A £37 Glass Of Prosecco

Wilderness Festival. I paid an extra £30 to use the outdoor spa area. The hot tubs were already full; the sauna was impossible to get in; if I wanted a drink I had to pay £7 for a small glass of Prosecco; I swam in the lake but I could have done this anywhere in the festival for free (well, I say free: obviously I paid for a festival ticket, but you get my drift).

This is not a complaint. It was my choice to pay an extra £30 to get into this privileged area. Didn't have to. And I'm sure many people enjoyed it and got their money's worth.

The point I'm making here, if there is one, is at least I could afford to have the choice and, despite my disappointment, I should be grateful for that. However, I've learnt my lesson and won't make the same £30 mistake next year.

People who whinge about feeling like they have 'wasted' money on disappointing luxury experiences in life should remember what Gandhi once said, 'He who feeds the tiger will walk in the light, he who dresses the tiger in a paisley blouse from Kensington market shall forever stumble about in darkness.'