Oh what a great day to restart blogging! Found an AMAZING competition from BANK to go to European festivals with your best friend.
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I love travelling and festivals so this is a must for me!
Not much else excites me more every summer than the lure of
the annual music festival; me and my best friends have been attending
religiously for five years. Every year it is the same, ‘This is our last year!’
as we make our pilgrimage to the festival site. Aboard the bus of revellers,
cans of cider and beer are cracked open, impromptu songs are started and the
festival atmosphere begins.
Quickly the concrete landscape disappears as we venture further and further
into the beautiful countryside. As the houses become fewer, the feelings build,
until they come to a climax as the familiar sight of the Ferris wheel comes into
view. A cheer usually rings out throughout the bus as we get ever closer to the
craziest, funniest, and ridiculous weekend we have come to adore.
Disembarking the bus is always a challenge, bags, tents, chair
are thrown into a heap for the festival fanatics to dig through. But it is the
first chance to guess what there is to expect from the weekend. This festival attracts all kind of music fans
with its diverse line up. The differing personalities, fashion and music taste all
add to the experience, camaraderie exists and immediate friendships are made
between people of all different walks of life.
The fashion at festivals is unrivalled to anywhere else in
the world. From Coachella to Glastonbury, celebrities have been showing us how
to do hippy chic for years. Shorts, wellies, and a hat are essential to anyone
wanting to attend a British festival especially, the rain loves to make an
appearance but it still doesn’t stop fancy dress lovers like those who attend Bestival
and Fridays at T in the Park.
Having a spot to camp is something we are incredibly fond
of. We secured the best campsite in our first year and always make it a
priority to return there every year. It is as far away from the festival horror
stories you hear. I have yet to see anyone be tipped over in a portaloo, but I
do have suspicions that it wasn’t just cider that soaked us three years back.
But that is to be expected in the crowd at any major festival.
Being in the crowd, an experience you cannot possibly try and explain to
anyone. With the sun beating down on
you, hundreds of bodies are squishing and gyrating against each other to music
idols, all while controlling the need to visit one of said horror loos. But
when it is your musical hero, crush, or even nuisance it does not matter. The pull
and energy of the crowd pulls you into a euphoric feeling of being carefree and
enjoying the moment.
Because before you even know it. No longer are you being
woken by people having a beer at 7 or the sun blaring down on you. No more
group trips to the portaloo where you effectively strip before stepping inside.
No more attempting to ‘clean’ wellies to no avail. And no more stress free fun
with your nearest and dearest. The festival ends but the memories stay. And we
exclaim, ‘Ok next year is our last year!’
Tips I have learned from attending festivals for half a
decade
1.
DO NOT WEAR A PLAYSUIT/ONESIE…yes they seem like
easy, fashionable outfits and warm at night, but they are no good in an
enclosed space
2.
DO make friends around you. They will look out
for you and you them.
3.
DO NOT over pack booze. It is really heavy and
at the end of the weekend it will break your heart throwing it away or wasting
it
4.
DO take your tent home. Good for the environment
and your wallet as you will definitely be back the next year
5.
DO take sunblock…it does get sunny sometimes in
the UK
6.
DO take a hat, looks really cool and protects
you
7.
Baby wipes and Bin bags suddenly have a thousand
new uses, abuse them.
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