Festival Fashion Tips Biography
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Parents: if you’re a parent, sending your young ‘un off to their first festival, then tell them that you trust them, and you hope they have a brilliant time. This isn’t meant patronisingly - it's a great psychological strategy to get them to very subtly consider what they do. Sneaky. Possessions: things do go missing - by our own stupidity or theft. Take nothing you can’t afford to lose, or rather, expect to lose everything you take. If you don’t want to lose it, leave it at home. Respect: take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints. Clear up your rubbish, smile at people, share your ciggies (if you smoke), talk to the people camping near you, remember that people need to sleep even if you don’t. If someone’s in distress, help them. Respect yourself, respect your neighbours, respect the environment. Crowd surfing: it annoys people, you lose your place in the crowd, you invariably end the journey with less stuff than when you set off (possibly even your shoes), and you can get hurt. Yes, it’s fun. But getting an elbow in the head and someone’s Converse in your eye isn’t. Oh, and, the more crowd surfers there are, the more security need to be hired for crowd control. How much do you want to pay for your ticket next year Some people prefer not to take any food to a festival, as it fills up space in your bag. If your budget doesn't stretch to eating from food stalls for the whole festival, then take the following foods - these are chosen to be nutritious (over a 4-day period), filling and easy to carry. I would recommend that you take some food even if your budget's fine, as it's great to have emergency rations in the tent when you can't be arsed to trek to a food stall (late at night, if it's raining and you're taking cover, &c.) water: absolutely essential. Take at least one bottle of water with you. You must always have water in the tent, even if you don’t carry any around with you. I recommend a litre bottle, and a half litre or 330ml bottle of water. The litre bottle's for the tent, the small one to carry around. There are plenty places to top up water on campsites, which you should do before you go to bed, as queues will be long in the morning. Always drink some water before you go to sleep, as tents and a day drinking are fantastic at dehydrating you. dry stodgy foods: fruit cake, bread, supermarket-brand cup cakes. All of these will get squashed; that's fine, it just means less chewing.dried fruit and nuts: excellent for energy, vitamins, minerals, proteins, some fibre. Don't take bananas - they are great, but they will turn to mush in your backpack. If you want a banana, buy one from a fruit stall at the festival, or better yet, buy a banana crêpe. Yum. If you take fresh fruit, make it apples; they're hard, clean the teeth a bit, freshen up the mouth and contain lots of water. 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. biscuits: excellent stuff. More stodge, more sugar. Great munchies food. cheese: just don't. You'll have a sweaty lump of polymerised animal fat by the time you get to the festival site. meats: you will get food poisoning if you take any kind of meat product with you (although possibly cured, highly preserved meatstuffs like Pepperami might survive). booze: take vodka, in a plastic water bottle (it's lighter and safer than a glass bottle, and will have more chance of getting past the security). Better to take something safe, from a reliable source, than buy some dodgy homebrew inside, and what's more, spend £3 per pint. Multi-vitamin and minerals: optional really, as you’re only away for a few days. However, it’s worth taking a handful, especially if you miss meals. Eat with breakfast to slow the passage of the pill in the body, so you can extract more from it.
chewing gum, sugar free: good mouth freshening. You can use them as chewable toothbrushes, use two per 'brush'. Chew with water for a few minutes and spit out, into a bin or bin bag.
Parents: if you’re a parent, sending your young ‘un off to their first festival, then tell them that you trust them, and you hope they have a brilliant time. This isn’t meant patronisingly - it's a great psychological strategy to get them to very subtly consider what they do. Sneaky. Possessions: things do go missing - by our own stupidity or theft. Take nothing you can’t afford to lose, or rather, expect to lose everything you take. If you don’t want to lose it, leave it at home. Respect: take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints. Clear up your rubbish, smile at people, share your ciggies (if you smoke), talk to the people camping near you, remember that people need to sleep even if you don’t. If someone’s in distress, help them. Respect yourself, respect your neighbours, respect the environment. Crowd surfing: it annoys people, you lose your place in the crowd, you invariably end the journey with less stuff than when you set off (possibly even your shoes), and you can get hurt. Yes, it’s fun. But getting an elbow in the head and someone’s Converse in your eye isn’t. Oh, and, the more crowd surfers there are, the more security need to be hired for crowd control. How much do you want to pay for your ticket next year Some people prefer not to take any food to a festival, as it fills up space in your bag. If your budget doesn't stretch to eating from food stalls for the whole festival, then take the following foods - these are chosen to be nutritious (over a 4-day period), filling and easy to carry. I would recommend that you take some food even if your budget's fine, as it's great to have emergency rations in the tent when you can't be arsed to trek to a food stall (late at night, if it's raining and you're taking cover, &c.) water: absolutely essential. Take at least one bottle of water with you. You must always have water in the tent, even if you don’t carry any around with you. I recommend a litre bottle, and a half litre or 330ml bottle of water. The litre bottle's for the tent, the small one to carry around. There are plenty places to top up water on campsites, which you should do before you go to bed, as queues will be long in the morning. Always drink some water before you go to sleep, as tents and a day drinking are fantastic at dehydrating you. dry stodgy foods: fruit cake, bread, supermarket-brand cup cakes. All of these will get squashed; that's fine, it just means less chewing.dried fruit and nuts: excellent for energy, vitamins, minerals, proteins, some fibre. Don't take bananas - they are great, but they will turn to mush in your backpack. If you want a banana, buy one from a fruit stall at the festival, or better yet, buy a banana crêpe. Yum. If you take fresh fruit, make it apples; they're hard, clean the teeth a bit, freshen up the mouth and contain lots of water. 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. biscuits: excellent stuff. More stodge, more sugar. Great munchies food. cheese: just don't. You'll have a sweaty lump of polymerised animal fat by the time you get to the festival site. meats: you will get food poisoning if you take any kind of meat product with you (although possibly cured, highly preserved meatstuffs like Pepperami might survive). booze: take vodka, in a plastic water bottle (it's lighter and safer than a glass bottle, and will have more chance of getting past the security). Better to take something safe, from a reliable source, than buy some dodgy homebrew inside, and what's more, spend £3 per pint. Multi-vitamin and minerals: optional really, as you’re only away for a few days. However, it’s worth taking a handful, especially if you miss meals. Eat with breakfast to slow the passage of the pill in the body, so you can extract more from it.
chewing gum, sugar free: good mouth freshening. You can use them as chewable toothbrushes, use two per 'brush'. Chew with water for a few minutes and spit out, into a bin or bin bag.
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