sunscreen, as its early summer its pretty much on BOGOF in nearly every store.

[Cole89]

Going to be tough for us hyperhidrosis sufferers! Difficult as everyone thinks it's grose because your sweating so much, but you have little or no control over it!

[tinktink]

Agreed it was my Christmas tipple last year and been drinking it since

A 'Jamaican Mule'

Appleton Rum

Ginger beer

Lime wedge

Angostura bitters

[Spindles]

There's not actually a hard and fast rule for sun cream factors (despite what the media will try and tell you) as it is different for everone, according to genetic factors (skin tone, family origins) and environmental factors (how much time you have spent in sun so far this year/your life).

If you haven't spent a good period of time in the sun already this year (if you have no tan at all) and have lighter toned skin, get it on good and thick, high factor.

If you have spent a lot of time outdoors already this year and have a tan, you'll not need to be so concerned as your skin is already weathered, something lighter would be appropriate.

If you have a darker skin tone, you can get away with very little, particularly if you've spent alot of time outdoors already this year.

I personally only use sunscreen at glastonbury, spend alot of time outdoors so already have well tanned skin and have not got skin cancer yet despite this being a rule of thumb throughout my whole life. It is when you burn your skin through several layers by leaving the same surface of skin facing direct strong sunlight for a long period of time that you risk harm, don't do that!

Use light, loose cotton clothing to cover yourself, do not leave any skin surface open to the afternoon sun for long periods, covering up for an hour, getting the bod out for an hour, repeat til evening is a perfectly healthy way to enjoy the sun, which has benefits for your skin as well as potential for harm.

[rexclark]

I'd be quite happy if the weather was the same as last year, a few degrees more would be uncomfortable but I certainly wouldn't complain.

I'm quite happy walking around in a pair of shorts, no t shirt and a tonne of factor 50 on.

[James Bolivar]

Changed for you. Factor 6??? Are you wishing skin cancer on yourself mate?

[grumpyhack]

Wear a hat. Soak it in water. Evaporation then causes cooling.

[Spindles]

Wear a hat. Soak it in water. Evaporation then causes cooling.

[James Bolivar]

Wear a hat. Soak it in water. Evaporation then causes cooling.

[LondonTom]

I said "at least". Personally, I'll be using spf 8 or 10. I used to wear spf 30, but got fed up of staying white even in 40°C heat so tried something lower and didn't burn - as has been said, everybody is different.

[Breeze]

Exactly. In '99 I was utterly buggered by 10pm on the saturday and have vowed to never let that happen again, so rest stop/nap/shower has become part of my afternoon routine, unless there isn't a gap in the music that I can find (there was last year Saturday & Sunday and there will be again this year, so I'm sorted, Friday I'll just have to man up and push on through as it just act after act that I NEED to see

I'm determined to see more late night stuff this year (my latest night last year was about 3am at mandala and I never enjoyed the real craziness at all) and last night I had a test drive of some magic stay awake beans that should assist with that

[ghandi]

Last year i purchased something called a " Slosh"? i am not sure of the name. Basically you wear it like a bandana of you can wear it arounf the neck. I soaked it with water and tied bandana stlye on my head under my festie sunhat. Glorious, certainly did the trick.

[sonny]

Wear a hat. Soak it in water. Evaporation then causes cooling.

[James Bolivar]

Last year i purchased something called a " Slosh"? i am not sure of the name. Basically you wear it like a bandana of you can wear it arounf the neck. I soaked it with water and tied bandana stlye on my head under my festie sunhat. Glorious, certainly did the trick.

[James Bolivar]

My friend bought me a 'magic' scarf from a stall.

[Bubblepopelectric]

My friend bought me a 'magic' scarf from a stall. You soaked it in water, wrappe it around yourself and it kept you cool for hours.

It certainly worked but unfortunately it was not colour fast. By the end of the day I looked like Smurfette

[Tenner Huey]

This year I shall definitely be buying another one of these. In the past when I knew I was heading to a super sunny fest I would always buy one. If you have them on mist spray mode, just walk along spraying it in front of you and you stay lovely and cool. I totally forgot to get one last year.

You also make a lot of friends who ask to have some cooling spray their way. You also get a lot of 'I'll buy that off you for XXX' and 'Wow what a great idea'.

Brilliant in audiences if you set it in shoot mode, the only grumpy buggers are those you unintentionally hit when they are rolling up a fag.

[sonny]

Did s/he pay for it with the family cow?

[LusciousLucy]

This makes no sense. Australia is hotter than the UK, so if you recommend spf 30 here then, surely, they should use more.

Edited June 3, 2011 by LusciousLucy

[devonhammer]

From vague recollection it is illegal to sell or at least very difficult to find anything below factor 30 in Oz. Its got nothing at all to do with heat, its to do with UV rays. Ok, so Oz has a lower amount of Ozone which doesnt help but I certainly dont need sunscreen in a sauna or a sweaty nightclub but I do when sat under harmful rays blasting out of the nuclear furnace sat up there in the sky.

At least in Oz they are fairly well cottoned onto accepting the risks of skin cancer. Sadly the same cant be said of this country (not being racist here btw, just pointing out the facts) but take Scotland as an example as now being one of the highest cases of skin cancer rates on the planet! I always found it a bit funny when driving around seeing signs for Mole Clinics and then remembering its for melanoma checking not a drop in centre for small black mammals that make mud piles in your garden!

I knew an Aussie builder from Brisbane who had had an operation to remove some skin cancer from his face and they cut into his cheek, flapped it up, dug out the melanoma and stitched his face back together. Nice! And a girl in our village was dead by the age of 21 from skin cancer, we were informed she never put on anything more than Factor 5 and was a fan of using olive oil. Poor silly girl.

The ignorance in this country about UV versus 'heat' and Factor ratings is quite shocking.

Apologies for sounding super preachy btw. After spending time in Oz, you do gain a fair respect for the sun.

Edited June 3, 2011 by devonhammer

[jengeo]

The problem with heat waves you always get the thunder storms, hoping we are not peaking too early Morrison doing good deals on sun lotion