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There will be unchaperoned activities earlier and throughout, including (but not limited to) swimming in a choice of ponds: one in a wooded glade for those of the Rupert Graves/Simon Callow/Julian Sands skinny-dipping scene from A Room With A View persuasion, the other in an open meadow for those of a more ambidextrous Glenda Jackson/Jennie Linden Women In Love bent. There will also be a good-sized bonfire ’round midnight in case any of the chaps wish to continue the theme by stripping down and oiling up in Oliver Reed/Alan Bates Greco-Roman stylee. Children are a critical ingredient, please bring them. Given their tendency to band together in feral packs to giggle at the naked hippies or lock people in the portajohns and rock them to-and-fro (and bearing in mind that there will be no roaming battery of child-minders) parents are asked to keep a generous and watchful eye on their progeny. There are bodies of water as well as tall things, sharp things, heavy things, hot things and some peculiar things any of which could be the genesis of deep therapy in later years.

Rule of thumb is camping. Other than for band members, there won’t be any place to sleep in any houses (honestly, there won’t). But there will be a twin flowering of tent cities: one in a field (with its own firepit) adjoining the one with the music-barn and another at the (similarly pitted) treehouse site a short walk away. Bring tents and camping gear; sleeping bags, something soft to lie on … stoves are also useful for the establishing of multiple coffee/breakfast/lunch/dinner-making outposts. There is a single hydrant for cold potable water at Juliette’s, but no such thing at the treehouse (so think drinkable water). There will be a couple of portajohns, come early. No showers, but good clean ponds. It does get dark and when it does it sometimes gets chilly, so think flashlights and late-night hoodies and a pair o’ pants. If freak showers are forecast, plastic poncho. For the daytime, significantly less clothing is prescribed, but a towel is handy if you don’t want to publicly air-dry. If you’re going to bring a dog be certain it is poultry, cat and other dog friendly. All three roam the site and would prefer to do so afterwards. If you’re not sure whether your dog will chase a chicken or a duck, don’t bring him (because he likely will).