What advice would you give for first timers?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

57 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

No, DO look. Stare the long drop pit in the eye until it no longer has any power over you.  

Then, you shall shit in peace.

Staring in to the long drops while you are having a piss is odd (if you are male of the species at least). There you are pissing away and then you'll notice a stream of piss coming from the other side of the long drops. Then you look at the reflection in the pissy poo'ey water and see a load of arses shitting.This is not a good development.

[Gnomicide]

Remember that photo somone posted on here a few years back, a selection of arses at work in the long drops, as seen from below decks? The photographer had taken it by sticking his arm down one of the holes.

Mesmerising. 

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Never noticed the reflection before, that is something I will definitely be on the look out for on a sunny day.

Cheers

First timer tip, don't get hung up on one area/ stage. Explore and keep exploring.

[grumpyhack]

1 hour ago, arcade fireman said:

Start every day with a trip to the flushing toilets up near the farmhouse. Might be a bit of a walk but well worth it. 

When we camped a trip to Flushing Meadows was always a good start to the day.  But remember to take your own paper with you.

[Tyonks]

Baby wipes, lots of baby wipes. Excellent for a freshen up in the morning along with a quick brush of your teeth. 

I agree with everyone saying fruit cider and wine. Strongbow dark fruits is a sure fire winner. I only took larger one year and regretted it. Tasted like piss water within about 4 hours. 

[Swine_Glasto2014]

5 hours ago, Tyonks said:

Baby wipes, lots of baby wipes. Excellent for a freshen up in the morning along with a quick brush of your teeth. 

U brush your teeth with baby wipes!!??? 

 

[sloseph]

another important longdrop tip, if you're male and another male is pissing in the longdrop opposite you make sure you don't cross the streams

don't ever cross the streams

[maelzoid]

3 minutes ago, sloseph said:

another important longdrop tip, if you're male and another male is pissing in the longdrop opposite you make sure you don't cross the streams

don't ever cross the streams

Why?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Top tip for the day is not to bother to queue for the longdrops if you only need a slash.

[sloseph]

3 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

Why?

it would be bad

[maelzoid]

Just now, sloseph said:

it would be bad

I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.

[stuwilky]

wrong video!

Edited February 5, 2016 by stuwilky

[Hotchilidog]

43 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

Why?

You have clearly never watched Ghostbusters!

[stuartbert two hats]

Just now, Hotchilidog said:

You have clearly never watched Ghostbusters!

I think he may have watched it fairly closely, "why" was the next line!

[Henrik]

Don't get food poisoning and spend the first three days of the festival shitting blood in a portaloo.

It will make you stronger person, but I really don't recommend it.

[Mezhyp1]

2 minutes ago, Henrik said:

Don't get food poisoning and spend the first three days of the festival shitting blood in a portaloo.

It will make you stronger person, but I really don't recommend it.

I'd say this is by far and a way the best piece of advice so far 

[FloorFiller]

Just now, Mezhyp1 said:

I'd say this is by far and a way the best piece of advice so far 

also why a little bottle of hand sanitiser is a must - all it takes is for your hands to get a bit dirty, and then you lick your fingers after eating, and bam, on the shitter for the rest of the weekend

[VolumetricFox]

Keep your backpack off the floor in the longdrops by threading the lock arm through the handle ala:

 

[jonodillieono]

31 minutes ago, nodolphie said:

Keep your backpack off the floor in the longdrops by threading the lock arm through the handle ala:

 

Absolute genius. Why you aren't up for a nobel prize and that c**t Trump is I'll never know

[jeffie]

4 hours ago, FloorFiller said:

also why a little bottle of hand sanitiser is a must - all it takes is for your hands to get a bit dirty, and then you lick your fingers after eating, and bam, on the shitter for the rest of the weekend

If you get a chance to, always wash your hands with soap.

According to a medical friend of mine it's more effective than the gel, although the gel is a lot better than nothing.

[GrowlerPhil]

If you're under 20 and going to Glastonbury with your partner think long and hard whether your relationship will stand the test. I've found it quite amusing over the last few years that by Sunday those fledgling relationships look on to be on very dodgy ground. Some in fact look like they want to tear out each others hearts. Glastonbury is after all a test of endurance that some people have trouble coping with ;)

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

5 minutes ago, GrowlerPhil said:

If you're under 20 and going to Glastonbury with your partner think long and hard whether your relationship will stand the test. I've found it quite amusing over the last few years that by Sunday those fledgling relationships look on to be on very dodgy ground. Some in fact look like they want to tear out each others hearts. Glastonbury is after all a test of endurance that some people have trouble coping with

You find witnessing the sudden deterioration of a relationship 'quite amusing' ?

[FloorFiller]

3 hours ago, nodolphie said:

Keep your backpack off the floor in the longdrops by threading the lock arm through the handle ala:

 

well shit that is just excellent, and saves me like 50p as i was gonna invest in some of those S hook things

[grumpyhack]

As a caravanner I've sat at festivals having already set my van up and watched couples arriving.  They get their van level and then begin the process of putting up the awning.  It's then that you wait for 'the domestic' to begin. Usually withing a few minutes one is shouting at the other to hold a pole a particular way or support a bit of the awning.

Couples trying to put up elaborate tents often brings out the same.  So be gentle with your partners at erection time.  Come to think of it, that's not bad advice for the rest of the fest.