Calling all ballers! The long-awaited event of the summer (ahem) is merely a muttering away, so here’s an essential (and last-minute) checklist so you can go prepared and have a wickedly wild time! See you on the other side…

Having a ball

PREP

• Don’t take/wear anything valuable or sentimental – if there’s one thing you’ll lose, it’ll be that.
• If you’re planning to paint yourself like a technicoloured dreamcoat, then you may want to invest in some waterproof paint (if there is such a thing), the skies are already chuckling…
• Prepare yourself for an all-nighter – whether this means a sleepathon the night before, redbull or skittles… don’t be the person falling asleep on a bench at 4am.
• Wear wellies. (No danger of this 90’s classic then: Wear Suncreen)

*Get there early.*

THE BALL

• Know your limits: you are permitted to take 12 cans or 2 bottles of wine or 1 bottle of spirits onto the site. After that, we’ll see you at the rum bar.
• Take a mental note of the whereabouts of your tent, or deface it with something defining – maybe a unique drawing will do it. (They all look the same when you’re intoxicated, and crawling into someone else’s abode isn’t often appreciated.)
• Get a picture with the MB sign and breathtaking backdrop; it’s Lev’s answer to Hollywood. The event has become prestigious, with people travelling from afar to be a part of this epic Cornish shindig. Getting snaps will also help to tickle your memory next morning…
• Explore. A good 12 hours may seem like enough time to see everything, but next day you’ll undoubtedly hear about all the awesome things that you missed. It’s easy to get hooked in one tent, so make the effort to check as much out as possible – you never know what you’ll stumble across!
• Have a meeting point if you’re planning to leave with friends, you will lose them throughout the night, and among 5000 ravers, you may struggle to locate their little souls.

*Party like it’s your birthday.*

THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE

• Dance ‘til the sun comes up. The venue is host to a rather beautiful sunrise. (Or intense seamist, as the case may be.)
• Save some pennies so you can stroll into Porthleven and grab a much needed Origin coffee from the Brew House.
• Round up the troops, check they’re all in one piece, and then exchange tales. In other words, put the pieces of the puzzle back together.

And finally….

*REPEAT!*