If you got to Glastonbury on the Thursday full of smug happiness you’d bagged a bargain on your tent, and left on Monday a soaked-though, mud-coated, cursing mess, then you’ll think Tangerine Fields is a great idea.

They’re a tent company who’ll rock up early to your chosen festival, pitch your tent and it’ll be all warm* and cosy* by the time you arrive.
*inside, at least. They’re not magicians.

“Pah, how lazy are the people who use that?” I hear you cry. “It takes all the fun out of camping.” Er, does it? Losing a tent peg, and then having your £10 tent collapse on you in the pouring rain at 4am is ‘all part of the festival experience’, but wait … the Tangerine Fields people are pitched in their own special area, with THEIR OWN TOILETS AND SHOWERS - at least at the Reading, Leeds and Oxegen festivals. Surely that’s worth the scorn your festival-hardened mates will pour upon you?

You’ve got a choice of a two-person, four-person or a six-person tent; a caravan; and loads of camping equipment - everything from sleeping bags (they’re new, so no wondering how much the previous user enjoyed the festival), to gas stoves, to airbeds. Prices for tents start at around £45.

So, you’re thinking it all sounds a bit middle-class and pointless, aren’t you? People with too much money, parents trying to be down with the kids (”Oh yeah, festivals are like, so rad”) and people who’re a bit scared of a tiny bit of mud? Well, take a look at podpads. They’re huts with beds in, like a small, posh beach hut for a festival. They’ll be all over the country at festivals including The Big Chill, Guilfest, Connect and Bestival - although if you ask me, if you’re hiring a bedroom you may as well get a hotel. Also, have a look at Boutique Camping if you fancy spending your three days in a teepee or a beach hut.

Back to Tangerine Fields. You can still book for: Bestival, The Big Chill, T In The Park, Oxegen, Latitude, Connect, The Green Man Festival, Reading, Leeds, Retrofest, Wakestock, Greenbelt, End Of The Road and Bloom Festival, so if you fancy a posh festival experience, click here.

Possibly related:

1. In-Tents Questioning: Latitude - Kat Brown

2. In-Tents Questioning: Carling Weekend (Reading) - Clare Joslin

3. Festival news: Latitude/Glade/Lovebox Weekender weather, Latitude wheelbarrows, Benicassim’s green measures

4. Carling Weekend round-up: Effects of rain linger, aerial map of festival site, BBC coverage

5. T in the Park announce more tickets

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Posted by davelee on Tuesday July 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 am