After two long years of being stuck at home, it seems that we can finally get back out into the world of Festivals again. All government restrictions are lifted and the time has come to start to live our lives again. What better way than to catch up on all the festivals that you’ve missed over the period of the pandemic? Glastonbury, Reading V festival, TRNSMT, Download, and Creamfields are all waiting for our attendance.
If you’ve got a list to go to, there is just one consideration left. How are you going to stay at each site? That’s where camping comes in. Investing in a decent set of camping kits that you can reuse time and time again is a great way of attending the festivals without costing the Earth. In the past, it’s been a disaster, as the fields around the site turn into a mess of pop-up tents or two-person ones that people can’t be bothered to take down.
Getting the stuff to the festival is a bit of a problem. That’s where you can use autoandtrailer.com/shop/trailer-parts for all your trailer and Trailer Parts needs. With a trailer, you don’t have to worry about loading up the car and not having any room for anything else. The trailer can take all the strain. It means that you still have to set up the campsite but at least you’ll know that unlike the other festival-goers you are in comfort and won’t be leaving a huge amount of rubbish after you go.
How Glastonbury Festival first began
Glastonbury is one of the country’s biggest music festivals, but it started small. The first one was held on Friday 18 September 1970 at Worthy Farm, run by Michael Eavis, and it lasted just one day. It was called the Pilton Pop, Folk and Blues Festival, entry cost £1, and every visitor was given free milk from the dairy farm.
The line-up included Tyrannosaurus Rex, then the duo of Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn, along with Quintessence, Duster Bennett, Sam Apple Pie and Steamhammer. Jimi Hendrix had died unexpectedly the day before, and a minute’s silence was held in his memory.
There was only one stage, and music fans camped on the site and enjoyed the local scrumpy cider. Over the following decades the festival’s popularity kept growing until it became the enormous event that so many festival-goers plan their summer around.
Taking a trailer to a festival
Festival camping takes more planning than turning up with a tent and hoping for the best. A level pitch, protection from the rain and easy access to toilets all make a big difference, and that usually means bringing more kit than you would for an ordinary weekend away.
The difficulty is fitting it all in. A family car fills up quickly once a large tent, bedding, chairs and food are loaded, and many festivalgoers do not have a family car anyway. Towing a small trailer solves the space problem and lets you bring the extra comforts that make a muddy weekend more bearable.
If you go down this route, check the trailer well before you travel. Lights, tyres, the coupling and any worn parts need to be in good order so the trailer is road legal, and replacing a part at home is far easier than dealing with a problem on the way to the site.