The Glasto Handy Tips Guide

[robith]

doesnt the milk go off by Glasto?

[greenfairy43]

doesnt the milk go off by Glasto?

[fionchadd]

ooh i'm amazingly tempted by that! altho i'm not sure it would work so well with tea (i tried tea with whiskey in it once and it was rank)

yeah, uht milk is pretty rubbish but better than nothing. i'd prefer it to drinking black tea

[Guinness2702]

ooh i'm amazingly tempted by that! altho i'm not sure it would work so well with tea (i tried tea with whiskey in it once and it was rank)

yeah, uht milk is pretty rubbish but better than nothing. i'd prefer it to drinking black tea

[fionchadd]

I doubt Baileys would go to well with my Frosties

[Ed O Briens Cat]

Reminds me of a quite from Father Ted when Dougal has become the islands milkman, "Well you'd better get going because the milk goes off, except UHT milk, but we don;t sell that because it's shite!'

Trust me you have to have seen it

I personally don't mind UHT milk.

[Mr J.L.B. Matekoni]

dig this people ,any questions handle here

http://www.gorge.org/glastonbury/tort-faq.shtml

[pezzypops]

Top tip for blokes:

Buy a male urinal like this and you don't have to leave your tent and walk for ages in the cold and rain to take a slash at whatever ungodly hour the need arises. An aboslute gem after a heavy night. If you think that's horrible then you're welcome to take the walk of doom to the longdrops after a night on Brothers' finest

A good idea if you're taking a digital camera (or a phone camera I suppose) is to write your address/email/phone number down and take a photo of it. Have it as the first photo that comes up on the camera display when you turn it on. That way a kind soul who finds it in the mud can get in touch and you won't lose all those precious memories

[pezzypops]

* Plenty of AA & RAC vehicles in the car park, but if you were unlucky to get a flat, a small flat piece of wood could be useful to jack the car up in the field.

[pezzypops]

Indeed. Aldi have large (2ltr?) fabric conditioner with wide neck for pennies.

[r0cky]

2 litres?

[pezzypops]

Yeah 2litre fabric-softener with wide-neck, 89p each and come in white, pink, blue, and purple sorta colours!

[r0cky]

i think a litre would be ample, how much do you hold in?

"wide neck for pennies" did you mis-spell that last word?

[pezzypops]

maybe i'm being too subtle: 'wide neck for penis' is what i was getting at.

but thats just crude and not even that funny. not funny enough to hijack a thraed that was good before i came along.

so to get back to the point: top tips

tune into worthy fm (87.7FM) for travel info/getting into the mood when you're nearing the site. i think coverage is about 20 miles radius from worthy farm

[Busterrr!]

1st Tip: Make the effort and take the makings for tea and coffee.

2nd Tip: Take a small MP3 player loaded with some chilly lounge music.

Before you kip out the night before, prep everything; fill kettle, have tea bags close to hand, milk and a handy pre-rolled reefer. Then when you wake up you can make tea whilst still squirming about in your sleeping bag. Once made, turn off gas burner, put milk in a safe place, light up and play the tunes. If you do it right, you will be asleep again before you've drunk half the tea and smoked a third of the roll.

Edited April 18, 2008 by Busterrr!

[r0cky]

maybe i'm being too subtle: 'wide neck for penis' is what i was getting at.

but thats just crude and not even that funny. not funny enough to hijack a thraed that was good before i came along.

Edited April 18, 2008 by r0cky

[pezzypops]

b1tch

[wigstonmania]

you can also use cups from the bars to piss in

funny story

last year somebody we were camping with pissed in a cup and opened his tent door and threw it out during the night, unfortunately during the night somebody had decided to camp just in front of his door and he threw it over their tent

[meesh]

invest in micro fibre towels

you can get them in various sizes, they are extremely light weight, pack up small and are quick drying and more absorbent than normal towels. just picked up two bath sized ones for £10 on ebay

[hughesey2]

Great Thread man! My tips:

1. Take disposable cameras rather than any expensive digital cameras or phone cameras, in case you lose it. At the end of the day, disposable cameras are very cheap, much better than losing a brand new phone (As my mate learnt last year the hard way)

2. If you take your wellies into the site inside your bag, you can store some clothes inside, rather than have the wellies take up unneccessary volume of the bag.

3. If you plan to buy some official merchandise clothing from the official stalls, buy them ASAP while the queues are relatively short and everything is still available. It's a nightmare queueing up on sunday afternoon, because it is very difficult to find the t-shirt that you like in your own size.

4. Use the trolley (*winks at r0cky*), to take any crates of beer that you plan to take. DO NOT load them into your backpack and stupidly thinking that you are a word class weightlifter as I did last year (I was a newbie). My back gave me grief for weeks afterwards lol!

[poison69]

1, Have fun

2, Look after number 1 ^^^

3, Take string, clothes pegs and duck tape.. (not for tapeing off campsites though)

4, Bottle for late night pee'ing

5, Head torch is a must!!

6, see number 1 ^^

[Swieve]

For those arriving via public transport - When packing, discard anything you don't really need. No matter how well you plan you will always attempt to bring too much. Happens every year for me.

And my sig below provides great advice. Try it once and you'll wonder why you haven't done this in previous years, although this year I'm considering filling said flask with hot water, sugar, lemon and a few cloves. I'll have my trusty hipflask with me so i can make quick hot toddies at the stones

[TheNewUnion]

buy some Thousand Mile walking socks, they are guaranteed blister free (granted I'm a noob myself but these are the best socks out there)

Edited April 19, 2008 by TheNewUnion

[Grateful Ghoul]

Top tip for blokes:

Buy a male urinal like this and you don't have to leave your tent and walk for ages in the cold and rain to take a slash at whatever ungodly hour the need arises. An aboslute gem after a heavy night. If you think that's horrible then you're welcome to take the walk of doom to the longdrops after a night on Brothers' finest

A good idea if you're taking a digital camera (or a phone camera I suppose) is to write your address/email/phone number down and take a photo of it. Have it as the first photo that comes up on the camera display when you turn it on. That way a kind soul who finds it in the mud can get in touch and you won't lose all those precious memories

[Pubix Rube]

#746 - When arriving, get your wristband put on your non-bum wiping hand.