A little bit of Y Not Festival pt2

Following a thundery night of torrential rain L and I revised our plans and decided to head back to Leeds following the final act on the second day rather than stay for part of the third day.

The second day was themed hero's and people really took to the theme. I was running low on juice so I had to ration the photographs but as you can see from these photographs some people really took to the theme.

Following the rain the ground started to resemble a churned up rugby pitch.

As you can see it had all got a bit muddy and my new Hunter Wellies got a fair bit of use. In fact they were my hero's on hero day (yep I cringed as I typed it too) 

One of the tents required you to remove your shoes which was something that more than one person struggled with!

This then lead to a bit of confusion as to whose wellies were whose.

We tried to get a last Pint of Greensleeves in but unfortunately they had run out so we opted for Saxon's Ruby Tuesday which is a red cloudy cider. According to L it tasted like cherry sours, personally I'm not convinced that it did but it is the red equivalent of Greensleeves.

It had all got a bit too much for these superheroes.

We packed up the car and head to a final stretch of bands. Ash were on the big gin stage, L decided that she wanted Tim Wheeler's shirt which you can just about make out.

Here is some more of the bands we saw.

If you are interested there are a limited number of tickets on sale for Y not festival 2014 through the official website.

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Festival prep

This will be the third year that I have headed off to Y not festival in Derbyshire and I thought I would share some of my festival prep.

Last year my friend L developed the patten pending two tent system. Her tiger tent which is hard to lose in the crowd acts as out spill over tent /dressing room in which we chuck all our stuff whilst a more traditional 2/3 person tent houses us. Last year L invested in some blow up mattresses which make the experience so much better.

As we don't camp light I bring some blankets to add to our sleeping bags to make it more cozy as well as a pillow from home. This year we will be trying to lay a second sleeping bag over the two of us.

Last year my wellies sprang a leak and had to be patched up with brown tape which fell off in the mud. This is the evidence of last years foot wear disaster as you an see it was definitely wellie ground.

This year I have invested in some Hunter navy blue wellies. T k maxx currently have a plethora of Hunter wellies which come in at £39.99-£49.99, so it's worth popping in.

To my mind knee high wellies require knee high socks and these ones will do the job.

Other essentials include Pig torch, spare loo roll, plastic cups, bottle opener, can opener, dry shampoo, hand sanitizer, first aid kit, travel toothpaste, water bottle, water, sunscreen, sunglasses, parka/cag in a bag, hoody, big bottles of water (not pictured) and decanted bottles of alcohol.

Clothes wise you can go one of two ways; so festival it's fashion darling or comfortable. I try and aim for that impossible alchemy of both but since I also aim not to ruin my favourite clothes (no maxi dresses for me) so I probably end up more on the comfortable side. If you want to make it a bit more individual play with make up and accessories.

I'll do another post with the photographs when L and I get back.

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