FESTIVAL ARTICLE
Across the summer months there are many music festivals happening across the UK, from Reading Festival to V Fest. Here’s our guide to make sure you have the best weekend of your life but also staying as safe and healthy as possible.
Helpful Tips
1. PACE YOURSELF- Don’t drink your body weight in booze!
It’s probably hilarious at the time to down your pints with your mates chanting you (at this time you more than likely feel like a god) but think of tomorrow. You definitely will not feel fantastic the next day and you don’t want to miss your favourite band from feeling crappy. So drink sensibly and don’t forget to keep yourself hydrated with bottles of water.
2. Showerless-1
We aLl know that our main fears at festivals are that lack of showers. If you’re camping for 5 days or even just 1, it’s nice to have a shower but as there’s none around you’ll have to make do with baby wipes. Baby wipes are literally the best thing since sliced bread at a festival. They’re disposable, packed in a little packet and are handy to clean with.
3. Showerless-2
If you’ve got long hair or short the tip to looking a little cleaner is dry shampoo. Like baby wipes, this is your must need for your weekend. A can of this beautiful spray can be found it pretty much every supermarket and can be bought for under £3. Just spray it on your hair and comb through. You can get those coloured to suit your hair colour but if not make sure you brush the white out- otherwise you’ll look stupid.
4. Sunshine
Sun cream is vital to your return of looking somewhat human when you get home. If like me you have fair skin, coat on that sun cream. Using a sun cream that SPF 15 or more will do you a lot of good. Your skin can get extremely damaged from sunburn and sleeping in a tent and then having others touching your burns isn’t fun.
5. Water
Don’t be daft, if it’s a hot day take a break from the booze and drink some water.
6. Clothes
Pack responsibly. Don’t bring nice designer brands and girls any stupid heels or footwear. Bring your oldest most comfy trainers that you don’t mind getting muddy and probably ruined. Bring a hoodie because when it is cold, it’s freezing. There’s no central heating in your tent or in your camp so at night wear warm clothes. And if it rains, try to stay as dry as possible. Bring a mac-in-a-sac or cagoule whatever you want to call it.
7. Sex
Don’t be silly, cover your willy. Might sound funny but it’s true. Nobody wants to be catching STI on a cheeky trip back to a tent. So don’t be dumb while having fun… (Sorry these rhymes are pretty fun) On site medics offer emergency contraception and sexual advice.
8. Keeping in touch
Got a fancy new phone? Leave it at home. Many thieves operate at music festivals so leaving valuables in your tent is just an easy job for them. Bring an older phone, brick phones like the famous Nokia will last you the full weekend on one charge and aren’t valuable so nobody wants to nick it! Drop a text or two to your parents- let them know you’re okay.
For more tips on surviving camping at a music festival head online to
RONDO.COM/FESTIVALGUIDE
Helpful Tips
1. PACE YOURSELF- Don’t drink your body weight in booze!
It’s probably hilarious at the time to down your pints with your mates chanting you (at this time you more than likely feel like a god) but think of tomorrow. You definitely will not feel fantastic the next day and you don’t want to miss your favourite band from feeling crappy. So drink sensibly and don’t forget to keep yourself hydrated with bottles of water.
2. Showerless-1
We aLl know that our main fears at festivals are that lack of showers. If you’re camping for 5 days or even just 1, it’s nice to have a shower but as there’s none around you’ll have to make do with baby wipes. Baby wipes are literally the best thing since sliced bread at a festival. They’re disposable, packed in a little packet and are handy to clean with.
3. Showerless-2
If you’ve got long hair or short the tip to looking a little cleaner is dry shampoo. Like baby wipes, this is your must need for your weekend. A can of this beautiful spray can be found it pretty much every supermarket and can be bought for under £3. Just spray it on your hair and comb through. You can get those coloured to suit your hair colour but if not make sure you brush the white out- otherwise you’ll look stupid.
4. Sunshine
Sun cream is vital to your return of looking somewhat human when you get home. If like me you have fair skin, coat on that sun cream. Using a sun cream that SPF 15 or more will do you a lot of good. Your skin can get extremely damaged from sunburn and sleeping in a tent and then having others touching your burns isn’t fun.
5. Water
Don’t be daft, if it’s a hot day take a break from the booze and drink some water.
6. Clothes
Pack responsibly. Don’t bring nice designer brands and girls any stupid heels or footwear. Bring your oldest most comfy trainers that you don’t mind getting muddy and probably ruined. Bring a hoodie because when it is cold, it’s freezing. There’s no central heating in your tent or in your camp so at night wear warm clothes. And if it rains, try to stay as dry as possible. Bring a mac-in-a-sac or cagoule whatever you want to call it.
7. Sex
Don’t be silly, cover your willy. Might sound funny but it’s true. Nobody wants to be catching STI on a cheeky trip back to a tent. So don’t be dumb while having fun… (Sorry these rhymes are pretty fun) On site medics offer emergency contraception and sexual advice.
8. Keeping in touch
Got a fancy new phone? Leave it at home. Many thieves operate at music festivals so leaving valuables in your tent is just an easy job for them. Bring an older phone, brick phones like the famous Nokia will last you the full weekend on one charge and aren’t valuable so nobody wants to nick it! Drop a text or two to your parents- let them know you’re okay.
For more tips on surviving camping at a music festival head online to
RONDO.COM/FESTIVALGUIDE
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