The Hexus festival survival guide

[Nick F]

When i went to Reading festival I took 400 fags with me and ended up selling them for £8 a pack near the end of the weekend so I could buy some food

Buy in bulk its always cheaper.

[Atomic]

Easy money: If happen to know someone whos going over to france/abroad get the to buy a few big cartons of fags and sell them for £5 packet (easy note people have else they'll buy two packs for tenner) easily 150% profit.

I had 30 packets of 20s and made my ticket money back.

[Honoop]

Mmmm I cant wait for V - last year was my first ever festival and I loved it! All apart from the whole toilet situation - I stayed sober the whole weekend so I didnt need to use them anymore than necessary! (U boys r lucky seeming as the world is pretty much your toilet!)

This year I will mostly be taking:
LESS clothes (than last year) and not bothering with the toiletries - bar toothbrush, toothpaste and muchos wet wipes.
My camping stove - cuppa tea after a night in a damp tent makes the world SO much better!
Disposable Barbie
Wellies

This year my friend is taking a camper van so Im chuffed, no festival toilets for me first thing in the morning - I plan on pitching somewhere not too far away from where they will be!!

Look forward to hearing what everyone gets up to!

[autopilot]

This year my friend is taking a camper van so Im chuffed, no festival toilets for me first thing in the morning - I plan on pitching somewhere not too far away from where they will be!!

A group of us normal go in camper vans to V etc and believe me - it make a wooooorld of difference. You get about 100 times more room plus the bogs are better. Ignor the 'no tents in the camper van field' bit on the tickets, there will be almost more tents than vans and they don't ask you to remove them. It's just an insurance thing. Just put the tents at the side of the van in case the handbrake comes off. Oh, and put the tents in the van before you go as they won't let you carry them on the van area. One other thing, people planning to tent in the van area will have to pile into the back of the van to get in.

[Swafe]

As said above at Reading the salvation army tent is the greatest thing on earth! Never closes and soup & 2 rolls for 80p!!! and bottles of water for 50p (which will cost you £2 in the arena!)

Also anothing thing to take with you is Fire / Police tape - Mark off your campsite! Claim what you can!!

Wheres the salvation army tent? I never saw that ! Could have done with some cheaper water, your right its 2 quid everywhere.

It was even worse at download last year, it was 3 quid on the sunday, because it was baking hot and they knew they'd make more money !

[Knoxville]

I don't remember them having them at download, The water wasn't a problem tho, take a bottle in the arena get towards any of the barriers and the security guys would fill the bottles up for you for nowt.

[Swafe]

If you wanted clean stuff in a bottle they charged you

I really need to get my download ticket, but my moms so low at the moment, so glad I got my reading 2005 on order, otherwise I'd never afford it

[Areku]

Condoms, if you plan on having a kiss and a cuddle.....or just want to decorate your tent with "balloons".

[Swafe]

Knox did you catch the aftershock tent at Download? Itll be back this year

I didnt go in, but I found out what it was when I ventured in at Reading ! Promo on their new black aftershock, get a token and get a free couple of shots, after a few nights of heavy drinking, the Sunday I had built up alcohol tolerance already, I hit it, and got about 15 shots in there, didnt even touch me, me and my mate then shared a 24 crate of stella, then I was quite gone, yummy

[Knoxville]

Yeah I had a few free shots from it and some kind of water pistol heard its coming back this year with dancing girls

[Swafe]

Dancing girls After my 15 shots straight I was dancing with them, making a fool out of myself no doubt, but I didnt care at the time Free girls and free booze