Happy Camper

It's Easter Sunday, the sun is out and Glastonbury 2009 is just 10 weeks and 3 days away

Happy Easter!

There has been an update to the Glastonbury website and it's all about camping. Praxis are providing a camp site, close to the King's Meadow field, next to the Stone Circle with pre-pitched tents and showers and just about every thing else you could require. There are lots of photos of previous concerts at the festivals which are worth a look in their own right. It costs money but you do get a gate into the festival and you can drive your car to the campsite. They seem to have thought of everything so if comfort is your bag, check out their pages.

Us? We are going to camp in 'the field with no name' (it hasn't got a name, hence 'the field with no name'. Simple eh?). It's ideally situated between the 'Other Stage', The Glade' and the 'Jazz World' stage. More importantly still, it is very close to the Brothers Pear Cider stall. I hope the field is still there for camping this year (it is on the map), it was just perfect last year being the first year we went. Well, if truth be known after the struggle with our belongings across the site, it was the point we could go no further and just collased in a heap at. The only down side was it was directly across from some 'Godawful' fast food stall that belted out music from dawn 'til dusk. We were awoken every morning without fail to the sounds of Kanye West singing 'goomornin'. It is for this fact a lone that earplugs have become 'the' essential item, atop the packing list (yes, there is a packing list). To add insult to injury, Kanye West is a Strong Rumour over at eFestivals for this year. So, rather than being squashed in between the obnoxious fast food place and the Male urinals (I know, it doesn't sound quite as nice as Praxis' setup does it?), this year we are going to get there a bit earlier and be a bit further away (I like to think of it as evolution).

So, I got to thinking. How could I make the camping a little bit more luxurious? I know

• Earplugs - bought before the festival so you don't have to spend the first night awake and then ages trapsing around trying to find a stall that sells earplugs.
• Wheelbarrow - a wheelbarrow no, make that a sturdy wheelbarrow. It is invaluable for transporting your tent, backpacks (you need to protect your back), any food you take and most importantly cans of beer (no bottles please) from the carpark to the camping area. Don't buy one with a small wheel or it will be shattered to pieces, you kneed a pneumatic tyre if poss.
• Chemical Toilet - bring your own camping toilet. You'll need a tent with a separate compartment but you can avoid the dreaded festival toilet. Still have to empty it though.
• Camping dustpan & brush - I saw one of these in Black's yesterday. It's light, small and the brush clips into the pan
• Spare Groundsheet - keep this in the tent unil it rains (what, it's going to rain?) then use this just outside the dor so you don't tread in the mud and rain (there's that 'R' word again!)

;-)


RP


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