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The thing that is going to make the Just So Festival truly magical and memorable will be you, our festival goers. We want to invite you all to bring your skills, talents and ideas to the festival. If you can juggle, bring your juggling balls and show us what you can do. Bring your favourite stories and read them around the campfire circle. Bring your guitar, fiddle or just your favourite songs for music and singing in and around the site. This is a festival for you and your family, and the more of you that shines through, the better it will be.

Love Rode HallWe’re really happy in our new home at Rode Hall Estate, we hope that we’ll be invit-ed back for many years to come. Our aim is to leave no trace on the site and we’d be grateful if you would help us achieve this. This means putting your litter in the bin, and leaving your campsite just as you found it. Please take care not to wander into areas marked no entry and try not to disturb the wildlife on site.

Practicalities – getting here and going homeFirst things first, if you are coming, you need to have booked in advance, and bring your tickets with you. There will be no tickets for sale at the gate so if you turn up without booking you will be turned away.

The car park will open at 12 noon on Friday 16th August so that campers can arrive and get set up early. The gates into the festival will open at 2pm. Please do not arrive any earlier than this as we can’t let you in and you will be asked to move on, so could start your festival experience by driving round in circles while you wait!

Campers are welcome to stay on site until 11am on Monday 2oth August, but we do ask that you are packed up and ready to hit the road by then.

Day ticket holders are allowed to stay at the festival from 9am until late (as long as they don’t stay over), and the car park will open at 9am for day ticket holders on Saturday and Sunday.

Nobody is permitted to sleep in the car park, in a tent, car, campervan or caravan.Campervans will be turned away unless you have booked a campervan spot directly with us in advance.

Please try to keep the number of vehicles you bring to the festival to a minimum and help to reduce the impact of the festival on the environment and local communities.

Getting hereFestival Address For Campers (not those in Boutique Camping): Rode Hall Estate, Scholar Green, Cheshire, ST7 3QP

Festival Address For Day Ticket Holders & Boutique Campers : Hall Estate, Scholar Green, Cheshire, ST7 3QT

On arrivalOn arrival our stewards will direct you to a parking spot. Your ticket entitles you to free parking for the duration of the festival. Vehicles are left at your own risk. If you require a disabled parking spot please let us know in advance.There will be no vehicles allowed past the car park and into the festival site. Vehicle movement is prohibited on site throughout the festival, to keep all festival-goers, especially the small ones, safe. The camping is around a 5 minutes walk from the car park, we can’t guarantee that there will be volunteers available to help you carry your camping gear from the car park to the tent so you should plan to do this yourself and only bring what you can reasonably manage.

Happy CampersThe camping is in the beautiful parkland of Rode Hall Estate, there are no allocated pitches, if you wish to camp with friends please try and arrive together or the first to arrive can head for the biggest space and save room for friends. There will not be enough room for gazebo’s & canopies, please be aware of your fellow campers needs too. You will need to pitch adjacent to other tents, there will be space on the Rode Drive next to the camping area for families to eat and play, so please camp close to your neighbours.

No caravans are permitted, and only campervans who have arranged entry with us when booking tickets will be allowed in.

If families in tents want to camp with families in campervans that’s fine they can go in the campervan field but please pitch your tents sensibly and keep an eye on your children in case of moving vehicles.

Day VisitorsDay ticket holders are allowed to stay at the festival from 9am until late (as long as they don’t stay over), and the car park will open at 9am for day ticket holders on Saturday and Sunday. Nobody is permitted to sleep in the car park, in a tent, car, campervan or caravan.

WristbandsTickets will be exchanged for wristbands on arrival. Please visit the wristband exchange at the festival entrance before trying to enter the site. Parents, please write your mobile telephone number on your children’s wristbands straight away. There is good mobile phone coverage on site (see below for more info on our lost child policy). Please keep your wristbands on for the duration of the festival, as we may ask to check them at anytime. Once you have your wristbands you will be able to come and go from the site as you please.

Getting around the siteThe festival site isn’t huge, but might get too much for little legs. There is a hard

standing path around the site, which will be fine for most pushchairs, wheelchairs

and buggies (though off-road versions will be more nimble). Almost all of the areas

are directly accessible with wheelchairs/pushchairs with the exception of Telling Tales

and All The World’s A Stage which are off the beaten track.

For young children Trolleytots will provide a trolley hire service on site and you may

wish to book with them in advance here www.trolleytots.com We recommend a baby

carrier/sling to make sure that you don’t miss out on anything and the lovely folk at

Cheshire Sling Library will be on hand with a buggy park area and sling library to

make this easier for you.

Food & DrinkThere is all sorts of yummy food on offer at the festival including wood-fired pizza,

organic burgers, fabulous pies, veggie wraps, a Mornflakes breakfast bar and lots of

gluten free options. There is also a fully licensed bar in the social. You can find out

more by clicking on the Social on the festival map.

You are very welcome to bring your own food and drink to the festival. Do not, how-

ever, bring any glass with you at all. Broken glass is very dangerous for kids and for

animals who will be using the site and fields after the event. Leave all glass in the

car, decant it into plastic bottles or pots or bin it. There are no exceptions.

You can bring your own alcohol to consume in the camping areas but it is strictly

prohibited to bring alcohol out of the camping glades into the activity glades or the

social. There is a licensed bar available.

WasteOn arrival to the festival campers will be given two bin bags, the black one for gener-

al rubbish and the clear one for all recyclables. If you fill your bin bags there will be

more tied to the recycling points. You must aim to leave your camping spot as you

found it, take everything home with you and leave all waste in the waste area provid-

ed. Please make a special effort to take all of your tent pegs with you as sheep live

on these fields the rest of the year round. Our waste provision services will separate

all the recycling at source. Bins around site are also separated out into general waste

and all recyclables, please make sure you use the correct bins.

WaterWater is available from stand pipes around the site – this is drinking water but

please don’t drink directly from the taps, bring a water bottle with you. You mustn’t

use the stand pipes for washing yourselves or your pots.

Cooking and FiresWe absolutely love campfires, however we need to restrict them to the main campfire circle – our lovely friends at the Cheshire fire service have been very very clear on this!

There are no fires allowed anywhere else on site, the same rules apply in the camping areas. Any bbq or cooking equipment must be raised off the floor by at least 15cm (6inch) to prevent fires and damage to the grass. The last thing we want is for the site owners not to let us back next year. If you are changing gas canisters for your cooker, please do so outside and some distance away from the tents.

Also, and for safety reasons, please don’t use candles or lanterns containing candles in the camping areas.

Chinese lanterns are also banned as the wire within them is very dangerous to live-stock and there are a number of power lines running above the site. Please be sensi-ble and help us to keep the festival and surrounding countryside safe. Due to power cables I’m also afraid you may not fly kites on the festival site.

Toilets and ShowersThere are toilets situated around the site and they are marked on the map. Your camping area may not be right next door to the loo, but should be no more than a five minute walk. The toilets are a mixture of portaloos and stand alone trailers with flushable loos. If you notice that toilets have run out of loo paper or are getting a bit dirty then please let a steward know.

There are three shower blocks with lovely hot water, which are marked on the map. If you have tiny tots, please see below for details of baby bathtime. There is a sink area for pot washing on near the showers as well as sinks for teeth brushing and washing.

Phone ChargingYou will be able to charge your phone at the Barnardo’s tent in Lazy Days during its opening hours for a small donation, please bring your own charger.

Babies and toddlersLots of tiny tots are coming to the festival, and we are keen that their first festival is a pleasure for the whole family. You can find our lovely nappy-changing tent support-ed by Cheshire East Recycling and Go Real Nappy Campaign with mats, nappies and wipes in the peekaboo glade.

This is also where you can find the baby–feeding boudoir, sponsored by Medela so mums can relax and breast or bottle feed their babies in relative peace. Bottle and food warmers can be plugged in and used in the Peekaboo Cafe. We’ll provide a bottle warmer or bring your own.

From 12-6 each dat baby bathtime will take place next to the peekaboo cafe in the Social, with baby baths and bubbles. Please bring your own towel.

We’re thrilled that Weleda Baby will be joining us again in 2013 and will be hosting our baby massage and baby yoga as well as a really relaxing environment for parents and babies. There will also be a trained midwife on hand here, if any pregnant mums or parents of little ones have any questions or problems.

Festival activitiesYou will find the full programme of festival activities on the website. Blimey, there’s

a lot going on, a print festival programme is available to buy through the website

www.justsofestival.org.uk/shop (please order before August 5th) and will be available

to purchase on arrival at the festival. You won’t need to pay anything extra for any

activities at the festival. Our fabulous programme sponsor, Dodo Pad, are on hand

with their festival planner to help you sort out who is going where and when.

Loads of the activities are going on all day, or are drop-in, so you can join in whenev-

er you like.

Workshop bookings Most workshop activities do not need to be booked. Just turn up at the start. If the

session is already full, you might be asked to come back later. A few workshops do

need to be booked. This is specified in the programme.

To book for a workshop, go to the area where the workshop is being held at 9.30am for

morning sessions, or 12.30pm for afternoon sessions and either the workshop leaders

or one of our lovely festival volunteers will be there to book you in. We hope this

makes the system as fair as possible and that it will prevent people having to queue

for a long time.

aTM’sThis year we have ATMs on site so there should be no need to carry large amounts of

cash around the festival.

The ATM’s are located in the social there will be a charge for using them.

First aidWe have St John’s Ambulance first aid provision on site day and night. If you require

first aid, please make your way to the first aid point at the top end of the peekaboo

barn. In an emergency, please alert one of the festival stewards who will radio for a

medic to attend. Please do not call 999 as our medics will get to you much more

quickly!

Lost childrenAll children will be given a wristband on entry to the festival, with a space for a

parent’s mobile telephone number. Please keep your phone with you. You can charge it

up in the Barnardo’s tent (for a small donation to Barnardo’s our charity partner).

We suggest that families with older children make clear plans as a family when they

arrive at the festival, with an agreed meeting place if you lose each other. If your

children cannot find you, show them what our festival stewards look like so that they

know who to approach (they’re the ones in the marvellous top hats).

Lost children will be cared for by the registered child carers from the Townhouse

Nursery in Alsager and can play and have fun while they wait for you at the lost child

point.

Give your children the same advice you would if you were anywhere else: don't go off

with strangers or anyone without telling you first.

What to bring

Some suggestions of what not to forget when camping with kids…

Sunscreen, waterproofs, wellies, sunhat, warm blankets - it will probably get cold at night, waterproof picnic rug, transportation – a buggy (with a raincover) or sling, first aid kit, wipes, wipes and more wipes, nappies, anti-bacterial hand gel, buck-et/travel potty - for midnight wees, torch, fancy dress.

Visit our website to find our alternative packing list too (give this one to the kids)

What not to bring

Any animals, glass, bikes, anything illegal, fireworks, kites, sound systems

Finally

Please respect the other festival-goers to make our festival a safe and enjoyable one for everyone.

Everyone is going to get along famously, but Just So Festival reserves the right to eject anyone from the festival site if we deem your behaviour to be antisocial or inappropriate in any way.

Children are the responsibility of their parent/guardian at ALL times.

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