Tent Sniffing for Beginners

Festivals are the perfect time to relax and have a drink. Any camping is really, the joy of having nowhere to go, the relaxing sound of babbling brooks or bird song or the wind in the trees..or music drifting across the site... At Camp Bestival Josie has previously treated us to a very 'Highgate mums' style cocktail garden with cute caravan bar, which just immediately makes you feel like a yummy mummy as you sip on something that probably contains at least one of your 'five a day' (I am a huge fan of a spicy Bloody Mary with celery) This year we are leaping onto the gin lovers bandwagon as Rob and Josie have a Gin festival planned! A festival within a festival. OVER 50 LOCAL & INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS GINS & A SERIES OF GIN MASTERCLASSES ! An unmissable destination for any adult with an adventurous palate and a must for the dedicated gin enthusiast at Camp Bestival, take some time out from traditional festival pursuits to sip a delicious gin & t

People have asked me how I cope with so many festivals in such a short space of time each summer. Is it amazing advanced planning? Spending loads of money or a wild and carefree attitude to life? I'd say it's a mix of all of those. Most summers I do four or more festivals and as summer is fairly limited in the UK, in practice this means I usually have little or no time between the festivals. Every year there are festivals I can't go to because of clashes...choices must be made. This year the top picks are Camp Bestival, Cornbury , Boomtown Fair, and England's Medieval festival . (I also squeezed in a one day festival and ComicCon) I have managed to get a week between some of the festivals I'm going to this year, so I can get the washing done! But what planning do I do? First I plan what I (and my daughter)  are going to wear . I tend to take a fair bit of 'fancy dress', underwear, a pair of jeans, some T shirts and a jumper, fleece and waterproof