Thousands of perfectly good tents, sleeping bags, roll mats and other reusable items are left on festival sites. The vast majority end up either in landfill or incinerator.

For over 3 hours, a huge 18kg of donated apples were peeled and chopped this week. As a result, tonight we enjoyed turkey pie with leeks and mushrooms with a mashed topping, garlic bread and apple crumble and custard.

Sunscreen, mosquito repellant, after sun and high SPF lip balm are constant necessities this time of year. That said, we are also in desperate need of head torches, bike locks and rucksacks.