Best lightweight tents to take to festivals, hiking and camping

Festivals are great fun, but getting to and leaving them is a fresh hell most of us are only reminded of at the start of the season.

Even if you managed to go on a camping staycay before the summer, chances are you drove to your pitch so it didn’t matter how heavy things were. Comfort was king, and your car’s boot was there to do the heavy lifting.

Packing for a festival is an art, whether you’re rocking up on public transport or hauling things from the car park to your tent. Every ounce counts; take it from someone who’s racked up the wristbands over the years.

When you’re pulling muscles you never even knew existed under the weight of a full backpack, camping chair, air bed, gas cooking stove and camping light, you’ll rue every extra piece of festival clothing or bright lippie you added to the pile.

But they’re not to blame! After all, sequins and glitter