Rhians Festival Survival Guide!
Festival season is upon us and at ddmag we want you to have the best festival experience ever. Whether you want to keep yourself dry and mud free, dodge the expensive festival food or you just want to arrive knowing your prepared for the best festival ever our festival survival guide will help you have an amazing summer.
Festivals are well known for being loud, muddy and strange places so there are several things you should know before packing your bag and setting off on your adventure. I have personally encountered many a mishap and even had a few myself, I am just thankful that I wasn’t the girl that fell down the loo last time I was at Leeds. I have had several a scuffed knee and broken more than a few nails. So take heed and learn from my words as I welcome you to Rhians Ultimate Festival Survival Guide.
The first and possibly most important piece of advice i can give you is that it will definitely rain. It doesnt matter what the met office says, it always rains at a festival so its vital to be prepared for this. Wellies are an absolute must, even for the biggest fashionista out there wellies are a must, If you dont want to go for the stereotypical khaki green sorts theres many a high street retailer with some funky designs. I do recommend the good old fashioned sort though as the high street versions tend to split under huge amounts of mud and believe me there is a definite risk that you’ll be wading through it up to your knees. Long socks are a must under wellies as they are notorious for rubbing.
A waterproof jacket is an essential for your festival fun. I got caught out once and it cost me £10 for a bin liner with a head hole to keep me dry. Not a good long term investment. Waterproofs generally role up to a very small size and are easy to carry out in your bag, keeping you prepared for the notorious festival weather.
Be prepared for any circumstance! Take toilet roll as they will run out, take hand sanitizer as it is inevitable that the lid will fall off the handwash and some creepy crawlies will get in. Painkillers, milk of magnesia or some other stomach settler and a medical kit always come in handy. Never go out without any toilet roll, theres no point taking it and just leaving it in your tent, break some off and put in your pockets. Oh and make sure you take some plasters, wellie blisters are painful!
Always, always, always take suncream and hat in the hopes that the sun will emerge as when you get there your generally stuck. Layer on the suncream and lipbalm, best to be safe than purple!
Face wipes and dry hair spray are a godsend. If the festival youre at happens to have showers then the queue will be horrendous, face wipes, dry hair spray and roll on deoderant are key to any festival survival. Chewable toothbrushes are also a fantastic way of cleaning your teeth in a tent.
Take a money strap or divide your money into several places on your body. In the sad situation of anyone stealing from you its extremely unlikely that they will get all of it. So you’ll always have some money left. On the safety note, if you can attach a lock to your tent zip then do so. But remember never take anything to a festival that you’d be devestated to lose.
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