What have you done today to get ready for Glastonbury 2020

[Ayrshire Chris]

Premier inn now showing as £183 for the Tuesday night!   Crazy! 

[funkychick2007]

Can we change this to Glastonbury 2021!!! To keep our hopes and dreams going!!! 
Bought a new tent!!! 

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, funkychick2007 said:

Can we change this to Glastonbury 2021!!! To keep our hopes and dreams going!!! 
Bought a new tent!!! 

I think we have a 2021 version too ? What did you go for ? 

[funkychick2007]

Will have to search for it cudnt find it!! The olpro x large 4 person!! Should be more than comfortable for a week long stay rain or shine!! 

[Crazyfool01]

5 minutes ago, funkychick2007 said:

Will have to search for it cudnt find it!! The olpro x large 4 person!! Should be more than comfortable for a week long stay rain or shine!! 

neither can I  must have dreamt it 

[Earth_pig]

Rather optimistically booked ourselves into the George hotel Castle Cary for the tuesday before the festival.

It is currently no prepayment and free cancellation so no risk.

Had dinner there earlier in the summer on a little break from London it was nice, staff lovely.

[Crazyfool01]

I brought this handy thing to try and keep me from dropping my phone down the long drops ..... Not that I ever have but I feel like next years prep has been lacking so far .... not even started any fancy dress prep ...

 

phonehug.co.uk not massively expensive and might make a decent stocking filler  

Edited December 5, 2020 by crazyfool1

[funkychick2007]

On 8/2/2020 at 8:13 PM, funkychick2007 said:

Will have to search for it cudnt find it!! The olpro x large 4 person!! Should be more than comfortable for a week long stay rain or shine!! 

 

On 12/5/2020 at 2:29 PM, crazyfool1 said:

I brought this handy thing to try and keep me from dropping my phone down the long drops ..... Not that I ever have but I feel like next years prep has been lacking so far .... not even started any fancy dress prep ...

 

phonehug.co.uk not massively expensive and might make a decent stocking filler  

Update on the tent sent it back as not a lot bigger than the one I have got!! 
love the phone hugger idea!! Next purchase need to update and buy a new phone! 

[DarrenVonBoathook]

In a fit of optimism*, fitted a replacement solar charge controller to the camper van so it's ready for June. 

 

 

*As A) Its happening and B) it's going to be a sunny one.

[Chrisp1986]

35 minutes ago, DarrenVonBoathook said:

In a fit of optimism*, fitted a replacement solar charge controller to the camper van so it's ready for June. 

 

 

*As A) Its happening and it's going to be a sunny one.

Today is first day in a month I have felt it is not on. Parklife.

[balthazarstarbuck]

1 hour ago, Chrisp1986 said:

Today is first day in a month I have felt it is not on. Parklife.

Confidence is a preference.

[stt11]

Does anyone know how long, new tents last?!! I’m concerned about waterproofing. I hear waterproofing lasts 18 months. I was wondering if a tents, waterproofing, lasts longer if it has never been used?!🤔

Edited April 9, 2021 by stt11
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[incident]

3 hours ago, stt11 said:

Does anyone know how long, new tents last?!! I’m concerned about waterproofing. I hear waterproofing lasts 18 months. I was wondering if a tents, waterproofing, lasts longer if it has never been used?!🤔

Really wouldn't worry too much about that. Think the quality of the material and how much it gets used are both much bigger factors than simply age - I've had tents that have been used at multiple festivals a summer over a much longer period than that and have held up perfectly. I've got a can of NikWax spray at home and used to take it to events just out of paranoia, but have never actually used it. Suspect that at this point it's probably expired if they do have dates on them.

[stt11]

Thanks for the advice!! I’ve got two tents. One re-proofed last year and one, new, last year.  It felt obsessive to be re-proofing both!! continually!!!

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, stt11 said:

Thanks for the advice!! I’ve got two tents. One re-proofed last year and one, new, last year.  It felt obsessive to be re-proofing both!! continually!!!

I reproof every year even after a dry one .., completely unnecessary though 🙂 ... just habit once I’ve unrolled it to check that it’s all complete and not damaged ... if you do quite a few festivals I do it annually but after 1 it’s likely to be fine 

[Leyrulion]

Whilst we're talking about tent proofing any tips on what to do with one that was left a little too long after the festival....

The mould is gone but the stains I'm guessing are permanent?

[stt11]

5 hours ago, Leyrulion said:

Whilst we're talking about tent proofing any tips on what to do with one that was left a little too long after the festival....

The mould is gone but the stains I'm guessing are permanent?

I don’t know about the stain and mould problems. But I normally machine wash my tent after a festival. Use the cold setting with Nikwax Tech wash. Then wash again with Nikwax wash-in, waterproofer. You can buy both in a pack of two. Once dry spray the whole tent with Nikwax Tentproofer.

[Kalopsia]

Always like to set my tent up about a month before to check it over and reproof it.