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Am all in a tizz about what to take to a festival in a couple of weeks, any ideas?!

Have a Wynnster Merlin 3 tunnel tent which is small and easy to put up, with a porch big enough to cook and sit in (only if you are on a 3 leg stool).. or my lovely new Outwell Carolina S which is fairly quick to put up, could hold a party in the porch and is the perfect place to sit and do a thumbs-up to the rain, but weighs a ton and is a nightmare to dry out if it gets wet due to its size [the drying room is my bedsit, car, or allotment shed, so any normal tent is a pain!]

In my drunken panic I have just ordered a Quechua seconds IIII popup tent and an Outwell Tarp, thinking it will be the answer to my problems - popup tent easier to dry out afterwards, and the tarp can double as a moveable porch / sunshade [being optimistic here!]. But having just read the small print the popup tent has no porch and might be a little short on headroom.

All my friends have abandoned the idea of cooking or sleeping.. should I just go with the flow and stop being so fussy about tents?

Many Festival sites will not allow gas/petrol cookers so check first!

As said earlier, you may lose stuff for good or end up with a damaged/ruined tent.

Keep it simple & buy food & drink from the vendors.

Also, keep your valuables IN your sleeping bag at night! ....  My son went to one festival last year & tenst were being slashed open during the night whilst people slept & had valuables taken. Dozens of tents were damaged. Many were set fire on the final day too!

hi Sprocket - good advice. The fest is Endorset in Dorset, do recommend it! Have done a few festies  before, from over-the-fence at glasto with nothing but a sleeping bag [thank god for illegal substances] to the last one I went to where all the paraphernalia took up the whole car.. just for me.

Helen - equally good advice, I still feel guilty about the old ridge tent I dumped at Glasto in 2000.. came from a charity shop and I could put it up in 10 minutes in the dark even when inebriated. was rather heavy though! Do think people should be fined for dumping tents at festies..