r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 9h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/crowhouse 8h ago

Why do so many people abandon tents?

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u/redunculuspanda 8h ago

Cheap tents, The insane rain and mud after a weekend of music, drink and drugs.

Lots of people just think fuck it and go home.

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u/AliJDB 3h ago

There's also a bit of a final-night tradition that you drink the rest of the alcohol you have and go feral, slashing, burning holes in, or otherwise destroying each other's tents.

But also, they're cheap tents that probably leaked all weekend, they probably have no real intention of camping again anytime soon.

It's shit, but it's been that way forever.

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u/drLoveF 3h ago

Is there anyway to opt out of getting your shit destroyed?

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u/AliJDB 52m ago

Go home on Sunday mostly! There is a calm/quiet campsite area which I think does avoid most of the destruction - but the teenagers never want to be in it, because it's mostly full of older people.