Survivors Guide

Most festival websites offer survival guides. Drink plenty of water, watch your alcohol consumption, wear suncream and don't take a chair into the mainstage area.

But then there's surviving and surviving in style. There's also the question of food to think about.

Even at Cambridge where the food has got a good reputation for value, you can still be looking at a hefty forty quid plus for a family of four on a daily basis and that's before you've even started on your glass of vino.

But what's the alternative, picnic baskets are cumbersome objects that attract bears, carrier bags tend to strech and look naff and coolabags aren't a lot better.

Well, we think we've found the answer, (blatent plug warning) the picnic rucksack. Joking aside it's a practical solution. There's an expandable cold compartment for the food, easily enough for lunch for a family of four. Plates, glasses, cutlery, cruit, cutting board, the obligatory bottle opener and corkscrew, even a wine stopper.

An optional holder for the blanket means that the whole picnic can be easily transported to the field in front of the mainstage to take in the vibe whilst eating a meal of your choosing. Better yet, if you pick up the optional wine cooler you can pick up a bottle of lightly chilled at the festival off license and be sure it's still going to be cool when you pour your second glass.

The Picnic Backpack also allows for that romantic occasion for two by the duckpond, away from the crowds, but close enough to hear the music, eating strawberries and cream, drinking chilled champagne. Don't just survive, enjoy.

For this article, we test drove the Picnic At Ascot range.