Stuff I learnt at Festival this year

¼ of a cabbage is enough for cabbage pottage for 15 people.

1kg of tortellini is also enough for 15 people.

We need to bake two loaves of bread a day, over 5 days we will need about 2kg/day or 10kg flour (We had a scant 5kg).

My tent door needs work – cringles and hem.

I need to play with the dimensions of my tent to stop the puddle effect at the bottom of the walls – I might need a taller pole.

The groundsheet concept is great but can magnify minor leaks into giant puddles.

We need a groundsheet free door entry – that’s where the minor leaks happen, and it looks ugly too.

I need more boys clothes, including a “boyfriend” coat.

Tidying and medievalising the inside of my tent each day makes me anxious. This year I was calmer even though the tent was a mess.

Actually, girls clothes can make me anxious too, “giving up” and wearing medieval tracksuits helped me be calmer.

Going to war was as much fun as people have always told me, but next time I’ll wear incontinence pads and carry a pee-mate

Rose is old enough to be mostly sensible about telling us where she was going.