The sun is shining, you’re (almost) out of the office and it’s almost time for the best weekend of the year: Glastonbury Festival!
‘Let’s Go Girls’ will soon be ringing in your ears as you sing (read: scream) along with thousands of festival fans at the world’s most iconic music event.
What a time to be alive.
But if it’s your first time attending Glastonbury, there will no doubt be some nerves too.
How much alcohol should you pack? Should you wear wellies? And what will five days without showering do to your skin?
If things feel a little daunting right now, fear not.
We asked Glastonbury veterans to tell us about some of the biggest mistakes people make at Worthy Farm.
Avoid these mistakes and your weekend will go smoothly.
Don’t forget comfortable shoes.
The ideal is to wear boots or walking shoes.
The festival site is MASSIVE: 900 acres, over a mile and a half wide, and a perimeter of about eight and a half miles.
It’s about the same size as Bristol city center and in fact there’s a website where you can overlay the Glastonbury Festival anywhere in the world, giving you an exact size comparison.
Basically, you’ll be walking a lot, easily getting into the ballpark of 40,000 steps per day. Therefore, this is not the time to break out your new shoes (leave those fresh DM boxes at home).
Wear shoes you can trust and plenty of blister plasters.
Don’t plan too much
“It’s best not to come to Glastonbury with a head full of preconceived ideas and a notebook full of plans for what you want to see,” reads the official website.
“If there are one or two particular bands a day that you really want to see, then let your day revolve around them and let yourself go.”
There’s so much more to Glastonbury than the headliners – there’s so much to see and do, and you want to give yourself time to explore, stumble around and be spontaneous.
Try not to be too rigid and remember that you will have to take into account walking between stages, crowds and bathroom lines.
Do not put the bracelet on your dominant arm
Look, this isn’t pretty, but it’s worth keeping in mind.
The bathroom situation will get bleaker as the days go by. If you put that wristband on your dominant arm, you’ll see the inside of the long drop at some point or another.
There is a chance that some of the material will rub against God knows what or, God forbid, fall off.
Basically, don’t put the bracelet on the wrist of the hand you’re wiping with. You know it makes sense.
Don’t forget the toilet paper
While we’re on the topic of the bathroom, if there’s one thing you bring to Glastonbury, let it be this: toilet paper.
There is usually nothing stocked in the bathrooms, so carry tissues and/or a roll wherever you go.
If you’re short, you can sometimes get something at welfare tents or a co-op on site.
Don’t bring glass
You can bring your own alcohol everywhere at Glastonbury, but it cannot be in glass bottles.
Make sure you decant all your drink at home and bring enough to last you all weekend – you’ll save a ton of money and avoid queuing at bars.
That said, just because you have a pub’s worth of alcohol with you, doesn’t mean you have to drink it all the first night. You don’t want to peak too early.
And remember: not only your drinks come in glass bottles. Leave that expensive perfume at home if you don’t want it confiscated.
Don’t forget a chair
As we have already said, you are going to be on your feet for a long time. By Saturday, she will begin to feel pain in her feet and lower back, and her only respite will be to sit on the floor.
That’s where a camping chair comes into play.
It will instantly enhance your camping experience, and it’s quite lovely to sit in a real seat every once in a while.
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