A mum has kitted her kids out in high-vis jackets with clever customisation in case they get lost at Glastonbury Festival. Mum-of-five Donna Reid arrived with her partner and four of her sons at Worthy Farm yesterday, and the youngest three were hard to miss.
The support worker and her partner Mark, who she met at the festival last year while partying at the Arcadia stage, love Glastonbury and say it's a great place for families. Donna, from Stockport, said: "It's just the atmosphere here, it's magical.
"Nowhere else compares." She's lost count but estimated she's been to Worthy Farm 10 or 11 times, and the family were also at Parklife Festival in Manchester earlier this month.
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The 37-year-old said she grew up going to festivals too and said it's become like a "family tradition". Her twins Leo and Ralphi, six, and their older brother Kal-El, eight, were all spotted wearing personalised matching jackets for the occasion.
On the back are their names and 'My 1st Glastonbury' - or 2nd for Kal-El - and on the front are the names and mobile numbers of Donna and Mark in case any of the children get lost.
Donna, whose 14-year-old son Harvey is also enjoying the festival with them, said they know people in printing so decided to get the jackets for peace of mind. It means the kids don't have to worry about remembering contact details if they were to end up getting lost in the crowds.
Lots of families with young children are enjoying the festival, and we might have even tracked down the youngest Glasto-goer this year. Baby Isaac, three months old, was spotted asleep in the queue yesterday with mum and dad Phil and Hayley.
Hayley, from London, told Bristol Live: "We come every year so we know what we're doing. We got tickets for this year when I was pregnant and I know we will need to adapt, but we didn't want life to be on hold after having a baby."
The couple had done two test runs already camping in their tent, the first when Isaac was just eight weeks old. They said they hoped to still be able to enjoy the music and had brought some tiny ear defenders for Isaac when it's noisy.
Glastonbury Festival also has its own system in place to help keep families safe. Its guide says of lost children: "Lost children are cared for in the Kidzfield 9am-7pm, Thursday to Sunday. Any children found in the Green Kids area will be looked after there each day until 5pm, hen they will be taken to Lost Kidz.
"After 7pm any children who have not been reunited with their parents, and any who might be lost during the night, will be looked after at Worthy Welfare. There are no creche facilities at the Festival and children with their parents' mobile number written on them or on a wristband will normally be reunited quickly."
Parents can pick up children's wristbands for free at Info Points, The Kidzfield, the Green Kids field and family camping, with space for contact details to be written on.
