22nd June: What’s in your festival survival kit?

Just been at Download festival, it was incredibly wet and muddy, and the following things let me still manage to have a good time:

Decent poncho (not a cheapy thin one) - that can fit over a backpack
Long (comfy) wellies and long welly socks
Toilet wet wipes and baby wipes
Hip flask to sneak in your wellies :smile:

Portable phone charger - I have an "Anker PowerCore" which charges my phone fully around 4/5 times
Big warm hoodie
Bucket/flannel to have a wash in the tent (not easy to shower every day)
Ear plugs
Plenty of cash (there were huge queues for cash points) although keep it safe on your body
Awesome friends :biggrin:

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Pickles

Original post by BBC Radio 1

As we gear up for Glastonbury, it’s time for The Surgery to get you festival ready.

What do you need to take for a festival win? What’s the best outfit for a muddy field in Somerset? What do you do if you lose all your mates?

Share your tips for a top festival experience below, and tune in on Wednesday 22nd June at 9pm on BBC Radio 1 for Gemma and Radha’s advice on how to have a good one.

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Always make sure you have a meeting point, if you lose anyone if your group you can always find them back there! If it's quite a small crowd, wear bright colours or something that others can noticeably see! :biggrin:

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Original post by Pickles

Always make sure you have a meeting point, if you lose anyone if your group you can always find them back there! If it's quite a small crowd, wear bright colours or something that others can noticeably see! :biggrin:

Also try picking a less obvious meeting point.. We picked the "Download Dog" which was a huge model dog in the middle of the Arena... so did everyone else! So we still couldn't find each other at the end of the night :lol:

Reply 8

Pickles

Original post by jenhasdreams

Also try picking a less obvious meeting point.. We picked the "Download Dog" which was a huge model dog in the middle of the Arena... so did everyone else! So we still couldn't find each other at the end of the night :lol:

I can imagine that was ruff

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Original post by Pickles

I can imagine that was ruff

We must have been barking to choose it

Reply 10

Charles III

Original post by jenhasdreams

We must have been barking to choose it

Original post by Pickles

I can imagine that was ruff

Unacceptable. :hmmm:

Condoms

Original post by iEthan

Unacceptable. :hmmm:

Meeting points are the best place to retriever (lol) your friends though

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Original post by iEthan

Unacceptable. :hmmm:

Sorry, they were pawful puns :frown:

Reply 14

Charles III

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post by Pickles

Meeting points are the best place to retriever (lol) your friends though

Original post by jenhasdreams

Sorry, they were pawful puns :frown:

I'm done

Reply 15

PQ

Clearing and Applications Advisor

A trolley. I will never go back to carrying my stuff. And don't use a cheap trolley with piddly wheels - esp for glasto. The road in is a trail of collapsed and abandoned trolleys and sleds. If you have more than people in your group then take the bare minimum of tent plus airbeds, get the tent up and leave someone blowing up mattreses and get the rest on a second trip. Also if it's muddy stop when you get given your freebies at the gate and pack them in your bag. Once you drop your nice bag and program in the mud you won't have a nice souvenir.

A ribbon to tie on the arial of your car (and take photos of the route back to the car at every junction/turning on your way in. EVERY YEAR I end up wasting time on the way home trying to find my car).

If you go to glasto use the lockups. You can put your trolley in them. And your car keys. 100% free, secure and reliable. They also give out free bog roll.

At glasto - if it is your first year go to and info point and get one of the big A3 maps. Mark where your tent is and keep it with you. When you get lost it will mean people will be able to help. Info points also give out free sun screen.

CLASHFINDER.

Reply 16

PQ

Clearing and Applications Advisor

Btw any free tickets (don't tell me to phone dev tomorrow I can't do that spot the artist **** :frown:

)?

Second year running ticketless :moon:

Broke my streak from 2003 :mad:

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PQ