Showering at Glastonbury. Yes or no?

[RobertProsineckisLighter]

Wet wipe to the gooch brush of the teeth. Can of something alcoholic.

[Ipayne]

Wet wipes, dry shampoo, deodrant and using water from a water carrier to wash your face does the trick for me. As said a few times the queue's are usually far too big at festivals for me to bother with them

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I once had a couple of showers at Glastonbury when Radio 1 had a shower block for punters to use one year. It was right next to where we were camping and very few people seemed to know of it's existence as you could just walk in whenever you wanted a shower ie no queues. Other than that year I go feral and don't wash at all. Not even wet wipes. On top of that I tend to wake up fully clothed and just get up and party on. I may change my pants and socks a couple of times at some point though. None of the people I go with use the showers either.

[**claire**]

Collapsible bucket / flannel / shower gel in the tent & a couple of quick hair washes over the course of the festival work for me.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

i do a wet wipe wash at least twice a day but i've never considered going for a shower. i do try to stick my hair in some water though.

it's nice to make that first wash back in civilisation really count.

[The Nal]

Is this one of the 20L ones?

[jimbo85]

I am bit like yogurt on a stick I can go feral. I have never even seen any showers at Glasto, so clearly haven't looked. I am thinking it might be a good idea to shower and wash pollen off me, as each year I suffer really bad from hay fever. What I can gather there is showers at the below locations

Showers at kids fields

Showers and Sauna at Greenfield - Is it right you can get a ticket and go back at your allocated time?

Showers and Sauna at Lost horizon - some sort of nudist place gathering from their facebook!

[shoptildrop]

I have a small washing up bowl and just use water from my container & wet wipes - does the trick for me. Don't generally bother washing my hair just use dry shampoo & keep a hat on for the entire festival

[snoopyhill]

Hozelock shower and shower tent for us wife insisted on it and I'm pretty glad she did as I'm now looking forward to a refreshing shower each day. It doesn't bother me other folk use wet wipes or nothing at all each to their own etc... but a shower sounds like a treat to me.

[Lela]

I showered in 2002 in the ones by the Kids Field, never bothered since just wash with baby wipes, makes the annual get home from Glastonbury shower/ bath the most appreciated wash of the year!!

[nofunciona]

No F**king Showers.

[stuartbert two hats]

I showered in 2002 in the ones by the Kids Field, never bothered since just wash with baby wipes, makes the annual get home from Glastonbury shower/ bath the most appreciated wash of the year!!

[bobsacamano]

Tap, strip, army wash, clobber back on, beer.

[OneLittleFish]

Might have one or two showers over the course of the week - leave about 8am on the Tuesday morning and get back home about 2am the following Tuesday morning so it all helps.

[kbearne]

Baby wipes and dry hair shampoo for me, hopefully I'll survive

[mikeb]

No need for a shower, queues are always too long for my liking. I pack a brew up kit as I just MUST have that morning cuppa! Just makes sense to take a small bowl ('bout 7 inches across, stainless steel, it is sufficient) flannel, hand towel (always know where your towel is). This means I can have a strip wash in my tent in the morning. It just makes sense and is soo refreshing (I also pack travel sized talc powder for my feet!). I have some nylon string rigged up inside my tent as a "washing line" which I then pop the flannel and towel over that, the days 'tent heat' dries them out for the next day!

Edited June 4, 2014 by mikeb

[Calvin Klein]

I don't get what's so bad about taking one or two showers in 5 days. You go to the greenpeace showers, get a number, come back a little later and that's it. You can do it in the morning. No problems. You won't miss anything you don't want to miss.

[whisty]

I don't get what's so bad about taking one or two showers in 5 days. You go to the greenpeace showers, get a number, come back a little later and that's it. You can do it in the morning. No problems. You won't miss anything you don't want to miss.

[Lela]

You haven't showered in 12 years? You must really stink right now!

[whisty]

Do the Greenpeace showers have towels or is it take your own?

[HurrahBrother]

Always done much the same here but had one of these for donkey's years. Always have to hump everything whenever I go to festivals or camping in general so it's great as it takes up virtually zero space/weight at all. Good for everything from a quick once over with a flannel in the morning to washing clothes every other day day when I'm tent-based for several weeks. Cost <£5 I think. Can even be civilised and put on a li'l bit of extra water for the morning brew just to take the edge off the water that's been sat outside in the carrier all night if being a bit of a wuss ! Good as they might be, it's not in any way difficult to feel mostly human without wasting valuable time hanging around in queues for showers or hogging the taps for a dog's age

Add the all important comfort bottle and the en-suite in Ye Olde Tent is several orders of magnitude better than the (non-existent) en-suite in the bedroom at home

[tomoufc]

I Always start the day with a sauna at SAMs magic hat sauna. A wood-fired sauna made out of a converted caravan. Sweat the toxins and dirt out from the night before. Shower with cold water Swedish style and drink at least 1 litre of water. It's free (you can give a donation - put it in the magic hat!). You'll feel better than when you arrived at site. You'll most likely see naked people, which can be odd if you haven't seen naked people before I suppose, but it's very liberating and very good for you, and I don't really understand why you'd do anything else. Being dirty and sweaty it not my thing, but each to their own.

[brightyoungthing]

A few years ago I found out the hard way that the solar showers are COLD. Also don't go in there naked....

Definitely just take a 5L water bottle, leave in the sun to warm and go wild.

[ticketboy69]

Hozelock shower and shower tent for us wife insisted on it and I'm pretty glad she did as I'm now looking forward to a refreshing shower each day. It doesn't bother me other folk use wet wipes or nothing at all each to their own etc... but a shower sounds like a treat to me.

[eoinca]

Always have a shower every day at Glasto. Always feel amazing after it. really shakes off the hangover.