Strategies for surviving the 5 days

[bigbilly]

I love the Sunday feeling :-)

[Matt42]

Most festivals i've got ridiculously drunk on each night and had a bad hangover and I don't intend on this being any different.

[Ed209]

All right, this is the plan. We get in there and get wrecked, then we'll eat a pork pie, then we'll drop a couple of Surmontil-50's each. That means we'll miss out Monday but come up smiling Tuesday morning.

[whateverman]

The very best way to help your survival capacity is to train for glasto (gym, jog, cycle, treadmill, whatever). It's not quite too late to make a difference now - you'll be very glad you did.

Do you guys take water with you or do you get it onsite?

I've never really even touched water at a festival, not good

[James Bolivar]

Easy -

Get plenty of good quality sleep - don't just pass out

Eat three good meals a day - plenty of fibre, avoid the saturated fat

Drink at least 2l of water a day, supplement with juice if possible

Avoid alcohol and all nervous system depressants

Resist the urge to have casual sex with strangers - it can turn out very badly

[Midnight Man]

I don't do drugs, just booze, and I have to say the best Glastonburys I've had have just been going for it - if you're with the right people you find you're own pace and it's not an issue. Mind you I never started before midday and ate quite a lot too.

[Thearg]

All right, this is the plan. We get in there and get wrecked, then we'll eat a pork pie, then we'll drop a couple of Surmontil-50's each. That means we'll miss out Monday but come up smiling Tuesday morning.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

in the real world it can take me days to recover from a good night (i'm getting on a bit) so i take it slow and steady. it took me a few years to cotton on but the best way to keep on going is to keep on going. as in have a bloody mary for breakfast along with the berocca and dioralyte.

[Reilly1912]

can you get bloody marys on site? ill be up for one of them bad boys.

[JoBalls]

I always get myself 2 500ml bottles of water just before bed. One I drink before sleep and one I drink as soon as I wake up.

Other than that; pro plus.

[Teddington]

FS the yoof of today...........

How hard can it be?

It's not a matter of "surviving"

Drink, meet, talk, discover, enjoy

*simples* as you lot are keen to say at every available opportunity

[curts]

The bloody Mary is essential after a big night. They usually do a nice spicy one at the bar near the John Peel tent. They're about £7.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

dunno, we take our own. best pick me up ever.

[markeee]

Best strategy? don't overdo it on the first day or first 2 days

overdo it on the first few days and it's a struggle at times during the day

[cokebabies92]

Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and Alcohol...

[rhysieg]

we managed to get through on 2 hours sleep a day in 2010. Hit it hard and dont stop

one speed, one gear. GO!

[deardo]

don't pace at all. Just keep on piling it in there. And then feel dreadful for the whole of July.

[deardo]

Forget pacing, it only comes around once a year. This isn't a standard all-day Saturday session with your mates, this is Glastonbury.

Get absolutely ruined, worry about it for a couple of hours the next morning, have two disgusting

beers until it evens out, repeat!

[whisty]

Easy -

Get plenty of good quality sleep - don't just pass out

Eat three good meals a day - plenty of fibre, avoid the saturated fat

Drink at least 2l of water a day, supplement with juice if possible

Avoid alcohol and all nervous system depressants

Resist the urge to have casual sex with strangers - it can turn out very badly

Edited June 7, 2013 by whisty

[nightcrawler13]

I carry a 3 litre camelpack water bladder, which I drink every day, plus have a cup of water mixed with a vitamin C tablet every morning and night

that's about it, works a treat

[JR2010]

Berocca or supermarket alternative each morning, orange juice ice lollies area also pretty refreshing when your mouth is dry..

[MrHew]

A suana, rehydration salts followed by more booze helps me get going again.

Edited June 7, 2013 by MrHew

[Mini_web]

I always get hammered on the Thursday night and miss the opening acts on the Friday due to hangover... I'm quite private with my vomiting and since I dont really want to stick my head down the loo I actually find a hangover a bit stressful at glastonbury!

[LEDZEP66]

Don't stop otherwise you will drop.

I start from when we park the car till we are out the site I doubt I go more than 5 hours without a drink, including sleep time. Once you wake up a shot of southern comfort, then up and about for breakfast. The first few hours are a struggle but once the music starts you get your energy back. You can't let a hangover get full grip otherwise you will struggle for the rest of the day. I also find if your drinking all day you never get smashed, just a nice drunk feeling all day.

Be prepared for the hangover from hell on Tuesday though.

[bigbilly]

Anybody else get the jitters on the way home? I always fall asleep and then wake up about every 10 minutes!