Keeping it clean... showering at Glasto

[harriet]

We use the 12v or battery powered portable shower which is great but would be interested in

trying your one out too, to save our leccy power if nothing else. What's the water pressure like?

[Squiby]

Stay in worthy view and use the showers there every day. Well that's what we are doing this year. Previous years I have used green peace every day - I can't stand feeling dirty!!

[barkley87]

I travel by public transport every year and in the past I've brought a collapsible flat-pack bucket (http://www.wackypracticals.com/pack-away-bucket), filled it with water, got into a bikini and washed that way. This year though I'm splashing out a bit and spending £59 to use off-site showers (http://www.thepowderroom.eu/). I hate feeling dirty!

[Krazypinkminx]

Oh and ladies, there is also dry shampoo which I forgot about. Some are sprays, others powders. They can give you another day without showering when things get greasy. I have this one and love that it is unscented, but it is a powder so it can leave your roots looking a bit white unless you really comb it well.

http://www.elle.com/beauty/hair/best-dry-shampoo#slide-2

My friend with beautiful hair swears by this one: http://www.elle.com/beauty/hair/best-dry-shampoo#slide-3

[James Bolivar]

Haha, some interesting suggestions. Love the idea about hand sanitizer on the baby wipes to kill B.O.!

Sounds like most of you are driving in. Since I am coming from the US and have to fit everything I take into one hiking backpack, things like buckets, bowls, stoves and portable showers are unreachable luxuries. How would I even get water to the camp area? Lifting water is misery. Maybe buying a shower bag there is possible, but are you so busy that there isn't time to think about all this? But thanks for the tip on the no-rinse products. I figured they would not be ideal, but I planned to chase them with a bottle of water. Should work. We shall see. I will just plan on hitting the showers and hope for the best.

Edited May 29, 2013 by James Bolivar

[Bisque]

Is it bad form to have a quick wash under the taps so as long as you don't hold up the queue for drinking water?

[James Bolivar]

I have dry shampoo that is Brown to match my hair

[James Bolivar]

Is it bad form to have a quick wash under the taps so as long as you don't hold up the queue for drinking water?

[Bisque]

As long as it isn't contributing to a huge lake round the taps.

[bsolxiv]

The taps at Reading don't fill into a basin or collection bit underneath so just goes everywhere. Just might want to dampen my hair as it sticks up in the mornings when getting water

[a williams field pilgrim]

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People get a lot of stick for doing this, though me and the other half washed our hair twice each under the taps last time (which felt amazing), and wet wipes for the rest. I never understood why people frown on this so much, whereas filling a 5 gallon portable shower is apparently acceptable?

[whisty]

I remember a disgusted look from someone behind me with said 5 gallon container & pots & pans after I quickly washed hair at tap in 07. It made no difference to the swamp underfoot, I waited my turn just like her and guarantee I was quicker than her, plus use eco shampoo anyway.

I couldn't care less about the frowns, may treat myself to a shower this year if queue not too bad otherwise I'm using tap again.

[Leggins]

Do 2 wrongs make a right? It's a pain in the ass waiting for people at the dribble tap.

[whisty]

UnFortunately, the standpipe rules and regulations are not made by you Whisty. In fact I don't think they are even made my Glastonbury Festival, so people can do as they please. As for "waiting for people at the tap"....I've never waited once....come back when there's no queue. There are better things to do.

[clarkete]

The frowns and tuts are for pouring more water onto the floor, even if it's already like a swamp adding more water is not going to make it better.

If you want to wash whatever you like, take some water in one of those solar showers or a container and do it elsewhere at your leisure on drier ground

[James Bolivar]

The frowns and tuts are for pouring more water onto the floor, even if it's already like a swamp adding more water is not going to make it better.

If you want to wash whatever you like, take some water in one of those solar showers or a container and do it elsewhere at your leisure on drier ground

[herzzreh]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the sauna? The beautiful sauna. Sweat it up a bit to open up the pores and then hop in the shower right there! No lines either!

[a williams field pilgrim]

Just saying, when people post things like that here, new people could take it as acceptable or even normal behaviour & therefore exasperating the problem. Whether there are rules & regs or not they're no replacement for common courtesy. Spending 5 minutes at a tap washing hair, armpits, then going on to clean teeth is not really fair on those waiting in the Q to fill a bottle that takes maybe a minute at most, especially if it's hot.

Edited May 30, 2013 by a williams field pilgrim

[a williams field pilgrim]

The frowns and tuts are for pouring more water onto the floor, even if it's already like a swamp adding more water is not going to make it better.

If you want to wash whatever you like, take some water in one of those solar showers or a container and do it elsewhere at your leisure on drier ground

[clarkete]

I'd like to have seen you point out a patch of dry ground in 07 which is the year I was referring to

[a williams field pilgrim]

I just said that's why people tut. Have a cup of tea.

[a williams field pilgrim]

My last 2 penneths worth on this subject is this-

Say hypothetically washing at taps was outlawed, the insufficient provision of alternatives/inadequate numbers of showers for the numbers would very quickly become apparent.

This theory that you move the problem elsewhere is fundamentally flawed on a dry year, the campsites would be an absolute mess and then people would moan about that and there would still be a lake at the taps I guarantee from all the other run off

What did everyone do before posh camping and solar showers ? Either at the tap or not at all and many of us don't see the point in not washing out of some pure experience ethos. I'm sure the head honchos would prefer it was limited to the tap area or else this thread just highlights if there were more showers in different places we wouldn't do it at tap. I don't do it to look clean I wash everyday to feel good, it would surprise many to know the volume of people washing at taps it seems here, it's going on everywhere. To chuck water all over the site is ridiculous

[Ben Ahmed]

Sauna! Ace comment and more people should use this.

If people want to/need to shower then they could use the green peace showers, take a solar shower or a bottle.

I don't really see the harm in people sticking their head under a tap for a quick freshen up, and I certainly wouldn't tut/moan/look disapprovingly, I'd just wait or go back when there was no line up.

There are lots of things as festivals that piss people off. Needless to say, I think people should focus on what doesn't piss them off.

[James Bolivar]

Good idea I'd love one will get the kettle on before bed, I can assure you I am a considerate caring person. I think it's whisty that needs the chill pill he's had a go at me twice now out of nowhere. We can't get on with everyone in life but I feel an unfair assumption has been made about my character

[Bisque]

When I wash my hair or clean my teeth, I stand aside to let the next person use the tap.

Don't be a c*nt & stand in front of it & blocking its use as I will move you aside