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MJohnston wrote: »

Nah, take a look at the shape of the yellow area on the EP map, and it perfectly lines up with the shape of the trees in that space I've marked. They've pretty accurately modeled most of the natural features on the rest of the sitemap. In addition, I think this is the Yellow car park in action from a previous year:

Kepler21 wrote: »

That looks like a really long walk to get into Warhol, if that really is where the Yellow car park is this time. The shape looks right, but that picture shows it being on a level with the lake, while the map shows it much further down the road. i am hoping the latter is the case.

scruff monkey wrote: »

feck it, updated my list from earlier

1 Ticket, the most important thing
2 Sleeping bag
3 Self inflating mat for sleeping bag (keeps you off the ground which can be really cold at night)
4 Walking boots (you're going to be on your feet for 3 days solid, racking up a lot of milage, comfy, protected feets are best feets)
5 Camping chair, see #4, when you stop, you will want to rest your arse, do it in luxury
6 Rain gear (you want to have it but not use it)
7 Hat, I bring two, one for the sun and one for at night (no hair = v.cold head)
8 Spare clothes (kept in car for emergencies), clean fresh socks every day people, even if you don't change anything else!
9 Fleece type garment for the nights (again, it gets cold down there)
10 Plastic bags for wet gear, should the nasty happen, you will need these, also good for tent bin.
11 torch (I take two, a small v.powerful hand held and a head lamp type, might be overkill but it is handy)
12 Spare batteries for torches, I fit fresh ones in before the weekend and keep spares in the car
13 Towel (for when hitching a lift from the Vogons), I bring two with me, both large microfiber towels which fold down to nothin, one stays in car though with spare clothes
14 Beer/Spirits (note, for spirits I just want a few whiskeys late at night so I decant my poison of choice into a metal water flask before leaving house, you don't want to be arsed with carting glass bottles down there and then having to decant. Do it at home and breeze through security).
15 Cold bag for #14
16 Tent food, usually just pack a box of breakfast type bars, there are so many different food offerings in the main arena that you are not gonna go hungry
17 Portable phone charger (aim for a minimum of 10,000mAh or higher) and don't forget your micro usb/lightning cables
18 Water, if you are moving all day and drinking then you need lots of water, usually pick up a 6 pack of 1.5lt bottles, 3 in car, 3 in tent (water is heavy so no point killing self carrying an extra 9kg in on top of the rest)
19 ear plugs for sleeping at night (boots have lots of silicon/waxy types)
20 gig/music ear plugs for those of us who don't want to go deaf
21 Lighter, even if you don't smoke, it's very handy to have
22 Cash, there are ATMs on site, do no rely on them to be full or not mobbed by the rampaging hordes of the walking dead trying to get cash out to get a cocktail
23 Small packets of wetwipes and or bottles of hand sanitiser to have on you all day
24 Packet of large wet wipes for quickie freshing up in the tent
25 chapstick / sun protection spray / aftersun (keeping hopes up) skin moisturiser (you might be roughing it a little but you don't need to be roughed up)
26 bog roll x 2 (one in tent, one in car)
27 toilet wipes (I am v.large male in mid 40s but they make my festival botty uber smooth and clean)
28 "Box of balloons
With the feather-light touch
Pack of party-poppers
That pop in the night"
29 toiletries (roll on smellies only, shower gel, toothbrush, toothpaste)
30 Pain killers of choice, a packet of rennie/antacid type thing and just in case a packet of immodium or cheaper generic ****stopper
31 first aid kit (you should have one in your car anyway but if not then get one)
32 vitamin pills/ berocca type thingy for in the morning
33 dioralyte for with your morning water
34 sunglasses (gots to be funky)
35 small bag for during day (do not use a backpack in crowds, that's a paddlin)
36 neck gaiter/warmer can be handy in the evening if it's cold
37 camping pillow
38 small pair of field glasses (i use pentax but I am a snob)


And just to add a list of what not to bring

1 CANDLES - be cool, don't be crispy
2 FLARES - be cool, don't be shot to death with balls of your own sh1te for being "that" tosser
3 GUITAR - we will have a Mr. N Gallagher on site over the weekend, any attempts at wonderwall will result in you being shot to death with balls of your own sh1te
4 SENSE OF SHAME - it's not needed for the weekend
5 CAMERA - live the bloody moment, don't try to be Senor Speilbergo capturing it

greg090 wrote: »

thats definately the yellow car park

MattD wrote: »

I'd be careful of those, I had one one year and by the Saturday I felt like I was drinking dissolved plastic... sick amount of seepage on the cheap ones.

MattD wrote: »

I'd be careful of those, I had one one year and by the Saturday I felt like I was drinking dissolved plastic... sick amount of seepage on the cheap ones.