Chapter 1.2 - Get Prepared
Photo ID and your ticket, on paper or on your phone as long as the screen’s not badly cracked. Make sure it’s downloaded on your phone as phone signal is patchy at best.
Spare car keys - because things get lost (check your garbage).
Containers for your garbage, and for the grey water left over from washing dishes.
You take all of that back home.
Bring a mug or cup made from some indestructible substance that you can carry with you on a belt or lanyard with your name on it.
Bring lights. LEDs are your friend. Wear them on your clothes, on your body, on your bike. Look cool and beautiful while not getting run over by large vehicles in the middle of the night. Use them in your tent, and on your ropes holding up your tent and bulky items around your Camp that you don’t want to trip over in the middle of the night. Candles and tents get on like a house on fire. Leave the candles at home.
Bring a small fire extinguisher - and a fire blanket if you’re cooking. A first aid kit completes the picture. Keep them in your car when you’re not at the event and they’ll serve you well all year round.
A good first aid kit is one designed for vehicle use. Add in some rehydration sachets, antiseptic cream, masks, NON-LATEX gloves, a couple of ‘space blankets’, a spare torch, some RAT kits and sunscreen and insect repellent, and you have covered off most of your camping first aid requirements.
It’s worth checking out our packing list, it’s a good starting point for what to pack.
