British festivals have a special relationship with rain. At St Albans, the weather is a lottery. One year it’s 28 degrees and you’re applying sunscreen like you’re frying an egg. The next, you’re wearing a poncho that looks like a clear trash bag, wondering how your shoes turned into sponges.
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Don’t check the forecast. Just go. If it rains, you bond with strangers over shared misery. You’ll hear someone yell, “This is brilliant, innit?” as they drink rain water from their pint glass. That’s the British spirit. It’s unbreakable and slightly damp.
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The park—usually Verulamium Park—is massive. You will walk. A lot. Wear shoes you don’t love, because the grass turns into mud and then into a slip-n-slide by 6 PM. Bring cash for the dodgy ATM that charges a fiver to take out a tenner. Yes, that’s a real thing.
Also, there’s a lake with swans. Those swans are territorial. I saw one hiss at a man for eating a burrito too close to its nest. The man dropped his burrito. The swan won. Moral of the story: respect the wildlife, or lose your lunch.
