Telegraph Article

[Vogue]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/8539481/Top-ten-festival-tips.html

Some interesting 'top 10 festival tips'

You won't need wellies, but don't forget that trusty pen and paper...

[abdoujaparov]

bestival, child friendly? It's about the least child friendly festival, with the possible exception of Glade, I've ever been to

[Staggers]

Useless tips by and large. Doesn't sound like they've been to many festivals. pen and paper for leaving notes, pffft.I agree Bestival is not that child friendly, wellies are needed regardless of the forecast.

[abdoujaparov]

Useless tips by and large. Doesn't sound like they've been to many festivals. pen and paper for leaving notes, pffft.I agree Bestival is not that child friendly, wellies are needed regardless of the forecast.

[ninetyeightytwo]

I like the advice to "just go with the crowd".

OBEY!

[Tuska]

but there's no mention of gaffer tape...any list of essentials which doesnt include gaffer tape is written by a congenital idiot

[redmosquito]

I always take a pair of deck shoes with me to any festival

Esential kit for anyone surely? I don't know why they bothered to even put that in there tbh

[jimmyk83]

I disagree with 6 of those top ten tips

[LusciousLucy]

I reckon whoever came up with that load of claptrap is an office based numpty whose colleagues have kids who perhaps went to Camp Bestival and overheard their conversations and this 'reporter' piped up in the office that they 'knew' about festivals but only via articles in the Daily Mail and also has an inability to look outside the window!

It's almost as bad as the Gadget Show's festy gadgets the other week.

Pen and paper? Last seen in use late last century at the Meeting Place by Joe Bananas!

[Oddone]

Oooohhhhh a man after my own heart.

[Aby]

what a crock of shit

[pie_and_a_pint]

DON'T: take a mobile phone

DO: take pen and paper

Hmm... so if we see tent thieves in action we'll leave a note for the police, shall we? And then if we break down on the A303 on the way home we'll write a note to the AA

[jeffie]

"The Telegraph", says it all!!

Strangely doesn't mention Pimms or champers though?

Maybe they forgot,,,,,

[benm61]

After reading that I shall be purchasing several hats methinks.

Mind you I am not rue 'because the daily telegrapgh festival guide told me' is a fantastic chat up line!

[TentOnFire]

A pile of ill-informed long-drop filler.

[amfy]

I like that they advise you to rent an extra large tent to take the kids along. Like renting tents is the normal way of camping at a festival.

[g-dog]

bestival, child friendly? It's about the least child friendly festival, with the possible exception of Glade, I've ever been to

[ukslim]

maybe the writer meant camp bestival instead which is for kids

http://www.campbestival.net/

[chemicalsuk]

Out of interest, what do you need gaffer tape for at a festival? I've been 12 times and never needed it.

Unless you're hoping joss stone is playing?!

Please don't say to fence off your own private area of the site though...

Although if the Torygraph says wellies aren't required, then maybe gaffer tape is needed to tie bin bags round your feet instead...

Edited June 16, 2011 by chemicalsuk

[ukslim]

Out of interest, what do you need gaffer tape for at a festival? I've been 12 times and never needed it.

Unless you're hoping joss stone is playing?!

Please don't say to fence off your own private area of the site though...

Although if the Torygraph says wellies aren't required, then maybe gaffer tape is needed to tie bin bags round your feet instead...

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Festival tips from people who don't go to festivals. 'Yay'

Edited June 16, 2011 by JC-Mo'Fucka

[robith]

as someone on twitter who sahowed me this said "Festival tips from someone who's never been to one".

Some of those are so naive it's unreal.

Almost worthy of the work of the UK's most famous online journalist - DAILY MAIL REPORTER. It can't be easy posting out 20 puff pieces an hour on cute looking pandas and daft immigrants.

[abdoujaparov]

Out of interest, what do you need gaffer tape for at a festival? I've been 12 times and never needed it.

Edited June 16, 2011 by abdoujaparov

[ninetyeightytwo]

Gaffer tape is also good for affixing messages to the side of your tent for the purposes of identification. Stuff like "BAND NAME" and "C I AM 15" - you'll never lose your tent again!

[uscore]

Hilarious stuff! Quite who the Telegraph thinks they are helping with that is anyone's guess.

I love the idea that there will be someone there next week stood in swimming trunks and trainers in a puddle looking forlorn holding a pen and soaked paper while their kids have run off to different corners of the site.