Alternative Glastonbury Tips

[Divein]

2 hours ago, Untz said:

This is what I do. The first thing I do every morning is go get my money, get a new toilet roll and drop off any spare change as a donation to the tent. Maybe have some friendly chat with the volunteers while all the time wishing that people would leave me alone because I'm feeling so fucking rough.

Haha there were a few times last year when writing down my details was a really big struggle.

[lucyginger]

44 minutes ago, naughtygeorgie said:

Let your inner weird out, you know the weird you have to keep hidden because society can't handle it, let it run wild & shine out

 

Yes! This! So much this!!! 

Wear what you like, all those things that are hidden in your wardrobe that in "normal" life, people question. Wear them!

Make five minute friends by talking to whoever is stood next to you, dance with them if you fancy it! 

Be yourself. Your proper, true self

[rebus]

Double up your headtorch as a tent lamp by wrapping it around a (plastic) bottle filled with water.  Milk bottles work best as semitranslucent.  Works really well.  Shining the torch into the water creates a nice ambient light.

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Outdoor-Light/

 

 

[guypjfreak]

11 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

Well there wouldn't be much room for anything else and the missus would probably have something to say about it!

Yea she'd said wow my darling you built that for ME....... And you could turn round and say with truth in your eyes NO my love............. Guy built that for ME lol 

[pauladam]

18 hours ago, merago said:

This!  I got laughed at when I initially whipped out the metal travel cutlery, but the laughs had turned to envious glances by the Saturday.  The crappy wooden things you get supplied with meals are awful for eating most things with.

I will still point and laugh this year (I'll just hide my travel cutlery)

[Dillyblue]

2 hours ago, naughtygeorgie said:

Let your inner weird out, you know the weird you have to keep hidden because society can't handle it, let it run wild & shine out

 

 

1 hour ago, lucyginger said:

Yes! This! So much this!!! 

Wear what you like, all those things that are hidden in your wardrobe that in "normal" life, people question. Wear them!

Make five minute friends by talking to whoever is stood next to you, dance with them if you fancy it! 

Be yourself. Your proper, true self

Ooh, exactly this ladies! One of the reasons I love the festival so much. Feels like the real me. My kids make fun of me mind! Xx

[lucyginger]

13 minutes ago, Dillyblue said:

 

Ooh, exactly this ladies! One of the reasons I love the festival so much. Feels like the real me. My kids make fun of me mind! Xx

I bet when they're a bit older and care less about what people think, they'll be doing it too!

[sime]

4 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

wondered how long it would take you to spot this post

 Missed this forum!

[Sasperella]

7 hours ago, MetaKate said:

First glasto so lesson learned and we used the lock ups after that. She bought the exact same raybans and it's all just a distant memory now. 

Eeeek! Yeh, maybe that is a good call after all! Do you have to be there early to get a lock up?

[Kay95]

Just now, Sasperella said:

Eeeek! Yeh, maybe that is a good call after all! Do you have to be there early to get a lock up?

no, and you can return as much as you want throughout the festival, can use any of the lock-ups across the site - they are great.  I go and stick my car keys in there sharpish and trolley in pre-coach years.

my tip is to take a photo of your lock up receipt when you get it just in case you lose the slip.

[MetaKate]

 

18 minutes ago, Sasperella said:

Eeeek! Yeh, maybe that is a good call after all! Do you have to be there early to get a lock up?

 

15 minutes ago, Kay95 said:

no, and you can return as much as you want throughout the festival, can use any of the lock-ups across the site - they are great.  I go and stick my car keys in there sharpish and trolley in pre-coach years.

my tip is to take a photo of your lock up receipt when you get it just in case you lose the slip.

It's very easy to use! I ended up locking up everything of value...just grabbed what we needed at the beginning of the day and stuck it back in before sleep. I know people say don't lock your tent.....but after that while we were in it sleeping I did put a little mini luggage lock on the zippers from the inside. We were just a little sleeved about someone routing through our undies while we were in there sleeping. 

And like Kay said....make sure you take a photo of your slip. We couldn't find ours Monday morning 

Edited April 26, 2017 by MetaKate

[Sasperella]

3 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

It's very easy to use! I ended up locking up everything of value...just grabbed what we needed at the beginning of the day and stuck it back in before sleep. I know people say don't lock your tent.....but after that while we were in it sleeping I did put a little mini luggage lock on the zippers from the inside. We were just a little sleeved about someone routing through our undies while we were in there sleeping. 

And like Kay said....make sure you take a photo of your slip. We couldn't find ours Monday morning 

Yeh, it's well creepy knowing someone has been right next to you when your asleep! Once in Vietnam some dude broke in to our bedroom through the balcony and stole my boyfriends laptop....which he was literally plugged into because he'd gone to sleep with earphones in listening to some football thing or other. Neither of us had heard a thing - and we were stone cold sober. So creepy. 

I suppose it's surprising that it doesn't happen more at Glastonbury. Might get myself some of those little bells as well this year! 

[MetaKate]

 

8 minutes ago, Sasperella said:

Yeh, it's well creepy knowing someone has been right next to you when your asleep! Once in Vietnam some dude broke in to our bedroom through the balcony and stole my boyfriends laptop....which he was literally plugged into because he'd gone to sleep with earphones in listening to some football thing or other. Neither of us had heard a thing - and we were stone cold sober. So creepy. 

I suppose it's surprising that it doesn't happen more at Glastonbury. Might get myself some of those little bells as well this year! 

Exactly.....that's so creepy! It was the first night so I was taking it easy but in general I'm just a very heavy sleeper. I've full on slept through a fire alarm before. 

I'm not sure bells would wake me...but maybe a little lock with bells attached would do the trick so they'd really jingle them around before they figured out what's up. 

Edited April 26, 2017 by MetaKate

[scaryclaireyfairy]

4 hours ago, lucyginger said:

Wear what you like, all those things that are hidden in your wardrobe that in "normal" life, people question. Wear them!

Yes!  And wear them all at once to get the use of them! 

(If you're lacking in questionable clothes, head for an Oxfam stall. I have a bright pink satin tunic thing with gold sequins that's a great sun cover-up and cost me a princely fiver.)

[Havors]

The only thing of value I take is my money and phone... and they stay with me at all times so someone can rob my used undies if they want....

Not sure what people would take thats of such value? Do people actually take laptops? tablets? etc?? 

I have an awesome mobile speaker, but its only £20 so not the end of the world if some scabby bastard robs it. 

[squirrelarmy]

4 hours ago, rebus said:

Double up your headtorch as a tent lamp by wrapping it around a (plastic) bottle filled with water.  Milk bottles work best as semitranslucent.  Works really well.  Shining the torch into the water creates a nice ambient light.

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Outdoor-Light/

 

 

Does this also work with the previously mentioned Lenor bottles?

[lucyginger]

38 minutes ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

Yes!  And wear them all at once to get the use of them! 

(If you're lacking in questionable clothes, head for an Oxfam stall. I have a bright pink satin tunic thing with gold sequins that's a great sun cover-up and cost me a princely fiver.)

Which reminds me, I must check my supply of stripey tights and see if I need new ones

[rebus]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Does this also work with the previously mentioned Lenor bottles?

Yes, a warm yellow glow ensues.  

 

[shoptildrop]

18 hours ago, Sasperella said:

And keeping everything on your person gets less safe the drunker you get. I managed to lose my purse at the Stone Circle one year with £150 in it. At least I made someones Glastonbury....  They did actually send the purse back to me, as it had my ticket in with my address on. Needless to say, without the money.

Now I lie subscribing to the idea that if your tent already looks like its been ransacked, no ones gonna be bothered to steal from it. 

Has anyone ever had many incidents of theft? I know when i went to Reading many moons ago a few people near us got robbed....our friend had his bag stolen while he was asleep in the tent, and another girl we were with woke up as someone was trying to get in but luckily they got scared away. I always thought Glasto was different because you need a ticket to get into the campsite, and I think at Reading then you didn't 

Yes I had thief in tent first night, too camera and money next to my head and rucksack that had my phone in it... everything was scattered around the field from bag including prescription sun glasses

the only reason they didn't get the fellas stuff is cos I woke up and called out fellas name as thought it was him.... I was quite upset that someone had been that close to me and stolen stuff, so it does happen unfortunately  

[Sasperella]

2 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

Yes I had thief in tent first night, too camera and money next to my head and rucksack that had my phone in it... everything was scattered around the field from bag including prescription sun glasses

the only reason they didn't get the fellas stuff is cos I woke up and called out fellas name as thought it was him.... I was quite upset that someone had been that close to me and stolen stuff, so it does happen unfortunately  

Oh, that's terrible...I'm so sorry! I never really think that would happen at Glastonbury, but I guess you always get some idiots

I have enough of a trouble getting in and out of tents at the best of times...let alone when trying not to wake up sleeping people in order to knick all their shit! The mind boggles!

I'm also rarely in my tent on Friday or Saturday during the hours of darkness. maybe it really is better to take it all with you....or lock up as people have suggested!

[Sasperella]

 

5 hours ago, rebus said:

Double up your headtorch as a tent lamp by wrapping it around a (plastic) bottle filled with water.  Milk bottles work best as semitranslucent.  Works really well.  Shining the torch into the water creates a nice ambient light.

http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Outdoor-Light/

 

 

This is a bloody fantastic idea!

5 hours ago, lucyginger said:

Yes! This! So much this!!! 

Wear what you like, all those things that are hidden in your wardrobe that in "normal" life, people question. Wear them!

Make five minute friends by talking to whoever is stood next to you, dance with them if you fancy it! 

Be yourself. Your proper, true self

So true. I have an idea about wearing some sort of Wonderland outfit....Alice or the Mad Hatter maybe. Saw some ridiculously expensive ready made costumes online, but wondering if I can fashion one myself...

As for the Oxfam stall...my friend found some completely ridiculous neon blue hotpants for about 3quid a few years ago. He looked amazing in them...haha!

[squirrelarmy]

9 minutes ago, Sasperella said:

Oh, that's terrible...I'm so sorry! I never really think that would happen at Glastonbury, but I guess you always get some idiots

I have enough of a trouble getting in and out of tents at the best of times...let alone when trying not to wake up sleeping people in order to knick all their shit! The mind boggles!

I'm also rarely in my tent on Friday or Saturday during the hours of darkness. maybe it really is better to take it all with you....or lock up as people have suggested!

I'll be keeping all my valuables with me just in case, only thing being left in my tent will be clothes, beer and now a lenor bottle which I'll mark up as Vodka.

[Sasperella]

1 minute ago, squirrelarmy said:

I'll be keeping all my valuables with me just in case, only thing being left in my tent will be clothes, beer and now a lenor bottle which I'll mark up as Vodka.

Ha!!! yes! That'll learn 'em 

Edited April 26, 2017 by Sasperella

[Quark]

6 hours ago, lucyginger said:

Yes! This! So much this!!! 

Wear what you like, all those things that are hidden in your wardrobe that in "normal" life, people question. Wear them!

Make five minute friends by talking to whoever is stood next to you, dance with them if you fancy it! 

Be yourself. Your proper, true self

Unfortunately my true self is, you know, a bit knobby. I get to pretend to be a nce human being for a few days! 

 

[kalifire]

I don't have anything to add that hasn't been mentioned before, just to emphasise:

• Lock ups. Use them. And donate.
• There are many who can't seem to talk about how great Glastonbury is without mentioning drugs or alcohol. Ignore them. They don't remember half of it. Do what you like but be aware of what you're taking and slow down. You have all day, every day.
• Travel Johns. They're less antisocial than a shower on the legs of the poor bastard in front of you.
• Don't pressure yourself too much, especially if it's your first. Not all of it will be amazing. Some of the experience might suck. That's not you having a bad festival, it's what everyone goes through at some point or other. The next amazing experience is right around the corner.
• Say hello to your neighbours as soon as possible. Everyone wants to make friends and nearly everyone feels awkward about doing it. Make the first step and it instantly gets 100 x easier.
• Take as much spending money as you can. You'll want to keep well fed and hydrated. It's only 5 days but you'll feel it by day 4 if you don't take care of yourself.

Edited April 26, 2017 by kalifire