Festivals are often brilliant long after the event. Admittedly at the time you’re pining for your own bed, clean clothes and a hot shower. And
then, weeks and months later, you look back, puff out your cheeks and marvel, “Best weekend ever.”

To ensure you actually enjoy yourself while you’re there, the Balance team, spearheaded by our guest editor Fearne Cotton, has put together a run down of all the essentials (and, in some instances, not so essentials) you’ll need so that you can maintain good mental and physical health while living in a field. Although to slightly contradict that, Fearne’s first suggestion is to actually escape said field…