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Festival camping bargains

When the lovely people at Home Bargains heard we were going to Glastonbury Festival they sent us some goodies to take along…

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The Flower sunglasses were gladly received and worn around the festival – definitely not something I’d wear usually but were great for the festival feel and at £1.99 it doesn’t matter if drunkenly you drop them on the floor and break them! (I didn’t do that of course!) A friend of mine loved them and was going to go buy herself a couple of pairs.

We immediately packed the Fold up rucksack so we could carry down our things each day but unfortunately we overloaded it with cider drinks! and the handles came unstitched, whoops. But was a fab cheap bag which is better suited to carrying your ponchos and light items but for the price of 99p is amazing! We will be going to purchase a least a couple for future use. What we did use for carrying our drinks down was the Festival cooler bag £2.49 which I loved! It got absolutely covered in mud and when it was empty on the last night my hubby tried to persuade me to chuck it away but I refused and carried it to Shangri-La and Arcadia and it came home with us still covered in mud! And still in perfect usable condition, once clean!

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The Camping enamel bowl, 89p and plate – I didn’t actually get round to using as I kinda forgot to pack food as well as alcohol drinks! But looks a better choice than the plastic ones I bought last year which have gone a bit misshapen! So think I’ll go get a few more to have a set for the family.But I did use the 12pc Cutlery set 99p for making coffee and pasta mug shot things (that I did remember!) and at one point we bought a loaf of bread and some butter for the small sum of £5!! And managed to make toast!

Baby wipes, 59p were well used for wiping mud from ourselves and everywhere else!! The poncho is a bargain for £1.29 as when it rains at a festival they charge anything from £3-£6 for one! I had a lovely pink unicorn one so didn’t use this one and when my hubby did need one he didn’t bring it down on the day! hence knowing the prices you can pay!

A couple of other things we didn’t use were the Camping Pillow 79p as we took our own pillows from home – that’s the luxury of space taking a camper but definitely a must for packing light if your tenting it and the Foldable water bottle 79p was fab but we tended to take bottles of drink down with us so we could just chuck bottles away as the less to carry the better!

Well at the end of this post we sound like alcoholics! In hindsight we drank very little and only in the evenings but had to pack each time to carry down for the whole day and tried not to spend money on alcohol down there at £4.50 a pint!


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Food for glasto

We’re packing light when it comes to food, the fact that they’ll be just the 2 of us means hopefully eating out each evening won’t be too costly and theres a huge amount of choice which I’m looking forward to!

Drink wise – Coffee, Milk sachets, Squeezy squash (we both don’t like water much so can fill up at the water stations and carry these in our bag/pockets to make it yummy!) Will be reviewing the Vimto ones and will let you know on return. Oh and maybe a little alcohol!

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We have a camping stove so Eggs, Bacon, Sausages and then beans, soups and instant mug pasta and some snacks of cereal bars, Manomasa Tortilla chips and Joeandsephs Cocktail popcorn. Review coming on return of the chips and popcorn.

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At least we’re packing light for something as I think we’re gonna get a shock when we realise how much we’re taking but I’m glad we have the van and so far everything is fitting in well, with all the bedding etc under the seats and out the way for the journey down!

Not long now!!!

 


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Gadgets for Glasto

This year I’ll be taking some of the latest gadgets along to give them a good test out in a festival situation.

Coming along will be:

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QDOS Q-BOPZ – Available now for £29.99 from www.qdossound.com and selected Phones4U stores
This is a new colour-popping Bluetooth speaker available in 7 different eye catching colours, the QDOS Q-BOPZ features a handy suction pad to enable it to stick to almost anything. It can be stuck to the back of a smartphone or tablet and used as a stand with sound, or stuck to a window, desk, or car dashboard for music on the go.

Perfect for parties, festivals or relaxing at home, it’s covered in silicon which makes it durable and splash resistant. The bluetooth range is 10 metres and it provides up to seven hours continuous playback. The volume goes pretty high too!

Find out more at https://qdossound.com/

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X-Mini WE –  available at John Lewis for just £19.99.

Aimed at ‘the smartphone generation’ who use their phone or tablet to listen to music, watch films or play games, the X-mini WE is a must-have, ultra-portable accessory, with a sound that seriously delivers on the X-mini promise, “Sound Beyond Size”.

If you’re heading to Glastonbury then space is going to be at a premium. You’ll want music round your camp, but won’t want to have to lug a heavy speaker with you. Also, if you want to listen back to your fave band that you recorded on your phone earlier, you don’t want to rely on the tinny built-in speakers! The X-mini WE is the solution – ultra portable with a great sound!

Find out more at http://www.x-mini.com/

 

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Divoom Voombox Outdoor – available at selected Tesco and Phones4u stores  for £99

The Voombox Outdoor is a rechargeable, water resistant Bluetooth speaker with great audio quality, turning your phone, tablet or mobile device into a portable hi fi system.  Available in a range of colours including red, black, blue and green – it’s perfect  for any audiophile on the go.

It offers a 12 hour battery life and a powerful 15W of output power, it’s built to handle a rugged lifestyle and endure a variety of fun thrown it’s way including camping, festivals, fishing, backpackin, picnics and house parties.

Find out more at http://www.divoom.com/

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Kensington Proxomo Bluetooth Key Fob – available at Kensington for £29.99

We all know things can easily go missing at festivals, especially valuables like your smart phone or even your car keys… to help locate missing items Kensington have made the Proximo, a nifty little proximity monitoring device which uses bluetooth to link your phone to a couple of fobs so if you loose either your keys or phone, it will help you find them.

Find out more at http://www.kensington.com

Next up are a couple of gadget protectors…

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Kensington EVAP Rescue Pouch – available at Kensington for £19.99

The Great British weather means festival grounds can sometimes be muddy wet places… which is not good news if you drop your mobile phone but if you have Kensington’s EVAP all is not lost – a handy wet electronics rescue pouch primarily intended for mobile phones, it is highly effective and has saved many a mobile phone.

Find out more at http://www.kensington.com

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Overboard Dry Tube Bag – available from Overboard prices start from £12.99

The OverBoard dry tube bag is built to last and protects small valuables or clothes wherever water, dirt or sand is involved.

Thanks to welded seams and our trusty Fold Seal System™, this Dry Sack is 100% waterproof, suitable for quick submersion and even floats when dropped in water.

All this makes the OverBoard Dry Tube Bag the perfect kayaking bag or kit-carrying accessory on your water sports, boating, camping, hiking or beach-based missions. And if you feel a bit worn out after all that action, we find it works a treat as a pillow too!

For more information go to http://www.over-board.co.uk/

Look out for our reviews after we return from testing these out at Glastonbury Festival. And there will be a competition to win yourself a Pink 20Litre Overboard Dry Tube Bag worth £23.99!!!

 

*Product were supplied for review but all opinions are my own

 


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