To help subdue my ridiculous excitement for @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social write your #festival #camping hacks below. Thank you in advance. 👇🏻👇🏻
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Check for lumpy bits of ground under bed area before you pitch. Tie rustling plastic bunting on guy ropes for white noise to screen out neighbour's chat. Use a backrest camping chair thingy to rest your head on for reading in bed. And don't forget to take your solar lantern outdoors each morning!
jul 26, 2025, 8:06 pm • 2 0 • view
Camp with other people and let them do the cooking! TBF I'm let off some elements of it because I'm also volunteering. Also they bring the infrastructure for it. Though hopefully the gas canister won't be condemned by fire team this year
jul 26, 2025, 3:03 pm • 1 0 • view
You've just made me have a thought, Im actually the only one volunteering from all the people I know and will be there early. Now wondering where I will pitch my tent as might be a loner, and how I will do it on my own 🤔 Might text the taxi team.
jul 26, 2025, 4:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Recorded talks camp together. Don't know about taxi team
jul 26, 2025, 4:06 pm • 1 0 • view
I’ve always found a friendly person to help me when I’ve struggled to pitch my tent by myself. My volunteer team is Angels and we tend to camp all over depending on when we arrive (not all arrive early) & whether we come with others or not.
jul 26, 2025, 4:12 pm • 3 0 • view
Yes. Greenbelters are a friendly bunch like that. I'm around with the Franciscans from Wednesday lunchtime.
jul 26, 2025, 4:15 pm • 2 0 • view
There’s a volunteer camping area so you could camp with other volunteers (the team I’m on also arrive a day early), although this doesn’t help if you want to camp near friends who are not volunteering who arrive later. For help pitching tent ask someone nearby for help, it’s a common situation.
jul 26, 2025, 4:34 pm • 2 0 • view
Take LOTS of water bottles. Especially useful if you're on a solo shift at checkpoint Charlie
jul 26, 2025, 6:50 pm • 3 0 • view
Unless you have v little luggage we found some sort of wheels to transport tent etc to field useful. Ours were a cheap trolley from IKEA
jul 26, 2025, 3:51 pm • 2 0 • view
If you are taking a kettle and the means to boil it, also take a hot water bottle, and some hot chocolate. Return to tent at end of day, boil kettle, fill hot water bottle and put it in sleeping bag, make and drink hot chocolate, sleeping bag will by now be nicely warmed... cosy camping bliss!
jul 26, 2025, 1:38 pm • 4 0 • view
Bring warm layers, inc extra layers for over your sleeping bag (& something 2 go under if you have an airbed). It’s often surprisingly cold in that there Northamptonshire field at the end of August. Sheet sleeping bag useful as extra layer inside sleeping bag & can be used on its own if hot (rare!)
jul 26, 2025, 1:49 pm • 2 0 • view