FESTIVAL PACKING CHECKLIST

Essential

Tent (If you are thinking your luck will be in if you leave this at home and beg for shelter with the nearby group of hotties…bear in mind, you will be stinking after day 1, and your chances are slim…)

Pegs (there are always malcoordinated souls who insist on crocheting themselves in amongst the guy ropes. Pegs will always suffer from this fate)

Mallet

Sleeping bag or duvet (a double will give you room to move if the sun turns your tent into a sauna, plus if your mate has too much to drink, you can keep an eye on them, and give them a hug in the middle of the night when they feel a bit rotten)

Groundsheet

Pillows

Airbed (a battery powered pump will make the daily inflating task much less unbearable)

Blanket

Bog roll (NEVER EVER FORGET THIS)

Swiss army knife (and/or Swiss army pen knife) – with tin opener and bottle opener)

Wash bag (with toothpaste)

Towel (if you are lucky enough to shower, this will have to dry on your tent…don’t take one you love)

Warm and cool Clothes (Big fleecy hoody, loads of vests/tshirts/long sleeve tshirts. Jeans, shorts)

Waterproof jacket, eg 'Kag in a Bag' (or poncho, perhaps)

Warm / walking boots or wellies (wellies are fab for that 3am scurry to the toilets, and you don’t want to tie laces, or risk dew on your bare flipflop feet – but walking boots take up less room)

Plastic glasses

Bottle opener (keep this in the pocket of the tent…these little suckers try their hardest to find a permanent home in the deepest darkest undergrounds of your tent, hoping never to be found when you are in desperate need of a swig of some of the hops)

Lighter (bring two, you're bound to lose one (above also applies for lighter)

Large water container (not too large that you couldn’t carry it full, but big enough that you don’t need to make too many trips to the tap).

Small water bottle

Suntan cream

Sunglasses (bring a cheap pair if you're prone to losing them)

Hat

Ear plugs & eye mask (if you're a light sleeper)

Condoms (if you're not)

Wet Wipes/Baby Wipes

Money/Cash Card (spread this out between various people and pockets just incase)

Torch (head torches rule for the late night stumble back to the tent/or cooking in the early hours)

Extras

Gaffa tape (fixes EVERYTHING)

Cold box (will keep your day 1 cooked breakfast cool enough to avoid food poisoning. Don’t trust it to stay cool for anymore time than that though)

Gas stove and extra gas cylinders

Pans

Plates/ bowls/ cups / cutlery

Dish cloth, tea towels

Washing-up liquid (biodegradable please) and bowl

Medical kit (painkillers, berocca, and emergency powerade…will all make the world seem a better place the morning after)

Disposable camera (expect to lose anything more expensive)

A pack of cards

Washing line

ipod and istation

Something comfortable to sit on during the day

Instant hand wash

Fleecy blanket

Fold up wheelbarrow (such a savior when the car is parked three counties away and you have bought enough food for 23 non existent ravenous teenage boys)

Feedback

Hurrah Brother says:
I'd replace bog roll with handy pack tissues.
Easier to carry, waterproof untill you open the pack (try using wet bog roll) and if you drop one down the toilet when fumbling for a tissue, its not a disaster (as you have another one in another pocket!).

Man with the orange flower says:
The one obvious thing missing from the list.
Spare set of clothes in the car, just in case it all goes wrong and gets a bit wet. last thing you want on a long journey is to be sat in the same wet clothes youve been in for 2 days coz all your other stuff has got wet.

Rue says:
"Sleeping bag or duvet (a double will give you room to move if the sun turns your tent into a sauna, plus if your mate has too much to drink, you can keep an eye on them, and give them a hug in the middle of the night when they feel a bit rotten)"
HOW CUTE IS THAT?? :)

Rue says:
More great ideas...i love that website:
"Pringles (or other tube-based crisps): stodgy starch that will help slow your digestion, so you don't have to go for a poo too often. The tube will ensure they don't get squashed. Afterward, you can use the tube to store things in for security."
Or you could use the tube to have a poo in! Genius!

Alex says:
‘wet wipes / medicated moist tissues: brilliant for a quick wash in the morning. If you're not showering, then clean your essentials: inner thigh area, front and back (to be polite), armpits, face and finally hands. Use a bit of talc after, if you've taken some.’
All with the same wet wipe? maybe i might start the other way round...

Apple Cake says:
Appropriate lighting
and lots of it