Gromit
International Man of Misery
Double airbed with battery operated pump and a double sleeping bag is my set up.
Easier to carry than a mattress.
Festival Essentials ??
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Double airbed with battery operated pump and a double sleeping bag is my set up.
Easier to carry than a mattress.
Motown_ben
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Cant do the mattress (though maybe the girlfriend wont mind carrying it
) but we have got the blow air airbed sorted.
Will you be in your car? Or have a rucksack? If you have a rucksack forget the mattress, and probably the watering can.
HTH
Will you be in your car? Or have a rucksack? If you have a rucksack forget the mattress, and probably the watering can.
HTH
erm, even if you are in the car I'd give the sprung mattress and watering can a miss, theres a fucker of a hill at Bestival between the car parks and the camp site. Take only what you need, ask yourself:
"Is it warm?"
"Is it waterproof?"
"Is a needed hygene product?"
"Will it get me fucked off my face?"
If you cant answer yes to at least one of these then leave it at home.
Motown_ben
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Will you be in your car? Or have a rucksack? If you have a rucksack forget the mattress, and probably the watering can.
HTH
Nah we're on foot, But we have a tent organised for us as part of a package deal thing. Turn up and its all set up and ready to go. Hopefully
It seemed like a good idea and this way we just have to take our clothes and a few other bits and bobs. i also discovered a small camping stove in my dada garage the other day, is it worth taking do you think? just for teas and coffee in the morning like.
Not for me but loads of people do. If you are a big tea / coffee drinker then its probably worth it otherwise you'll spend shit loads at the cafes. I couldnt be bothered with the extra weight personally.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I could take a watering can to Creamfields...
But I've opted to pay £85 more and have
A free parking space (value £10 prebooked)
Proper toilets (not portaloos)
Proper showers
2 meals
VIP access area
Fast track entry
£85 ain't no small amount but at this festival worth it I thinks.
edwinchester
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Camping is the only part of our lives which is organised. We've even got a large plastic storage box full of all sorts of little essentials which is permanently ready to pick up and go.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
This, can bring bacon for bacon butties in the morning as well. Its amazing how much just doing that will save you and the bacon you can bring will be so much nicer than what you can buy for 4 quid.
You can even light disposable BBQ's to cook but they must be off the ground. If not I'll be over telling you off.
Personally I just bring a bed, cooker, fridge, loo, two tables, few chairs, china plates knives and forks, quite a few mugs and glasses, small drinks cabinet, sink, draining board, mains electricty, huge tent...
I mean how could you live without all those essentials.
Why would you want to? What's wrong with home comforts? Makes camping anywhere blummin' lovely
no need to slum it wherever you're living no matter how long.
edwinchester
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Don't forget that, unlike milk, Baileys doesn't go off and tastes great in your morning coffee.
Don't forget that, unlike milk, Baileys doesn't go off and tastes great in your morning coffee.
Do I know you?
edwinchester
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Do I know you?
Possibly. My memory isn't that good at the best of times. lol
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
He isn't wrong there. 2008 it did for many people, esp the well loaded.
Riff
B@nned from eGofestivals
Why bother with a watering can when a solar shower packs up small and does the job far better?
I can't beleive nobody has mentioned "ticket" on the list of essentials. I find them rather useful!
I can't beleive nobody has mentioned "ticket" on the list of essentials. I find them rather useful!
edwinchester
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Our mantra for making sure we've got the bare essentials is "something to sleep in, under and on".
r0bb0
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any other threads you were a right dick on and wouldn't mind seeing bumped?
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
I still have the ambition to be able to travel as light as the guy "camped" beside me at one festival a few years back but my aching/destroyed joints are still putting the kybosh on any festivals for me FTM.
His entire festival kit appeared to be a large bottle of spirits, a fair sized bag of very decent grass and a plastic tarpaulin - and he seemed to remain remarkably clean and tidy the whole time, so I suppose he must have had a razor and a bit of soap in there somewhere?
His entire festival kit appeared to be a large bottle of spirits, a fair sized bag of very decent grass and a plastic tarpaulin - and he seemed to remain remarkably clean and tidy the whole time, so I suppose he must have had a razor and a bit of soap in there somewhere?
r0bb0
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and another survival thread, this won helped , espech the noodles
: http://survival.burningman.com/
: http://survival.burningman.com/
