What is the most suitable footwear?
Unless you plan to chain yourself to the railings in front of the Pyramid Stage for the duration of the festival you will be doing a LOT of walking so whatever you wear make sure that your feet will be comfortable. Sandals are OK if the weather is fine, provided you don’t mind getting your feet grubby & the odd stone between your toes. Many people wear trainers although personally I wouldn’t expect anybody to share a tent with me if I wore them for anything up to 20 hours a day for nearly a week. Photograph courtesy of Bob Rose If the weather is at all inclement you are really going to suffer if you don’t have a decent pair of waterproof boots. If you drive to the festival & it stays dry, you can always leave them in the car. A good pair of leather or gore-tex hiking boots will suffice for general purpose, especially if combined with a pair of gaiters when it gets wet. You can also buy ex-army boots onsite. But if you’re not prepared to (s’cuse the pun) splash out on a decent pair of b
