We've been informed by the venue that a part of the grassed area we use for camping will not be available for epic.THIRTEEN due to another event taking place on the Saturday.

Basing space on last year's July event which had a similar number of tickets sold, we do not expect this to be a major issue as long as everyone takes a fair and sensible amount of space when camping. We expect the camping to spread closer to the road and footpath, so as always we recommend that you don't leave anything in your tents unattended.

So we'll need you to pitch tents neartly in to rows (we'll put a member of staff out there at the start of the event to get them started) and we'll have to ask that you just bring the tents you need, no big gazebos/marquees etc.

Alternative sleeping is available indoors (free of charge) as well as through on-site dormitories and local hotels.

Fresh from our own trip to the Silverstone mudbath, we just need to make you aware of a possible change to camping arrangements, nothing serious...don't worry!

The racecourse has been hit by quite a lot of rain recently, and thankfully we've had a few nice days in Staffordshire to dry things out, but certainly last week, the centre-course area that we use for camping was extremely wet.

We continue to monitor the situation with the venue and will make our final assessment on Thursday morning, but it may be necessary to move the camping location if the centre-course is still waterlogged. If that is the case, the camping area will move to the grass bank behind the Railway Bar (indoor sleeping hall, far end of the main car park).

We also need to remind you all not to drive across to the centre course area, please park on the main car park and carry your camping gear across the track to the camping area.