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Planning on pulling? Here's the lowdown on what works and what most definitely doesn't.

Sex life

One-to-three night stands

A good festival is a field of dreams, packed with potential pulling partners. But like everything in life, copping off while camping has both its good and bad points.

The plusses

  • The odds of pulling are pretty good. You're among a community of hedonists, a fun-loving crew who may be up for anything (and maybe anyone, even you).
  • Away from home, it's easy to be whoever you want. Who cares if your mates have seen you weeping over your lack of action back home? Inside the festival walls you can be the world's greatest seducer and nobody's going to know better.
  • Sex for its own sake can be fun - providing you're playing safely (pack condoms) and both know what you're getting into beforehand.
  • Doing it under canvas (or under the stars) definitely makes a change from doing it in your bedroom, adding a little variation to the menu. It's unlikely your mum will walk in either. Then again...
  • There are no sheets to clean up afterwards. Just hose down.
  • It beats waiting for the beer tent to open.
  • It's something to do when Enter Shikari are on.


The minuses

  • If you're going to get low-down and dirty, be prepared to go without a shower for the rest of the festival. It's all very well doin' it like animals, but do you really want to smell like a dead one afterwards?
  • Jumping on the bones of complete strangers carries significant risks - you don't know their sexual history or how they'll relate to you afterwards. So be sensible about contraception, never have sex without a condom, and be open about your intentions before you hit the sack.
  • Shagging in a tent with a torch on may well invite an audience (although some may consider this a plus - particularly the audience).
  • Doing it in your sleeping bag can make things more intimate, but are you ready to clamber back in afterwards? That cold, sticky stuff midway down - it isn't mud.