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Instant swimming pools and free showers - what more could you want?

Fun when it's raining

Splish, splash and sing. Water needn't wash away your fun.

  1. Strip off, face the Heavens, and blag a free shower: Beats queuing up to be hosed down by hippies in the Communal Shower Area.

  2. Make friends with the mud: OK, so nobody wants it to rain during a festival, but if it happens then go with it. There's no point mincing about trying to avoid getting speckled with mud. Relax. Be at one with God's soil. It isn't going to kill you, is it?

  3. Build a swimming pool: Before you set off for your chosen festival, nip down to the DIY centre and buy the kind of plastic sheeting normally used for protecting carpets from paint. Then, if it rains, simply lay it out on the grass in front of your tent, raise the edges with beer cans, boots and other people's rucksacks, then watch it fill up. Within hours, you'll be the envy of your manky neighbours. Even more so if the sun finally shines!

  4. Bottle and flog it: Bring out your entrepreneurial side, and put your old beer bottles to good use. Just line them up around your tent, then head out into the deluge to pick up some corks. Eau de Festivale may not be flavour of the month just yet, but get in there first and you could clean up!