ds is going for the first time
any tips for a terrified mum would be great
eg how much money to take/how to keep your stuff from being nicked
how to charge mobiles so I can text him all the time
what to take
how much food to take
anything else that anyone thinks of!
thanks
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has anyone got any tips for t in the park?
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ssd · 06/07/2015 14:56
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TheOriginalSteamingNit ·
07/07/2015 09:41
He's 17 - drink is going to be the first thing he does! 
DD is going to this too - it's her second festival. I will ask about money etc. They're buying food today, I think lots of fillers (Pringles) and a bag of oranges, but I'll look later.
They take any old 'brick' phone they can borrow from someone's dad that's been kept in working order but they won't mind losing... and she's bought a cheapy bum bag to avoid having a pick-able backpack on.
Your DS may not want to do this, but she and her friends have made bunting to tie round their tents so they'll be easy to find as a group - I think landmarks are useful late at night!
Friends have bought 'refresher' passes for showers, but dd hasn't (
) - they're sold out now anyway, so my comments on that are redundant...
OOAOML ·
07/07/2015 12:34
It is a device that women can use to pee standing up. There was an article on them in Good Housekeeping once which referred to them as Female Urination Devices and helpfully shortened this to FUDS - oh how I cackled in a very unladylike manner 
www.shewee.com/
ssd ·
07/07/2015 20:32
dont think he'll need that!!
whats a wheelie bin liner, is it a binbag? where do you buy them?
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BloodyDogHairs ·
07/07/2015 20:43
Ah a shewee is that my sister goes every year and says the males fill bottles with urine the chuck it into the crowds! 
ssd, definitely a holdall to carry all his stuff then a smaller one he will carry around when he leaves the tent for his phone, money etc.
ssd ·
07/07/2015 20:47
eeewww at pee in bottles 
will look out an old backpack to carry stuff around in, boys dont wear bumbags, do they?
and the wheelie bin liners, do they hold a lanky teenage boy nearly 6 foot in them?
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ssd ·
07/07/2015 21:01
christ you dont know him, he's worse than a girl, he showers every day and goes nowhere without brushing his teeth and gelling his hair, he hates wearing anything thats creased and wont wear anything twice (can just imagine how the weekend will go )
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BloodyDogHairs ·
07/07/2015 21:06
In that case expect him back on friday night for a wash, especially with the downpours of rain lately.
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TheOriginalSteamingNit ·
07/07/2015 22:19
He probably will have to get on board with wearing stuff twice!
Dd is taking £50: she reckons that's enough to buy a burger or something every night, and she has a rucksack half full of pop tarts and the like - as well as little cans of pimms and lemonade etc.
I would say, being a huuuuge veteran of these things after she went to one last year : he won't text or call as much as you'd like, and you'll send him little 'hey hope all is ok?' Messages and then get anxious when he doesn't reply ... But he'll be ok, and you'll hear from him when he needs you to pick him up from the station!
He will have a brilliant time. You'll just be a bit on edge this weekend!
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