Because there is no escaping the fact that you are going to be roughing it with a seething mass of humanity in a restricted space and unpredictable weather, which is perhaps the essential element of Glastonbury, or any campsite festival. It is about togetherness, and in some respects hardship facilitates the bonds we make with fellow revellers, even if it's just communally negotiating the queues, stench, noise and mud. When night falls, whether you are in a hired yurt or a budget pop-up tent, you are still crashing out in an overcrowded field separated by the thinnest of fabric walls while the din of revelry rises relentlessly up the hillside. And when you are tossing in your sleeping bag, adjusting ear plugs and eye mask, it helps to remind yourself that this is the very experience you are paying for. Why on earth would anyone want to make it any harder than it needs to be?