At last, we teabellies remembered to get a flask! We got a 1.2 Litre Thermos in the sale and it was about £34. It made seven large cups which we shared. With tea at £2 a cup from the stalls, we had the flask instead and saved ourselves up to £84 on three days’ tea…so it has already paid for itself. I will use it on long work journeys anyway, so it will be handy.
We did support the stalls on Friday and Saturday, having a meal each those nights. But I begrudge paying two quid for some water, UHT milk and a teabag.
As we are of a certain age and it costs a lot to get there, with petrol and accommodation along the way, I feel a balance was reasonable. We didn’t shun the stalls completely.
We’ll have to agree to disagree…if people didn’t have personal choice to try and make attending more affordable, whilst still supporting the festival…particularly as there is an aging demographic…there’d be no attendees so it’s swings and roundabouts.
I had said all I want to say on the matter. But I would say, this analogy in relation to my flask, is more like buying some cds then having a bit of a sing song in the campsite, later…making your own music while supporting the artists, too .
