Dusty


Don't know if anyone's thought of this, but I'm gonna be definitely buying myself a Onesie (basically, a giant babygrow)
You can pick them up in Primark for pretty cheap, and you might look an idiot, but I imagine they'll keep you warm.

 
Had not even thought about this!
however, might be a bit grim trying to get out of it when i need to go to the loo in the middle of the night

Dusty


Don't know if anyone's thought of this, but I'm gonna be definitely buying myself a Onesie (basically, a giant babygrow)
You can pick them up in Primark for pretty cheap, and you might look an idiot, but I imagine they'll keep you warm.

i had the same idea, at night it can get awfully cold.

This thread has seriously helped, I had no clue what to take before as it will be my first time at a festival but now I do so, cheers guys :-)

Just got back from sonisphere, i got a jumpsuit whilst there for £5 and it kept me so, so warm at night and during the day when it rained! Onesie's are great!

sFitz


Just got back from sonisphere, i got a jumpsuit whilst there for £5 and it kept me so, so warm at night and during the day when it rained! Onesie's are great!

 
May consider getting one!

hello, my firstt leeds festival, 
what time will the bandss finish on the sundayy night? :) 

beckster
 

hello, my firstt leeds festival,  
what time will the bandss finish on the sundayy night? :)  

 
11pm (Strictly, as Guns n Roses found out last year! )

Without trying to sound like an alcoholic, or one of those annoying alcohol driven teenagers that are usually stereotyped, how much alcoholic drink is everyone planning to take?
 
I'm thinking about maybe 1l of Vodka, a few bottles of the Apple/Cherry Sourz, and maybe a crate or two of lager.
 
Honestly can't decide whether it's not enough, or too much, considering I'll be there for 5 days.

It's another personal thing. I'm not really a heavy drinker (in comparison to my friends). This year I'm gonna bring 30 cans of strongbow, and a bottle of apple sourz (transferred into a couple of plastic water bottles of course). Maybe a few more cans, but last year that's what I took and I came home with 14 cans of strongbow ... Saying that I was only drunk on the thursday night I think. Not sure how it happened

Ahah, don't know how you managed to drink so much Strongbow, I can think of plenty of other drinks I'd rather have.
 
I'm probably just gonna get £50, walk round Tesco and see what takes my fancy.

Yeah, I'm one of the very few people I know who love Strongbow :)

BronstonPickle


Yeah, I'm one of the very few people I know who love Strongbow :)

I used to love it as well, to be honest.
Then I had one too many hangovers from it, and my body has rejected it ever since.
Same goes for Jagermeister as well, really :')

I had a major bender on the 'Bow once and thought I was never gonna be able to come back from it, but I still adore it haha. I don't mind most lagers, but when they're warm they taste like dogsh.t, but I find strongbow is bearable even when it's a bit warm

Lager is absolutely dire anyway, to be fair.

I was thinking two boxes of wine this time, but I won't want that all the time, so maybe a box of wine and a crate of strongbow? Save my wine for the arena, tinnies for the campsite. It's tough, I'd like to be slightly drunk the whole time 'cause I tend to let things annoy me too easily at gigs otherwise, but then again I can't be doing with needing to piss all the time

Oh damn yeah, I'm a nightmare for needing a piss when I'm drunk.
Ahah, oh well.

Dusty


Without trying to sound like an alcoholic, or one of those annoying alcohol driven teenagers that are usually stereotyped, how much alcoholic drink is everyone planning to take?

I'm thinking about maybe 1l of Vodka, a few bottles of the Apple/Cherry Sourz, and maybe a crate or two of lager.

Honestly can't decide whether it's not enough, or too much, considering I'll be there for 5 days.

 
I Go down on the wed too, looking at taking about:
 
4x 70cl bottles of Jack Daniels
5x 2ltr's of coke
 
Drink of the GODS! =)

Well tbh im packing light... every year i say im gona do this and then every year i dont... but this year i am =D. In my bag is going to be, toiletries/wash kit, 2 t-shirts (Ill also be wearing one and will wind up buying at least 2 there knowing me), about 6 or 7 sets of clean underwear on socks (cos tbh your socks get wet, and its the most miserable feeling in the world!) a pair of converse (Although ill be wearing my DC's to travel in) a pair of jeans and a pair of shorts (And once again ill be wearing a pair of jeans to go in), my Kigu, in car phone charger for my locker, spare battery for my phone, and my camera.

Im gona buy wellies there, im gona buy food there and im gona buy my drinks there. And ive ordered my tent, matress, chair, sleeping bag and torch from the green tent company.

Other than that i may squeeze a few novelty items like rocket baloons into my bag but thats pretty much it... pack light and therefore dont cripple myslef on the way there =D (I already have back problems so a 15Kg rucksack plus crates of beer is really not ideal to be carrying the whole way to and from the train station and shuttle bus at each end)

Well, on the alcohol front I am taking:
 
1 bottle of Southern Comfort - always find it's good for a morning drinks. The one time of the year I can live life like an alcoholic :-)
1 bottle of Vodka
1 bottle of Jagarmeister
Cider - Not sure how much yet
 
Is this too much or too little? I'm really good at sharing my alcohol so maybe I've got it just right :0 Can't wait!!!!!!!!

Dusty


Without trying to sound like an alcoholic, or one of those annoying alcohol driven teenagers that are usually stereotyped, how much alcoholic drink is everyone planning to take?

I'm thinking about maybe 1l of Vodka, a few bottles of the Apple/Cherry Sourz, and maybe a crate or two of lager.
 
Honestly can't decide whether it's not enough, or too much, considering I'll be there for 5 days.

 

yeah, alcohol wise, you have to remember youre only going to be drinking your own stuff wednesday, thursday and friday/saturday/sunday nights when you get back to the tent. obviously theres beer and stuff to buy in the arena, and getting beer into the arena isnt easy, bulky cans etc, bags of wine are good for that! 
 
i generally buy beer in the arena, too. usually cause its cold and theres nothing nicer than a cold pint after several warm cans! 
 
im probably going to take around 24 cans, dilute pop, a couple of bottles of amaretto/schnapps (stuff to shot, in other words!) and some mixer. maybe fruit juice or cola depending on weight. thats what i usually take and it usually lasts me quite nicely. 
 
what me and my mate usually do is one of us will take lager, and the other cider. so when we fancy something different, we can just swap a couple of cans with each other :) 
 
break it down into days, how much can you handle? like, cans per day as a rough estimate. id say what youre planning on taking is about right, just have to carry it!