Gearing up for Electric Picnic!

Damn! Just over a week to go at the time of posting... this time next week I'll be on my up the country headed for the Picnic early Friday.

Someone on Facebook asked if anyone had any advice regarding heading to Festivals, and of course last year I swore I would remember all the things I should and shouldn't do. Can I remember them now? Can I f*ck.

Here are two things I do remember:

1. Don't bother lugging loads of DIY food. If you're lazy like me you'll never feel like sorting it out. There are better things to be doing. It's costly eating from stalls etc all the time, but it's even more costly buying a load of food, not eating it and buying stall food anyway. Bring bottled water and cereal bar supply to keep you going.
2. Running around trying to see everything just doesn't work. Not for me anyway. It has it's advocates, but my method is to make the hard choices. Decide who you're first preference is, and have a second choice just in case they turn out to be crap. Get to your first choice venue 10-15 minutes early. This can be tough because you will have more timing problems trying to get to gigs early, but it pays off. It is SO much easier to get into the mood when you have a prime position. You won't get a prime position without major hassle for popular acts once they kick off.

Maybe I'm just getting old... let's have a little poll about the best way to approach the Festival: